Births
- 1754 – Banastre Tarleton (University), soldier and politician
- 1813 – John Burgon (Worcester and Oriel), Dean of Chichester
- 1879 – Neville Talbot (Christ Church), Bishop of Pretoria 1920–33
- 1889 – Henry Lewis (Jesus), Welsh language and literature academic
- 1901 – Edward Thomas Copson (St John's), mathematician
- 1913 – Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman (University), Master of University 1976–86
- 1919 – Marcel Lambert (Hertford), Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons 1962–63
- 1938 – Peter Dale (St Peter's), poet
- 1939 – Festus Mogae (University), President of Botswana 1998–2008
- 1942 – Daryl Williams (Wadham), Attorney-General of Australia 1996–2003
- 1945 – Andrew Goudie (Hertford and St Cross), geographer and Master of St Cross since 2003
- 1954 – Lindsay Northover, Baroness Northover (St Anne's), Liberal Democrat politician
- 1968 – Timothy Griffin (Pembroke), United States Attorney
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Deaths
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