Births
- 1811 – Thomas Helmore (Magdalen), priest and musician
- 1847 – Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (Christ Church), British Prime Minister 1894–1895
- 1861 – Carleton Rea (Magdalen), mycologist and botanist
- 1865 – A. E. W. Mason (Trinity), novelist
- 1871 – William Searle Holdsworth (New College), Vinerian Professor of English Law 1922–1944
- 1921 – Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs (Worcester and Nuffield), historian of the Victorian era and Provost of Worcester 1976–1991
- 1932 – Jenny Joseph (St Hilda's), poet
- 1946 – Michael Rosen (Wadham), children's novelist and poet
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Deaths
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