Births
- 1830 – Thomas Edward Brown (Christ Church and Oriel), poet and scholar from the Isle of Man
- 1839 – Henry Nettleship (Corpus Christi and Lincoln), classical scholar
- 1861 – John Edward Lloyd (Lincoln), Welsh historian
- 1876 – John Garstang (Jesus), archeologist
- 1880 – Adrian Carton de Wiart (Balliol), army officer who won the Victoria Cross
- 1883 – H. J. Rose (Balliol and Exeter), Canadian classical scholar
- 1885 – Kingsley Fairbridge (Exeter), founder of a scheme for children to emigrate to the British colonies
- 1887 – Geoffrey Fisher (Exeter), Archbishop of Canterbury 1945–1961
- 1890 – Christopher Morley (New College), American journalist
- 1923 – Richard Wollheim (Balliol), philosopher
- 1943 – Malcolm Bowie (All Souls), Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature 1992–2002
- 1943 – Michael Palin (Brasenose), actor, writer and comedian
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Deaths
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