Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/January 6

Births
 * 1673 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (New College), nobleman and patron of Handel
 * 1845 – Eugene Lee-Hamilton (Oriel), poet
 * 1859 – Samuel Alexander (Balliol and Lincoln), philosopher
 * 1896 – Sir Charles Cayzer, 3rd Baronet (Oriel), Conservative politician
 * 1916 – Ashley Bramall (Magdalen), Labour politician
 * 1944 – Adam Buick, General Secretary of the Socialist Party of Great Britain 1993–95
 * 1951 – Timothy Brook, Shaw Professor of Chinese Studies 2007–09
 * 1955 – Rowan Atkinson (Queen's), comedian and writer
 * 1955 – Richard Corbett (Trinity), Labour politician
 * 1956 – Angus Deayton (New College), comedian and broadcaster
 * 1960 – Nigella Lawson (Lady Margaret Hall), food journalist and broadcaster

Deaths
 * 1710 – Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Magdalen), politician
 * 1800 – William Jones (University), clergyman and author
 * 1930 – Montague Shearman (St John's), judge and co-founder of the Amateur Athletics Association
 * 1946 – Edwin Stephen Goodrich (Merton), Linacre Professor of Comparative Anatomy 1921–45
 * 1987 – Robert Cooke (Christ Church), Conservative politician
 * 2010 – David Giles (Oriel), television director
 * 2010 – Graham Leonard (Balliol), Bishop of London 1981–91