Birthdays

Birthdays

Lord Amery of Lustleigh, former MP, 76; Mr David Andrews, chairman, Gwion Ltd, 62; Miss Ruth Ashton, former general secretary, Royal College of Midwives, 56; Mr Robert Bauman, chairman, British Aerospace, 64; Professor Alastair Bellingham, president, Royal College of Pathologists, 57; Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC, barrister and author, 69; Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, former prime minister, 83; Mr Robert Cohan, dance director, 70; Mr Richard Denning, actor, 81; Miss Maria Ewing, opera singer, 45; Lord Fanshawe of Richmond, former MP, 68; Mr Julian Glover, actor, 60; Sir David Hancock, former senior civil servant, 61; Mr Nick Hawkins MP, 38; Mr Victor Hochhauser, impresario, 72; Lord Lyell, former government minister, 56; Mr Geoffrey Parker, chairman, Teacher Training Agency, 62; Lord Plumb, MEP, 70; Mr Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist and conductor, 68; Mr Budd Schulberg, novelist and screenwriter, 81; Sir Richard Sharp, former senior civil servant, 80; Admiral Sir Jock Slater, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, 57; Professor Margaret Stacey, sociologist, 73; Mr Frank Taylor, Chief Constable, Durham, 62; Mr Cyrus Vance, former US Secretary of State, 78; Mr Michael York, actor, 53.