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Thursday 21 August 1997 23:02 BST
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Birthdays

Miss Mary Allen, secretary-general, the Arts Council, 46; Mr Peter Allsop, publisher, 73; Sir John Banham, chairman, Tarmac, 57; Miss Honor Blackman, actress, 71; Mr Marc Bohan, dress designer, 71; Mr Ray Bradbury, author, 77; Professor Sir Colin Buchanan, town planner, 90; Dr Rob Buckman, broadcaster, 49; M Henri Cartier-Bresson, photographer, 89; Maj-Gen Earl Cathcart, 78; Sir Richard Catling, former Commissioner of Police, Kenya, 85; Professor Sir Cyril Astley Clarke, geneticist, 90; Mr Steve Davis, snooker player, 40; Miss Margaret Douglas, supervisor of Parliamentary Broadcasting, 63; Miss Anne Downey, circuit judge, 61; Mr Derek Fatchett MP, Minister of State, Foreign Office, 52; Mr Wilfred Harrison, actor, director and playwright, 72; Mr Max Hebditch, director of the Museum of London, 60; Mr Kelvin Hopkins MP, 56; Mr Gerald Long, journalist and former chief executive, Reuters, 74; Mr Donald MacLeary, dancer, 60; The Right Rev Robert Martineau, former Bishop of Blackburn, 84; Sir James Menter, former principal, Queen Mary College, 76; Mr Alun Michael MP, Minister of State, Home Office, 54; Sir Leo Pliatzky, former senior civil servant, 78; General Norman Schwarzkopf, former US military commander, 63; Mr Karlheinz Stockhausen, composer and conductor, 69; Mr David Taylor MP, 51; Sir Anthony Tuke, former chairman, Savoy Hotel, 77; Mr Mats Wilander, tennis player, 33.

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