Birthdays

Miss Svetlana Beriozova, former ballerina, 60; Sir Mervyn Brown, former diplomat, 69; Mr Collin Cowe, former Senior Bursar, Magdalen College, Oxford, 75; Sir Seymour Egerton, former Chairman, Coutts Bank, 77; Mr Brian Glanville, author and journalist, 61; Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Grose, 55; Professor Richard Hoggart, author and former Warden of Goldsmiths' College, London, 74; Mr Robert Jackson MP, Minister for the Civil Service, 46; Sir David Lane, former chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, 70; Mr Robert Lang, actor and director, 58; Air Marshal Sir John Lapsley, 76; Mrs Linda McCartney, photographer, 51; Professor George McNicol, former principal, Aberdeen University, 63; Mr Gerry Marsden, rock musician, 50; Professor Bernard Nevill, textile designer, 58; Mr Anthony Newley, actor and composer, 61; Mr Richard Northcott, producer, 45; Miss Catherine Pestell, principal, Somerville College, Oxford, 59; Professor Sir Owen Saunders, mechanical engineer, 88; Mr Ian Serraillier, children's writer, 80; Mr Richard Spring MP, 46; Mr Lawrence Urquhart, chairman and chief executive, Burmah Castrol, 57; Sir Jean-Pierre Warner, High Court judge, 68; Dr Manfred Worner, Secretary-General of Nato, 58.