Birthdays
Prince Henry of Wales, 8; The Rev Professor Peter Ackroyd, Old Testament scholar, 75; Mr Richard Arnell, composer, conductor and film-maker, 75; Mr Charles Bone, painter and lecturer, 66; Professor John Russell Brown, professor of theatre, 69; General Eva Burrows, Salvation Army, 63; Mr Jackie Cooper, actor, 70; Dame Sylvia Crowe, architect, 91; Lord Eden of Winton, former minister, 67; Professor Brian Fender, vice-chancellor, Keele University, 58; General Sir Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour, former UK Military Representative, Nato, 79; Mr Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor, 59; Dr Richard Gordon, novelist, 71; Sir Philip Harris, chairman, Harris Ventures, 50; Mr Clinton McKenzie, boxer, 37; Miss Jessye Norman, soprano, 47; Viscount Norwich, writer and broadcaster, 63; Mr Mike Procter, cricketer, 46; Mr Abdul Qadir, cricketer, 37; Mr Glen Renfrew, former chief executive of Reuters, 64; Sir Clive Rose, former diplomat, 71; Sir Konrad Schiemann, High Court judge, 55; Lady Soames, President, National Benevolent Fund for the Aged, 70; Sir Peter Studd, former Lord Mayor of London, 76; Mr Graham Taylor, manager, England soccer team, 48; Mr George Walden MP, 53; Sir Richard Way, former university principal, 78; Sir John Williams, former diplomat, 70; Mr David Wilmott, newsreader and presenter, 61.
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