Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/January 13

Births
 * 1802 – William Lloyd (Jesus), clergyman in South Africa
 * 1866 – Sir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st Baronet (Balliol), Scottish newspaper proprietor
 * 1870 – Conway Rees (Jesus), Welsh rugby player
 * 1874 – Henry William Carless Davis (Balliol, All Souls, New College and Oriel), Regius Professor of Modern History
 * 1876 – Charles Burnell (Magdalen), Olympic rower
 * 1890 – Elmer Davis (Queen's), Director of the United States Office of War Information
 * 1903 – Hugh Lucas-Tooth (Balliol), politician
 * 1904 – Richard Addinsell (Hertford), composer
 * 1914 — Sir John Rennie (Balliol), Director of the Secret Intelligence Service 1968–73
 * 1924 – Ivor Stanbrook (Pembroke), lawyer and politician
 * 1927 – Sydney Brenner (Exeter), South African biologist and Nobel Prize winner
 * 1925 – Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees (Merton), author and officer of arms
 * 1936 – Brian Barry (Queen's, University and Nuffield), moral and political philosopher

Deaths
 * 1889 – Edward Hicks (Corpus Christi), politician
 * 1921 – Francis William Bourdillon (Worcester), poet and translator
 * 1932 – Vicary Gibbs (Christ Church), merchant banker and politician
 * 1971 – Robert Still (Trinity), composer and teacher
 * 2010 – Sir Robin Maxwell-Hyslop (Christ Church), Conservative politician

Other events
 * 1972 – Kofi Abrefa Busia (University), Prime Minister of Ghana, and Edward Akufo-Addo (St Peter's), President of Ghana, are deposed in a military coup.