Birthdays

Mr Geoff Arnold, cricketer, 48; Air Marshal Sir Erik Bennett, former commander, Sultan of Oman's Air Force, 64; Dr Clare Burstall, psychologist and educationist, 61; Miss Pauline Collins, actress, 52; Mr Michael Connarty, MP, 45; Lord Craigton, former government minister, 88; Air Marshal Sir Gerald Gibbs, 96; The Rev Anthony Harbottle, chaplain to the Queen, 67; Mr Nicky Horne, disc jockey, 42; Mr Graham Kentfield, chief cashier, Bank of England, 52; Mr Brian Lochore, rugby player, 52; Professor Alison Lurie, writer and professor of English at Cornell University, 66; Mr Richard McCormac, president, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), 54; Sir Michael Neubert MP, 59; The Right Rev Vernon Nicholls, Hon Assistant Bishop of Coventry, 75; Sir Mark Russell, diplomat, 63; Mr Gaston Thorn, former prime minister of Luxembourg, 64.