Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/August 8

Births
 * 1852 – Carsten Peter Thiede (Queen's), German archaeologist and New Testament scholar
 * 1860 – George Howson (Merton), headmaster of Gresham's School 1900–19
 * 1881 – Oswald Samson (Hertford), cricketer
 * 1907 – Richard Fort (New College), Conservative politician
 * 1916 – John Poole-Hughes (Hertford), Bishop of Llandaff 1976–85
 * 1926 – Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen (Magdalen and All Souls), Warden of All Souls 1977–95, Vice-Chancellor 1985–89
 * 1931 – Roger Penrose (Wadham), mathematical physicist
 * 1941 – Tyronne Fernando (Keble), Sri Lankan politician

Deaths
 * 1672 – Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet (Magdalen Hall), politician
 * 1805 – Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet (Corpus Christi), antiquarian and politician
 * 1827 – George Canning (Christ Church), Prime Minister for 119 days before his death
 * 1940 – Francis Slacke (University), colonial administrator
 * 1957 – Fabian S. Woodley (University), poet
 * 2001 – Patrick David Wall (Christ Church), neuroscientist
 * 2006 – Michael Hurd (Pembroke), composer