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

Births

• 1923 – Stansfield Turner, American admiral and Director of Central Intelligence 1977–81
• 1937 – Gordon Crosse (St Edmund Hall), composer
• 1948 – Tom Wright (Exeter, Wycliffe Hall, Merton and Worcester), New Testament scholar and Bishop of Durham 2003–10
• 1971 – Emily Mortimer (Lincoln), actress
• 1982 – Riz Ahmed (Christ Church), actor and rapper

Deaths

• 1947 – G. H. Hardy (New College), Savilian Professor of Geometry 1919–31
• 1964 – J. B. S. Haldane (New College), scientist

Other events

• 1581 – Alexander Briant (Hart Hall), Edmund Campion (St John's, and after whom Campion Hall is named), and Ralph Sherwin (Exeter), Roman Catholic priests, are executed at Tyburn for their faith, and later regarded as martyrs.