Births
- 1738 – John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick (Christ Church), politician
- 1788 – Prideaux John Selby (University), ornithologist and botanist
- 1812 – David Charles (Jesus), Welsh minister and educationalist
- 1877 – Geoffrey Coleridge, 3rd Baron Coleridge (Trinity College), descendant of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and controller of his archive
- 1902 – Frank Soskice, Baron Stow Hill (Balliol), Labour politician
- 1913 – Michael Foot (Wadham), Leader of the Labour Party 1980–83
- 1914 – Leonard James Hooper (Worcester), Director of GCHQ 1965–73
- 1921 – Malachi Martin, Catholic theologian
- 1923 – Donald Nicholl (Balliol), historian and theologian
- 1924 – Gavin Lambert (Magdalen), novelist and screenwriter
- 1942 – Christopher Makins, 2nd Baron Sherfield (New College and All Souls), diplomat
- 1948 – Michael Wood (Oriel), historian and broadcaster
|
Deaths
|