Births
- 1673 – Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet (Jesus), politician
- 1841 – Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet (Balliol and St John's), music theorist
- 1909 – David Garnsey (New College), Bishop of Gippsland 1959–74
- 1911 – Ronald Hilton, British-American academic on Latin America
- 1916 – Brian Inglis (Magdalen), Irish journalist and historian
- 1915 – Robert Walter Steel (Jesus and St Peter's Hall), geographer
- 1920 – Peter Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gwydir (Jesus), Secretary of State for Wales 1970–74
- 1921 – Peter Benenson (Balliol), co-founder of Amnesty International
- 1928 – Christopher Raeburn, record producer
- 1929 – Martin Stevens (Trinity), Conservative politician
- 1932 – John Searle, American philosopher
- 1942 – James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas (Balliol), Conservative politician
- 1945 – Humfrey Malins (Brasenose), Conservative politician
- 1945 – William Weld (University), Governor of Massachusetts 1991–97
- 1957 – Mark Thompson (Merton), Director-General of the BBC since 2004
- 1971 – Eve Best (Lincoln), actress
- 1974 – Emilia Fox, actress
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