Births
- 1605 – Henry Hammond (Magdalen), clergyman
- 1809 – William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven (Christ Church), nobleman and racehorse owner
- 1818 – James Fraser (Lincoln and Oriel), Bishop of Manchester 1870–85
- 1858 – Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers (Oriel), Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge 1924–31
- 1880 – Harold Rushworth (Jesus), New Zealand politician
- 1897 – Enid Starkie (Somerville), Irish academic of French literature
- 1911 – Henry Summers (Trinity), civil servant and poet
- 1920 – Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle (Trinity), lepidopterist
- 1934 – Michael de Larrabeiti (Keble), novelist and travel writer
- 1936 – David Leaning (Keble), Provost then Dean of Southwell Minster 1991–2006
- 1940 – Stanley Johnson (Exeter), Conservative politician and writer
- 1948 – John Scarlett (Magdalen), Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service 2004–2009
- 1955 – Richard Cheetham (Corpus Christi), Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames since 2002
- 1973 – Victoria Coren (St John's), journalist and poker player
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