Births
- 1621 – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (Exeter), Chancellor of the Exchequer 1661–72
- 1737 – Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton (Christ Church), diplomat
- 1830 – Richard Copley Christie (Lincoln), lawyer and university academic
- 1844 – William Archibald Spooner (New College), Warden of New College 1903–24 and creator of the "Spoonerism"
- 1849 – Frederick Maddison (Brasenose), England international footballer
- 1869 – Walter Gilliat, England international footballer
- 1902 – Lorne MacLaine Campbell (Merton), winner of the Victoria Cross
- 1926 – J. I. Packer (Corpus Christi), Canadian theologian
- 1932 – Thomas Skidmore, American historian of Brazil
- 1930 – Neil Smelser, American sociologist
- 1950 – Susan Kramer (St Hilda's), Liberal Democrat politician
- 1976 – Alexander Fiske-Harrison, actor, writer and bullfighter
- 1981 – Robin Bourne-Taylor (Christ Church), international rower
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Deaths
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