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Births
- 1746 – John Gutch (All Souls and Corpus Christi), University Registrar 1797–1824
- 1834 – John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (All Souls), writer who originated the phrase "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
- 1845 – Robert Torrens O'Neill (Brasenose), politician
- 1894 – Geoffrey Jackson (Balliol), cricketer
- 1900 – Philip Bell (Queen's), lawyer and politician
- 1911 – Norman Heatley (Lincoln), scientist who helped develop penicillin
- 1916 – William Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir (New College), writer
- 1925 – Geoffrey Keighley (Trinity), cricketer, lawyer and politician
- 1927 – Harry Edwards, Australian politician
- 1928 – Peter Mathias (All Souls), Chichele Professor of Economic History
- 1936 – Walter Bodmer, Principal of Hertford 1996–2005
- 1938 – Donald Knuth (Magdalen), computer scientist
- 1947 – Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay (University and Nuffield), politician
- 1976 – Khairy Jamaluddin (St Hugh's), Malaysian politician
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Deaths
- 1645 – William Laud (St John's), Chancellor of the University 1630–41 and Archbishop of Canterbury 1633–45
- 1787 – Harry Peckham (New College), lawyer who helped to draft the laws of cricket
- 1931 – Lord Francis Hervey (Balliol and Hertford), barrister and politician
- 1936 – Raleigh Grey (Brasenose), soldier and businessman
- 1984 – Alasdair Clayre (Christ Church and All Souls), singer-songwriter and author
- 1986 – Martin Stevens (Trinity), politician
- 1987 – Ian Harvey (Christ Church), businessman and politician
- 1997 – Alexander R. Todd (Oriel), Scottish biochemist
- 2006 – Alethea Hayter (Lady Margaret Hall), author and British Council representative
- 2010 – Crispin Sorhaindo (Trinity), fourth President of Dominica
- 2011 – John Gross (Wadham), author and critic
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