Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 1

Births

• 1809 – William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (Christ Church), politician
• 1921 – Seretse Khama (Balliol), President of Botswana 1966–80
• 1952 – John Irving Bell (Magdalen), Regius Professor of Medicine since 2002
• 1953 – Henry Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland (Christ Church), aristocrat and film-maker

Deaths

• 1777 – Sir John Glynne, 6th Baronet (Queen's), politician and landowner
• 1799 – James Eyre (St John's), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1793–99
• 1860 – Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet (Christ Church), politician
• 1935 – Bill Evans (Jesus), Welsh rugby union international
• 2006 – Michael Barton, cricketer