Birthdays

Mr Jarvis Astaire, deputy chairman, Wembley Stadium, 69; Mr Richie Benaud, cricket commentator, 62; Sir Alfred Blake, former director of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, 77; Mr Melvyn Bragg, writer and television presenter, 53; Mr Richard Caborn MP, 49; Baroness Castle of Blackburn, former MP and MEP, 82; Lord Cullen of Ashbourne, former Government Whip, 80; Lord Donaldson of Lymington, Master of the Rolls, 72; Mr Tony Greig, cricketer, 46; Dr Thor Heyerdahl, explorer and anthropologist, 78; Mr Tommy Lawton, footballer, 73; Mr David Maland, barrister and former high master of Manchester Grammar School, 63; Miss Helen Wills Moody (Roark), former tennis player, 87; Miss Anna Quayle, actress, 55; Mr Clive Rees, rugby international, 41; Admiral Sir Derek Reffell, Governor of Gibraltar, 64; Sir William Stabb QC, former Circuit Judge, 79; Field Marshal Sir John Stanier, HM Constable of the Tower of London, 67; Mr Ernest Walton, physicist, 89; Mr Bob White, cricket umpire, 56.