Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/August 5

Births
 * 1870 – Harry Brodribb Irving (New College), actor
 * 1880 – Herbert du Parcq, Baron du Parcq (Exeter and Jesus), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1946–49
 * 1882 – Norman Jolly (Balliol), Australian professor of forestry
 * 1889 – William Davies Thomas (Jesus), professor of English at University College, Swansea
 * 1914 – Sandy Singleton, cricketer
 * 1929 – Al Alvarez (Corpus Christi), poet
 * 1947 – John Spellar (St Edmund Hall), Labour politician
 * 1956 – Christopher Chessun (University), Bishop of Southwark since 2011
 * 1961 – Roly Keating (Balliol), BBC executive
 * 1967 – Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn
 * 1968 – Stephanie Flanders (Balliol), economics journalist and broadcaster

Deaths
 * 1633 – George Abbot (Balliol and University), Archbishop of Canterbury 1611–33
 * 1741 – John Verney (New College), politician and judge
 * 1792 – Frederick North, Lord North (Trinity), Prime Minister of Great Britain 1770–82
 * 1941 – Patrick Hall, cricketer
 * 1980 – Geoffrey Hugo Lampe (Exeter), theology professor at the University of Cambridge
 * 1984 – Richard Burton (Exeter), actor
 * 2005 – Raymond Klibansky (Oriel and Wolfson), German-Canadian historian of philosophy
 * 2009 – Gerald Cohen (All Souls), Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory 1985–2008

Other events
 * 2008 – Gordon Wetherell (New College) is appointed Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands.