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Births

1752 – Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley (Jesus), aristocrat and politician
1807 – Benjamin Wills Newton (Exeter), prominent member of the Plymouth Brethren
1831 – William Henry Fremantle (Balliol) and All Souls), Dean of Ripon
1837 – John Richard Green (Jesus), historian
1898 – William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan (University), Solicitor General for Scotland
1905 – E. L. Mascall (Christ Church), theologian
1920 – James McFarlane (St Catherine's), British academic of European literature
1942 – Brough Scott (Corpus Christi), horse racing journalist
1960 – Nicola Horlick (Balliol), investment fund manager
1962 – Peter Bergen (New College), American journalist
1964 – Reeta Chakrabarti (Exeter), British political journalist

Deaths

1867 – Charles Daubeny (Magdalen), Professor of Chemistry and of Botany at Oxford
1950 – William Christopher Wordsworth (Jesus), journalist and academic
1975 – David Mathew (Balliol), Catholic bishop
1981 – J. L. Mackie (Oriel and University), Australian philosopher
1999 – Joseph Heller (St Catherine's), American author (Catch-22)
2004 – William B. Rosson, General commanding United States Army Pacific

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