Births
- 1556 – Alexander Briant (Hart Hall), Jesuit martyr
- 1660 – Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Baronet (Christ Church), politician
- 1718 – Francis Willis (Lincoln, St Alban Hall and Brasenose), physician who treated George III
- 1873 – Walter Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor (Christ Church), civil servant and politician
- 1878 – Douglas Lloyd Savory (St John's), Professor of French and politician
- 1905 – Guy Sanderson (Merton), Bishop of Plymouth 1962–72
- 1921 – Elinor Lyon (Lady Margaret Hall), children's author
- 1944 – Peter Gibbs, cricketer and scriptwriter
- 1951 – Robert Joy (Corpus Christi), Canadian actor
- 1956 – Philippe Aghion (Nuffield), French economist
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Deaths
- 1657 – Robert Blake (Wadham), admiral
- 1723 – Joseph Bingham (University), clergyman and scholar
- 1729 – Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet (Christ Church), politician
- 1906 – Herman Charles Merivale (Balliol), dramatist and poet
- 1946 – Robert Younger, Baron Blanesburgh (Balliol), Scottish barrister and judge
- 1956 – William Havard (Jesus), Welsh international rugby union player and bishop
- 1969 – Gerry Crutchley, English cricketer
- 1990 – Roderick Cook (Queen's), actor and writer
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