Birthdays and Anniversaries

The Independent - London | January 6, 1997 | Copyright

Birthdays

Major Kenneth Adams, Honorary Fellow, St George's House, Windsor Castle, 77; Mr Rowan Atkinson, actor and comedian, 42; Mr Paul Azinger, golfer, 37; Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Chancellor, Stirling University, 70; Mr Roger Barton, MEP, 52; Sir Ashley Bramall, former chairman of the GLC, 81; Sir Robert Clark, chairman, Mirror Group Newspapers, 73; Mr John Clive, actor and writer, 59; Mr John Croft, painter and criminologist, 74; Mr Angus Deayton, writer and broadcaster, 41; Mr Kapil Dev, cricketer, 38; M Sacha Distel, singer, 65; General Sir Martin Farndale, Master Gunner, St James's ...

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