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Births
- 1802 – Frederick Oakeley (Christ Church), priest and translator into English of "O come all ye faithful"
- 1829 – William Odling (Worcester), chemist who helped to develop the periodic table
- 1834 – Robinson Ellis (Balliol and Trinity), classical scholar
- 1845 – George Kennion (Oriel), Bishop of Adelaide 1882–94 and of Bath and Wells 1894–1921
- 1861 – Sir Walter Raleigh (Merton), Merton Professor of English Literature 1904–22
- 1861 – Henry Tristram, rugby union international and cricketer
- 1862 – Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston (Trinity), President of Trinity 1907–38
- 1881 – John Parker (Brasenose), politician and barrister
- 1885 – Jenkin Alban Davies (Jesus), Welsh rugby union international
- 1888 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (All Souls), Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics 1936–52 and President of India 1962–67
- 1887 – Charles Fairburn (Brasenose), railway engineer
- 1912 – Fredrick de Saram (Keble), Sri Lankan cricketer, lawyer and military coup plotter
- 1922 – Sir Denys Wilkinson, nuclear physicist
- 1934 – Russell Harty (Exeter), television presenter
- 1936 – Jonathan Kozol (Magdalen), American writer on education issues
- 1943 – David Atkinson (Corpus Christi), Bishop of Thetford 2001–09
- 1944 – Gareth Evans (Magdalen), Australian Labor politician
- 1954 – Christopher Prentice, diplomat
- 1962 – Peter Wingfield (Brasenose), Welsh actor
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Deaths
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