Births
- 1676 – John Weldon (New College), composer
- 1924 – Richard Altham, cricketer
- 1925 – Nina Bawden (Somerville), writer
- 1941 – Colin Gunton (Hertford and Mansfield), theologian
- 1946 – Julian Barnes (Magdalen), writer
- 1948 – Amanda Holden (Lady Margaret Hall), librettist and translator
- 1950 – David Tredinnick (St John's), politician
- 1954 – James Robbins (Christ Church), BBC journalist
- 1955 – Simon Rattle (St Anne's), conductor
- 1970 – Tim Foster, Olympic rower
- 1982 – Peter Buttigieg, American politician
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