Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 7

Births
 * 1929 – Kwesi Dickson (Mansfield), Ghanaian Methodist priest and theologian
 * 1939 – Erika Cheetham (St Anne's), medieval scholar
 * 1945 – Michael Ancram (Christ Church), Conservative politician
 * 1961 – David Faber (Balliol), Conservative politician and schoolmaster
 * 1965 – Zoë Heller (St Anne's), novelist

Deaths
 * 1713 – Henry Compton (Queen's), Bishop of London 1675–1713
 * 1764 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (Christ Church), politician, sometimes said to have been Prime Minister for two days
 * 1881 – Claude Wilson (Exeter), footballer who played for Oxford University A.F.C. in the 1880 FA Cup Final and twice for the England team
 * 1948 – Edward Lisle Strutt (Christ Church), soldier and mountaineer
 * 2007 – Ion Calvocoressi (Magdalen), army officer and stockbroker
 * 2007 – Donald Michie (Balliol), researcher in artificial intelligence
 * 2007 – Michael Spurway (Christ Church), cricketer and civil servant