Birthdays

Sir Raymond Appleyard, biologist, 72; Mr Robin Bailey, actor, 75; Professor Sir Malcolm Brown, geologist, 69; Mr Alastair Chisholm of Chisholm, chief of the clan Chisholm, 74; Miss Diane Cilento, actress, 61; Mr Ray Clemence, footballer, 46; The Most Rev Joseph Cunnane, former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, 81; Miss Laura Davies, golfer, 31; Mr Sebastian de Ferranti, former chairman, Ferranti, 67; Sir John Dent, former chairman, Civil Aviation Authority, 71; Mr Bob Geldof, rock singer and philanthropist, 40; The Right Rev Robert Hardy, Bishop of Lincoln, 58; Mr Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic, 58; Lord Holderness, former government minister, 74; Miss Glynis Johns, actress, 71; Mr Robert Kee, author and broadcaster, 75; Miss Barbara Kelly, actress and broadcaster, 70; Mr Herbert Kretzmer, journalist and lyricist, 69; Mrs Kate Losinka, trade-union leader, 70; Mr David Mellor, silversmith and designer, 64; Mr Bruce Millan, a Commissioner of the European Communities, 67; Mr Donald Pleasence, actor, 75; Sir Douglas Ranger, otolaryngologist, 78; Mr Adrian Sindall, High Commissioner to Brunei, 57; Mr Timothy Smith MP, 47; Sir Richard Thompson Bt, former MP and director of British Museum Publications, 82; Mr Dave Watson, footballer, 48.