Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/January 17

Births

• 1574 – Robert Fludd (St John's and Christ Church), physician, astrologer and mathematician
• 1883 – Compton Mackenzie (Magdalen), writer and Scottish nationalist
• 1899 – Nevil Shute (Balliol), novelist
• 1918 – Damian Green (Magdalen) and All Souls, Conservative MP
• 1922 – Nicholas Katzenbach(Balliol), U.S. Attorney General 1965–66
• 1944 – Ann Oakley (Somerville), sociologist and feminist
• 1956 – Damian Green (Balliol), Conservative MP
• 1968 – Rowan Pelling (St Hugh's), writer and broadcaster

Deaths

• 1932 – Charles Gore (Balliol, Trinity and Pusey House), theologian and Bishop of Oxford 1911–19
• 1991 – Olav V of Norway (Balliol), King of Norway 1957–91
• 1993 – Albert Hourani (Magdalen), historian of the Middle East
• 2004 – Raymond Bonham Carter (Magdalen), banker

Other events

• 1991 – Harald V of Norway (Balliol) succeeds his father as King of Norway