Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/September 9

Births
 * 1747 – Thomas Coke (Jesus), Welsh Methodist minister and bishop
 * 1798 – Cosmo Innes (Balliol), Scottish historian
 * 1858 – Claude Wilson (Exeter), represented Oxford University in the 1880 FA Cup Final
 * 1898 – Beverley Nichols (Balliol), author
 * 1911 – John Gorton (Brasenose), Prime Minister of Australia 1968–71
 * 1922 – Sir Anthony Parsons (Balliol), diplomat
 * 1938 – Richard Sharp (Balliol), England rugby union international
 * 1940 – Colin Bennetts (Jesus), Bishop of Coventry 1998–2008
 * 1947 – Bryan Sykes (Wolfson, human geneticist
 * 1960 – Hugh Grant (New College), actor
 * 1968 – Chris Alexander (Balliol), Canadian Conservative politician
 * 1972 – Natasha Kaplinsky (Hertford), television presenter
 * 1975 – Anton Oliver (Worcester), New Zealand rugby union international
 * 1981 – Jamie Schroeder (Christ Church), American rower

Deaths
 * 1680 – Henry Marten (University), politician and one of the regicides of King Charles I
 * 1880 – Charles Lowder (Exeter), Anglican priest and founder of the Society of the Holy Cross
 * 1890 – Henry Liddon (Christ Church and St Edmund Hall), Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture 1870–82
 * 1907 – Eugene Lee-Hamilton (Oriel), poet
 * 1907 – Ernest Wilberforce (Exeter), Bishop of Newcastle 1882–96, Bishop of Chichester 1896–1907
 * 1972 – Sir Harold Hartley (Balliol), physical chemist
 * 1997 – John Hackett (New College), British army general
 * 2000 – Sir Julian Critchley (Pembroke), Conservative politician