Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/December 30

Births
 * 1676 – John Philips (Christ Church), poet
 * 1908 – Lawrence Turner (Exeter), Conservative politician
 * 1921 – J. L. Ackrill (St John's and Brasenose), philosopher and classicist
 * 1926 – Huw Owen (Jesus), theologian
 * 1943 – Geraint Talfan Davies (Jesus), Controller of BBC Wales 1990–2000
 * 1950 – Timothy Mo (St John's), novelist

Deaths
 * 1494 – John Russell (New College), Bishop of Lincoln 1480–1494, Lord Chancellor 1483–1485 and University Chancellor 1483–1494
 * 1624 – John Kendrick (St John's), cloth merchant and philanthropist
 * 1967 – Vincent Massey (Balliol), Governor General of Canada 1952–1959