Births
- 1572 – John Donne (Hart Hall), poet
- 1674 – Sir Edward Bagot, 4th Baronet (Christ Church), politician
- 1862 – Sir William Bromley-Davenport (Balliol), soldier, politician and England international footballer
- 1874 – S. H. Hooke (Jesus), biblical scholar
- 1905 – Escott Reid (Christ Church), Canadian diplomat
- 1910 – Sir George Middleton (Magdalen), British diplomat
- 1918 – Guy Butler (Brasenose), South African poet
- 1929 – John Hayes (Keble), art historian and museum director
- 1933 – Norman Willis (Oriel), General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress 1983–93
- 1935 – Neil L. Rudenstine (New College), President of Harvard University 1991–2001
- 1937 – Ursula Owen (St Hugh's), publisher and free-speech activist
- 1950 – Robert Luskin, American lawyer
- 1967 – Andy Hornby (St Peter's), businessman
- 1981 – Jamie Dalrymple (St Peter's), England international cricketer
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