Birthdays
Birthdays
Miss Evelyn Anthony, author, 67; Mr Michael Brown MP, 44; Sir Bernard Burrows, former diplomat, 85; Mr Tom Cruise, actor, 33; Sir William Deakin, former Warden, St Antony's College, Oxford, 82; Mr David Gandolfo, racehorse trainer, 57; Mr Neil Gerrard MP, 53; The Hon Sir Eustace Gibbs, former Vice-Marshal, the Diplomatic Corps, 66; Sir Richard Hadlee, cricketer, 44; Mr Carlos Kleiber, conductor, 65; Lord Lester of Herne Hill, QC, former chairman, Runnymede Trust, 59; Mr Iain Macdonald-Smith, yachtsman, 50; The Very Rev Dr William McMillan, chaplain to the Queen in Scotland, 68; Mr Stavros Niarchos, shipping magnate, 86; Professor Michael Oliver, cardiologist, 70; Miss Susan Penhaligon, actress, 45; Mr Ken Russell, film director, 68; Baroness Ryder of Warsaw, founder of homes for the disabled, 72; Mr Geoffrey Sammons, former senior partner, Allen & Overy, 71; Dame Heather Steel, High Court judge, 55; Mr Tom Stoppard, playwright, 58; Sir John Swan, premier of Bermuda, 60; Sir John Waite, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 63; Sir John Wills, Lord-Lieutenant of Avon, 67.
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