Birthdays

Mr Ian Albery, impresario, 58; Mr Austen Albu, former MP and government minister, 91; Lord Barnard, former Lord-Lieutenant of Durham, 71; Mr Leonard Cohen, singer and poet, 60; Miss Shirley Conran, novelist, 62; Mr William Dacombe, chairman and chief executive, Brown Shipley Holdings, 60; Miss Mary Fetherston-Dilke, former organiser of the Citizens' Advice Bureaux, 76; Miss Susan Fleetwood, actress, 50; General Sir John Gibbon, former ADC to the Queen, 77; Mr Larry Hagman, actor, 63; Professor James Ham, former President, University of Toronto, 74; Mr John Hoddinott, Chief Constable, Hampshire, 50; Sir Colin Imray, former High Commissioner to Bangladesh, 61; Mr Stephen King, novelist, 46; Mr Robert Lawrence, Chief Constable, South Wales, 52; Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones, Emeritus Professor of Greek, Oxford University, 72; Sir Ian MacGregor, former chairman, National Coal Board, 82; Sir Peter Matthews, former chairman, Vickers, 72; Miss Jean Robertson, former Matron in Chief, QARNNS, 66; Sir John Smith, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, 56; Sir Brian Unwin, president, European Investment Bank, 59; Professor Bernard Williams, philosopher, 65; Mr Jimmy Young, radio presenter, 71.