Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/January 13

Births

• 1802 – William Lloyd (Jesus), clergyman in South Africa
• 1866 – Sir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st Baronet (Balliol), Scottish newspaper proprietor
• 1870 – Conway Rees (Jesus), Welsh rugby player
• 1874 – Henry William Carless Davis (Balliol, All Souls, New College and Oriel), Regius Professor of Modern History
• 1876 – Charles Burnell (Magdalen), Olympic rower
• 1890 – Elmer Davis (Queen's), Director of the United States Office of War Information
• 1903 – Hugh Lucas-Tooth (Balliol), politician
• 1904 – Richard Addinsell (Hertford), composer
• 1914 — Sir John Rennie (Balliol), Director of the Secret Intelligence Service 1968–73
• 1924 – Ivor Stanbrook (Pembroke), lawyer and politician
• 1927 – Sydney Brenner (Exeter), South African biologist and Nobel Prize winner
• 1925 – Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees (Merton), author and officer of arms
• 1936 – Brian Barry (Queen's, University and Nuffield), moral and political philosopher

Deaths

• 1889 – Edward Hicks (Corpus Christi), politician
• 1921 – Francis William Bourdillon (Worcester), poet and translator
• 1932 – Vicary Gibbs (Christ Church), merchant banker and politician
• 1971 – Robert Still (Trinity), composer and teacher
• 2010 – Sir Robin Maxwell-Hyslop (Christ Church), Conservative politician

Other events

• 1972 – Kofi Abrefa Busia (University), Prime Minister of Ghana, and Edward Akufo-Addo (St Peter's), President of Ghana, are deposed in a military coup.