Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/January 21

Births
 * 1572 – John Donne (Hart Hall), poet
 * 1674 – Sir Edward Bagot, 4th Baronet (Christ Church), politician
 * 1862 – Sir William Bromley-Davenport (Balliol), soldier, politician and England international footballer
 * 1874 – S. H. Hooke (Jesus), biblical scholar
 * 1905 – Escott Reid (Christ Church), Canadian diplomat
 * 1910 – Sir George Middleton (Magdalen), British diplomat
 * 1918 – Guy Butler (Brasenose), South African poet
 * 1929 – John Hayes (Keble), art historian and museum director
 * 1933 – Norman Willis (Oriel), General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress 1983–93
 * 1935 – Neil L. Rudenstine (New College), President of Harvard University 1991–2001
 * 1937 – Ursula Owen (St Hugh's), publisher and free-speech activist
 * 1950 – Robert Luskin, American lawyer
 * 1967 – Andy Hornby (St Peter's), businessman
 * 1981 – Jamie Dalrymple (St Peter's), England international cricketer

Deaths
 * 1699 – Obadiah Walker (University), Master of University College 1676–88
 * 1939 – Hubert Carr-Gomm (Oriel), politician and publisher
 * 1981 – James Stronge (Christ Church), soldier and politician