Birthdays

The Right Rev Michael Adie, Bishop of Guildford, 64; The Rev Lord Beaumont of Whitley, priest and writer, 65; Mr Boris Becker, tennis champion, 26; Mr John Bird, actor, 57; Mr Jon Cleary, writer, 76; Mr Tom Conti, actor and director, 51; Mr Brian Dance, former headmaster, St Dunstan's College, Catford, 64; Mr Terry Gilliam, animator, writer and director, 53; Sir Peter Hall, director of plays, films and operas, 63; Lord Henley, Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security, 40; Sir Andrew Huxley OM, former Master, Trinity College, Cambridge, 76; Mr Robert Iliffe, chairman, Yattendon Investment Trust, 49; Mrs Billie Jean King, tennis champion, 50; Mr Wayne Larkins, cricketer, 40; Mr Peter McMaster, former director general, Ordnance Survey, 62; Mr Mushtaq Mohammed, cricketer, 50; Mr John Newman, trade-unionist, 62; Sir John Owen, High Court judge, 68; Mr Robin Reeve, Head Master, King's College School, Wimbledon, 59; Mr Gunther Schuller, composer, 68; Mrs Pat Koechlin-Smythe, show jumper, 65; Group Capt Peter Townsend, writer, 79; Mr Robert Vaughn, actor, 61; Sir Michael Walker, former diplomat, 77.