Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 1

Births
 * 1809 – William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (Christ Church), politician
 * 1921 – Seretse Khama (Balliol), President of Botswana 1966–80
 * 1952 – John Irving Bell (Magdalen), Regius Professor of Medicine since 2002
 * 1953 – Henry Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland (Christ Church), aristocrat and film-maker

Deaths
 * 1777 – Sir John Glynne, 6th Baronet (Queen's), politician and landowner
 * 1799 – James Eyre (St John's), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1793–99
 * 1860 – Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet (Christ Church), politician
 * 1935 – Bill Evans (Jesus), Welsh rugby union international
 * 2006 – Michael Barton, cricketer