- Earl Of Oxford
Earl of Oxford was one of the older titles in the English peerage, and was held for several centuries by the de Vere family from 1141. It finally became dormant in 1703 with the death of the 20th Earl. Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is perhaps the most famous of the line, because of his emergence as the most popular candidate (besides Shakspeare of Stratford) as the actual author of the works of William Shakespeare (see Shakespearean authorship). - Jonny Greenwood
Jonathan "Jonny" Richard Guy Greenwood (born November 5, 1971 in Oxford, England) is a musician and a member of Radiohead. Greenwood is a multi-instrumentalist and also serves as the band's lead guitarist. In addition to guitar he plays viola, organ, piano, xylophone, glockenspiel, ondes martenot, banjo and harmonica. He is the younger brother of fellow Radiohead member Colin Greenwood. - Colin Greenwood
Colin Greenwood (born Colin Charles Greenwood, 26 June 1969, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England), also known as Coz, is a member of English rock band Radiohead. He is best known as their bass player, although he does play other instruments (see below). He is the older brother of fellow band member, guitarist Jonny Greenwood. In December 1998, Greenwood married Molly McGrann, an American literary critic and novelist. They have two sons, Jesse, born in December 2003 and Asa, … - John Davis
John Horsley Russell Davis (1938-) is a British anthropologist, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, and Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Oxford. John Davis was born in London on 9 September 1938. He was educated at University College, Oxford (BA Modern History 1961, MA) and the London School of Economics (PhD Social Anthropology 1968). He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1988. - Basil Blackwell
Sir Basil Blackwell was born Henry Blackwell in Oxford, England. He was the son of the founder of Blackwell's bookshop in Oxford, which went on to become the Blackwell's family publishing and bookshop empire, located on Broad Street in central Oxford. In 1921, he founded his own publishing group, the Shakesphere Head Press, with Bernard Newdigate as typographer. This he integrated into the family book business when he became chairman in 1924. - Frideswide
Saint Frideswide was (according to legend) daughter of King Didan and Safrida. She founded a church near Oxford, but Prince Alfgar of Mercia decided to marry her. She refused his advances, hiding from him in a tub in the forest. When she returned to Oxford, Alfgar besieged her until he was struck blind. She then prayed to St Margaret of Antioch and St Catherine of Alexandria. The two saints appeared to Frideswide and told her to strike her staff against the ground. - Colin Dexter
Norman Colin Dexter, OBE, (born 29 September 1930 in Stamford, Lincolnshire) is the English author of the Inspector Morse novels. - Anthony Wood
Anthony Wood or Anthony à Wood was an English antiquary. He was the fourth son of Thomas Wood (1580-1643), B.C.L. of Oxford, where Anthony was born. He was sent to New College school in 1641, and at the age of twelve was removed to the free grammar school at Thame, where his studies were interrupted by civil war skirmishes. He was then placed under the tuition of his brother Edward (1627-1655), of Trinity College; and, as he tells us, … - John Day
John Day D.D., is Professor of Old Testament Studies in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. He is the editor of In search of pre-exilic Israel and wrote God's Conflict with the Dragon and the Sea. He is also Fellow, Tutor in Theology, and Dean of Degrees at Lady Margaret Hall. - Gaz Coombes
Gaz Coombes (born Gareth Michael Coombes on March 8, 1976 in Oxford, United Kingdom) is the vocalist and guitarist for the band Supergrass. His large sideburns have become his 'trademark' image. He first entered the music world aged fourteen as the lead singer of the band The Jennifers. The band undertook a nationwide tour before Gaz was fifteen. They released one single in 1992 on Nude Records before they split. - Alan Ryan
Alan James Ryan FBA is Warden of New College, Oxford, and Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford. He was born 9 May 1940, and was educated at Christ's Hospital, Balliol College, Oxford, and University College, London. Elected a fellow of New College in 1969, he returned in 1996 to take up the Wardenship. He was made a Fellow of the British Academy in 1986. Ryan is a recognised authority on the work of John Stuart Mill, … - Thomas Cooper
Thomas Cooper (or Couper) (c. 1517 - April 29, 1594), English bishop, lexicographer, and writer, was born in Oxford, where he was educated at Magdalen College. He became master of Magdalen College school, and afterwards practised as a physician in Oxford. His literary career began in 1548, when he compiled, or rather edited, "Bibliotheca Eliotae", a Latin dictionary by Sir Thomas Elyot. - Richard Lee
Richard Lee (born 5 October 1982) is an English goalkeeper who plays for Watford. Lee came through Watford's academy, and became second choice 'keeper after Ray Lewington's appointment as manager at the beginning of the 2002-03 season. He made his debut in February 2003 against Preston, after first choice Alec Chamberlain was rested before an FA Cup quarter final. He went on to make four more appearances that season. - Mike Philbin
Mike Philbin (born 1966 in St Helens, Merseyside) is an artist, editor and author who, as of 1996, resides in Oxford in the United Kingdom. He spent the late 1980s and early 1990s exhibiting his brand of psycho-realist paintings in one-man shows in St Helens, Liverpool and London. - Hugo Brunner
Hugo Laurence Joseph Brunner JP is Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, England. Hugo Brunner was appointed the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire in 1996. He has been an enthusiastic supporter of the installation of blue plaques through his chairmanship of the Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, established in 1999 and administered by the Oxford Civic Society. Brunner was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by Oxford Brookes University in 1999. - Adam Franklin
Adam Franklin is a guitarist, singer and songwriter who has played in Swervedriver (1989-99), Shake Appeal (1984-89) and currently Toshack Highway (1999 to present day). He has also been a part of the Sophia collective for a long time now and keeps touring with Sophia until this day. Franklin released "Bolts of Melody", his first album under his own name, on June 26, 2007. - Martin Keown
Martin Keown (born July 24, 1966 in Oxford) is a former English footballer, who spent most of his career at Arsenal. - Jamie Brooks
Jamie Paul Brooks (born August 12 1983 in Oxford, England) is an English footballer. Yet another player to come through the youth system at Oxford United, Jamie is a skilful striker who marked his debut with a goal and an assist at the end of the 2001/02 season. In the first season at the Kassam Stadium he walked away with all four player of the year awards after some great displayes and goals. - Jacqueline du Pré
Jacqueline Mary du Pré, O.B.E. (January 26, 1945 - October 19, 1987), was a British cellist, today acknowledged as one of the greatest exponents of the instrument. She is particularly associated with the Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor; her interpretation of this work has been described as "definitive" and "legendary." - Nathan Douglas
Nathan Douglas (born December 4, 1982 in Oxford) is a British athlete. He won the silver medal in triple jump at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg with a jump of 17.21 metres. His personal best is 17.64 m (2005). - William Davenant
Sir William Davenant (February 28, 1606 - April 7, 1668), also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright. Along with Thomas Killigrew, Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre whose career spanned both the Caroline and Restoration eras, and who was active both before and after the English Civil War and the Interregnum. - John Of England
John (24 December 1166 - 18/19 October 1216) reigned as King of England from 6 April, 1199, until his death. He succeeded to the throne as the younger brother of King Richard I (known in later times as "Richard the Lionheart"). John acquired the nicknames of "Lackland" ("Sans Terre" in French) for his lack of an inheritance as the youngest son and for his loss of territory to France, and of "Soft-sword" for his alleged military ineptitude. - Jonathan Bowen
Jonathan Bowen is Chairman of Museophile Limited and a Visiting Professor at London South Bank University, where he has founded and headed the Centre for Applied Formal Methods since 2000. During 2006-07, he is a visiting academic at University College London. EPSRC Visiting Fellow: - Dexter Blackstock
Dexter Anthony Titus Blackstock (born May 20 1986) is an English footballer who currently plays for Queens Park Rangers in the Football League Championship. He is normally a centre-forward. - Henry Taunt
Henry William Taunt was a professional photographer based in Oxford, England. His studio was in Broad Street, Oxford. Henry Taunt's black and white photographs are mainly views of Oxford, Oxfordshire (together with surrounding counties) and the River Thames. He produced the first pocket guide to the River Thames to be illustrated with photographs. In the 1860s, it covered the upper Thames, but it expanded its range over several editions. - Nell Gwyn
Nell Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne), born Eleanor, (2 February 1650 - 14 November 1687), was one of the earliest English actresses to receive prominent recognition, and a long-time mistress of King Charles II. Called "pretty, witty Nell" by Samuel Pepys, she has been called a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine, with a story echoing the rags-to-royalty tale of Cinderella. - John Richard Green
John Richard Green was an English historian. Born the son of a tradesman in Oxford, where he was educated, first at Magdalen College School, and then at Jesus College. He entered the Church, and served various cures in London, under a constant strain caused by delicate health. Always an enthusiastic student of history, the little leisure time he had was devoted to research. In 1869 he finally gave up his work as a clergyman, and was appointed librarian at Lambeth. - Philip Webb
Philip Speakman Webb (12 January, 1831 - 17 April 1915) was an English architect - sometimes called the 'Father of Arts and Crafts Architecture'. Born in Oxford, Webb studied at Aynho in Northamptonshire and was then articled to firms of builder-architects in Wolverhampton and Reading, Berkshire. He then moved to London where he eventually became a junior assistant for G. E. Street. While there he met William Morris in 1856 and then started his own practice in 1858. - Benjamin Whitrow
Benjamin "Ben" Whitrow (born 17 February 1937 in Oxford, England) is a British actor. He attended the Dragon School, Tonbridge School, and RADA. Whitrow was also part of the King's Dragoon Guards from 1956 to 1958. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1981. He played Russell in the radio version of "After Henry". Whitrow was nominated for a BAFTA for his portrayal of Mr Bennet in "Pride and Prejudice". - James Lavelle
James Lavelle (born 1974 in Oxford, England) is a DJ, electronic recording artist and record label boss. He is best known for producing work in the trip hop, breakbeat and house music genres. While attending Cherwell Middle School, Lavelle's music career started at 15 when he ran block parties in Oxford. At only 18 he started the Mo' Wax label, taking the name from his club night at the time, "Mo' Wax Please". - Patrick Mower
Patrick Mower (born 12 September 1940, real name Patrick Archibald Shaw) is an English actor well known for many television roles, often as a detective or secret agent. Patrick Mower was born in Oxford, to a Welsh father and English mother. Their marriage is thought to have been bigamous, as Mower later discovered that his father had been married before, and he had three half-sisters in Wales of whose existence he had been unaware. - John Sergeant
John Sergeant (born 14 April 1944, Oxford) is a journalist and broadcaster. The son of a missionary who was also a distinguished linguist, he has Russian blood on his mother's side, and was brought up in various places including Jerusalem and Oxford. He was educated at Great Tew Primary School, Millfield School in Somerset, and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He also made a name for himself in student comedy revues, … - Frances Houghton
Frances Houghton born 19 September 1980 in Oxford. Frances is a Great British female Rower who won Silver Medal in the Quadruple Sculls at the 2004 Olympics. Frances won a Bronze Medal at the 1998 World Junior championships in the Double Sculls along with partner Debbie Flood.The following year they both both won Gold in the Double Sculls at the World Under 23 Championships. - Cressida Dick
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick (born 1960) is a senior officer in London's Metropolitan Police. Prior to 2005 she was a largely unknown figure, but became well-known as a result of being the officer in command of the operation that led to the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. In September 2006, she was promoted to the rank of Deputy Assistant Commissioner. - Robert Ellis
The Reverend Robert Anthony Ellis, MA, DPhil (born 24 August 1956, is the Principal of Regent's Park College, Oxford. Robert Ellis was educated at Regent's Park College, Oxford and received his DPhil from the University of Oxford in 1984. He is an ordained minister in the Baptist Union of Great Britain and has served congregations in Milton Keynes and Bristol. He is currently Fellow and Tutor in Pastoral Theology and Mission at Regent's Park College, … - Jane Burden
Jane Burden (October 19, 1839 - January 26, 1914) was the embodiment of the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She became the wife of William Morris and the inspiration, and possibly mistress, of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. She was born in Oxford. At the time of her birth, her father, Robert Burden, was a stableman and lived with his wife (Jane's mother), Ann Burden (formerly Maizey) at St. Helen's Passages, St. Peter in the East, Oxford. - Averil Cameron
Dame Averil Millicent Cameron, DBE, FBA (born February 8, 1940), is Warden of Keble College, Oxford, Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History in the University of Oxford, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. She was previously Professor of Ancient History (1978-1989) and Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies (1989-1994), at King's College London. - John Kendrew
Sir John Cowdery Kendrew (March 24, 1917 - August 23, 1997) was an English biochemist and crystallographer who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Max Perutz; their group in the Cavendish Laboratory investigated the structure of heme-containing proteins. - Jim Rosenthal
Jim Rosenthal (born 6 November 1947) is a sports presenter on British television. As a child he grew up in Oxford and attended Josca's Preparatory School before going to Magdalen College School. Rosenthal has always been a loyal supporter of his childhood home team of Oxford United. His apprenticeship was served on newspapers and BBC local and national radio. In his radio career he spent time as a cricket commentator, … - Nik Turner
Nik Turner (born Nicholas Turner, 28 August 1940, in Oxford, Oxfordshire), is a British musician, best known as a founder of space rock pioneers Hawkwind. Turner plays saxophones, flute, sings and is a composer. While with Hawkwind, Turner was known for his experimental free jazz stylizations and outrageous stage presence, often donning full makeup and Ancient Egypt-inspired costumes.
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