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Birthdays

Mr Severiano Ballesteros, golfer, 39; M Jean-Paul Belmondo, actor, 63; Sir Simon Brown, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 59; Mr Eric Clarke MP, 63; Sir Brian Cubbon, former senior civil servant, 68; Mr Iain Duncan-Smith MP, 42; The Most Rev Domenico Enrici, former Apostolic Nuncio, 87; Lord Fitt, former Belfast MP, 70; Miss Hannah Gordon, actress, 55; Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian, 70; Mr Roger Harrison, deputy chairman, Capital Radio and chairman, Toynbee Hall, 63; Sir Graham Hills, former Principal, Strathclyde University, 70; Mr Peter Hinchcliffe, ambassador to Jordan, 58; Mr Eric Illsley MP, 41; Mr Tom Jackson, former trade union leader, 71; Mr Bernard Jenkin MP, 37; Mr Alan Knott, cricketer, 50; Mr Tom Lehrer, songwriter and lecturer, 68; Mr Peter Moores, former chairman, Littlewoods, 64; The Right Rev Gerald Moverley, Roman Catholic Bishop of Hallam, 74; Mr Vincent O'Brien, racehorse trainer, 79; Sir Michael Ogden QC, 70; Sir Michael Palliser, former Head of the Diplomatic Service, 74; Mr Carl Perkins, rock singer and guitarist, 64; Sir Michael Richardson, Vice-Chairman, J.O. Hambro Magan & Co, 71; Mr Martin Rogers, director, Farmington Institute for Christian Studies, 65; Professor Richard Rose, Professor of Public Policy, Strathclyde University, 63; Mr Tony Sibson, middleweight boxer, 38; Miss Valerie Singleton, broadcaster, 59; Sir Michael Somare, first prime minister of Papua New Guinea, 60; Mr Glenn F. Tilton, chairman, Texaco, 48; Professor David Walker QC, Emeritus Professor of Law, Glasgow University, 76; Sir Richard Young, former chairman, Boosey and Hawkes, 82.

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