Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/January 6

Births

• 1673 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (New College), nobleman and patron of Handel
• 1845 – Eugene Lee-Hamilton (Oriel), poet
• 1859 – Samuel Alexander (Balliol and Lincoln), philosopher
• 1896 – Sir Charles Cayzer, 3rd Baronet (Oriel), Conservative politician
• 1916 – Ashley Bramall (Magdalen), Labour politician
• 1944 – Adam Buick, General Secretary of the Socialist Party of Great Britain 1993–95
• 1951 – Timothy Brook, Shaw Professor of Chinese Studies 2007–09
• 1955 – Rowan Atkinson (Queen's), comedian and writer
• 1955 – Richard Corbett (Trinity), Labour politician
• 1956 – Angus Deayton (New College), comedian and broadcaster
• 1960 – Nigella Lawson (Lady Margaret Hall), food journalist and broadcaster

Deaths

• 1710 – Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Magdalen), politician
• 1800 – William Jones (University), clergyman and author
• 1930 – Montague Shearman (St John's), judge and co-founder of the Amateur Athletics Association
• 1946 – Edwin Stephen Goodrich (Merton), Linacre Professor of Comparative Anatomy 1921–45
• 1987 – Robert Cooke (Christ Church), Conservative politician
• 2010 – David Giles (Oriel), television director
• 2010 – Graham Leonard (Balliol), Bishop of London 1981–91