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Births
- 1561 – Edwin Sandys (Corpus Christi), founder member of the Virginia Company of London
- 1839 – Frederick Halsey (Christ Church), Conservative MP
- 1846 – William Humble (Exeter), clergyman and cricketer
- 1863 – John Burnet (Balliol and Merton), classical scholar
- 1891 – Malcolm Mercer Hollett, member of the Canadian Senate
- 1905 – R. V. Vernède (Hertford and St Peter's), writer and colonial administrator in India
- 1909 – Andrew Way (Christ Church), police officer
- 1913 – Peter Smithers (Magdalen), Conservative MP
- 1926 – Peter Rees, Baron Rees (Christ Church), Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- 1929 – Bob Hawke (University), Prime Minister of Australia 1983–1991
- 1943 – Joanna Trollope (St Hugh's), novelist
- 1944 – Roger Short (University), diplomat
- 1948 – Jonathan Sumption (Magdalen), barrister and medieval historian
- 1963 – Crown Princess Masako (Balliol), Japanese princess
- 1969 – Raphaël Rouquier (Magdalen), Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics at Oxford
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Deaths
- 1781 – Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Christ Church), landowner in Virginia
- 1874 – Benjamin Bond Cabbell (Oriel), politician and philanthropist
- 1901 – Clement Walker Heneage (Christ Church), winner of the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny
- 1925 – Cosby Godolphin Trench (Corpus Christi), army officer and magistrate in Ireland
- 1948 – Sir Tim O'Brien, 3rd Baronet (New Inn Hall), England international cricketer
- 1995 – Gillian Rose (St Hilda's), philosopher and sociologist
- 2004 – Peter Emery (Oriel), Conservative MP
- 2006 – Peter Derow (Wadham), classical scholar
Other events
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