Birthdays: 8th November 1995

Birthdays

The Marquess of Abergavenny, former Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex, 81; Lord Allanbridge, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 70; Mr Rupert Allason MP, 44; Professor Christiaan Barnard, heart transplant pioneer, 73; Mr Geoffrey Bell, former chairman, Guinness Mahon Holdings, 56; M Alain Delon, actor, 60; Mr Ken Dodd, comedian, 64; Mr Paul Foot, journalist, 58; Miss Elizabeth Gale, opera singer, 47; Mr Edward Goldsmith, ecologist, 67; Mr Frederick Gore, painter, 82; Professor Sir Edmund Happold, consulting engineer, 65; Miss June Havoc, actress, 79; Mr Dennis Head, former chairman, Rolls-Royce, 70; Dr Gordon Higginson, former Vice-Chancellor, Southampton University, 66; Miss Nerys Hughes, actress, 54; Mr Kazuo Ishiguro, author, 41; Mr David Jessel, television journalist, 50; Sir Andrew Leggatt, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 65; Sir Denis Mahon, art historian, 85; Miss Patti Page, singer, 68; Mr Martin Peters, footballer, 52; Sir James Redmond, former Director of Engineering, BBC, 77; Mr William Reid, former Director, National Army Museum, 69; Mr Morley Safer, writer and television journalist, 64; Sir Robert Shields, Professor of Surgery, Liverpool University, 65; Mr Ian Sproat MP, Minister of State, National Heritage, 57; Miss Mary Travers, singer, 58; Mr Tamas Vasary, conductor and pianist, 62; Sir Alexander Waddell, former colonial administrator, 82.