Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/August 4

Births
 * 1839 – Walter Pater (Queen's), writer and critic
 * 1843 – Sir Gabriel Goldney, 2nd Baronet (Exeter), barrister and judge
 * 1869 – Sir Raymond Greene, 2nd Baronet (Oriel), politician
 * 1908 – Osbert Lancaster (Lincoln), cartoonist
 * 1924 – Antony Rowe (Trinity), Olympic rower
 * 1938 – Simon Preston (Christ Church), organist
 * 1949 – Danny Williams (Keble), Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 2003–10
 * 1953 – Charles Kent (Worcester), England rugby union international

Deaths
 * 1737 – John King (Christ Church), clergyman
 * 1888 – John Burgon (Worcester), Dean of Chichester 1876–88
 * 1907 – John Andrew Doyle (Balliol and All Souls), English historian of America
 * 1917 – Noel Godfrey Chavasse (Trinity), army medical doctor awarded the Victoria Cross twice for his heroism
 * 1994 – Solomon Adler, economist and Russian spy
 * 2001 – Joseph Cooper (Keble), pianist and broadcaster