Births
- 1802 – William Lloyd (Jesus), clergyman in South Africa
- 1866 – Sir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st Baronet (Balliol), Scottish newspaper proprietor
- 1870 – Conway Rees (Jesus), Welsh rugby player
- 1874 – Henry William Carless Davis (Balliol, All Souls, New College and Oriel), Regius Professor of Modern History
- 1876 – Charles Burnell (Magdalen), Olympic rower
- 1890 – Elmer Davis (Queen's), Director of the United States Office of War Information
- 1903 – Hugh Lucas-Tooth (Balliol), politician
- 1904 – Richard Addinsell (Hertford), composer
- 1914 — Sir John Rennie (Balliol), Director of the Secret Intelligence Service 1968–73
- 1924 – Ivor Stanbrook (Pembroke), lawyer and politician
- 1927 – Sydney Brenner (Exeter), South African biologist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1925 – Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees (Merton), author and officer of arms
- 1936 – Brian Barry (Queen's, University and Nuffield), moral and political philosopher
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