Birthdays

TODAY: The Right Rev Dewi Bridges, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, 62; Mr John Camden, president, RMC Group, 70; Sir Kenneth Clucas, former senior civil servant, 74; Mr Anthony Coombs MP, 43; Professor Charles Cowan, former Chairman of Convocation, London University, 72; Lord Cullen, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 60; The Rev Vivian Green, former Rector, Lincoln College, Oxford, 80; Mr David Hemmings, actor and director, 54; Mr John Hosier, former Director, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 67; Sir Gordon Jewkes, former diplomat, 64; Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Leach, chairman of St Dunstan's (for Service War Blinded), 72; Lord Mackenzie-Stuart, former European Court judge, 71; Mr Graham Parker, singer and songwriter, 45; Mr Alan Pryce- Jones, writer and critic, 87; Professor John Quayle, former Vice-Chancellor, Bath University, 69; Mr Brian Quinn, executive director, Bank of England, 59; Mr Alan Shepard, astronaut, 72; Sir Murray Stuart-Smith, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 68; Miss Brenda Vaccaro, actress, 56; Sir Tasker Watkins VC, a former Lord Justice of Appeal, and former Deputy Chief Justice of England, 77; Miss Kim Wilde, singer, 35.

TOMORROW: Mr Stephen Baldock, High Master, St Paul's School, 51; M Raymond Blanc, restaurateur, 46; Miss Maeve Fort, Ambassador to the Lebanon, 55; Miss Jodie Foster, actress, 33; Miss Kathleen Halpin, former Chief Administrator, WRVS, 92; Baroness Jeger, former MP, 80; Professor James Johnson, geographer, 65; Mr Calvin Klein, fashion designer, 53; Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin, former Chief of the Naval Staff, 75; Mr David Lloyd-Jones, opera director, 61; Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Porter, 83; Miss Kathleen Quinlan, actress, 41; Miss Auriol Sinclair, National Hunt trainer, 77; Dr Robert C. Smith, Vice-Chancellor, Kingston University, 60; Mr Dennis Taylor, snooker champion, 46; The Ven Michael Till, Archdeacon of Canterbury, 60; Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick, former President, Royal College of Physicians, 71; Mr Mike Vernon, record-producer, 51.