Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/May 5

Births
 * 1830 – Thomas Edward Brown (Christ Church and Oriel), poet and scholar from the Isle of Man
 * 1839 – Henry Nettleship (Corpus Christi and Lincoln), classical scholar
 * 1861 – John Edward Lloyd (Lincoln), Welsh historian
 * 1876 – John Garstang (Jesus), archeologist
 * 1880 – Adrian Carton de Wiart (Balliol), army officer who won the Victoria Cross
 * 1883 – H. J. Rose (Balliol and Exeter), Canadian classical scholar
 * 1885 – Kingsley Fairbridge (Exeter), founder of a scheme for children to emigrate to the British colonies
 * 1887 – Geoffrey Fisher (Exeter), Archbishop of Canterbury 1945–1961
 * 1890 – Christopher Morley (New College), American journalist
 * 1923 – Richard Wollheim (Balliol), philosopher
 * 1943 – Malcolm Bowie (All Souls), Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature 1992–2002
 * 1943 – Michael Palin (Brasenose), actor, writer and comedian

Deaths
 * 1739 – Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet (Jesus), Welsh politician
 * 1942 – James Despencer-Robertson (New College), soldier and politician
 * 1943 – Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart (University), Lord Chief Justice 1922–1940
 * 1977 – Christopher Hollis (Balliol), teacher and politician