===文學與藝術===

眾多著名文學家均為牛津出身。當中的作家包括：[[錢鍾書]]、[[楊絳]]、[[約翰·福爾斯]]、[[蘇斯博士]]、{{link-en|托馬斯·米德爾頓|Thomas Middleton}}、[[塞繆爾·約翰遜]]、[[克里斯托弗·希欽斯]]、[[羅伯特·格雷夫斯]]、[[伊夫林·沃]]、<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=Martin|last=Stannard|title=Waugh, Evelyn Arthur St John (1903–1966)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |date=September 2004 (online edition May 2007)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36788|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref> [[劉易斯·卡羅爾]]<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=Morton N. |last=Cohen |title=Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (Lewis Carroll) (1832–1898)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7749|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、[[赫胥黎]]<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=David King |last=Dunaway|title=Huxley, Aldous Leonard (1894–1963)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34082|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、[[王爾德]]<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=Owen |last=Dudley Edwards|title=Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills (1854–1900)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |date=September 2004 (online edition October 2007) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29400 |accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、[[C·S·路易斯]]<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=J. A. W. |last=Bennett|title=Lewis, Clive Staples (1898–1963)|last2=Plaskitt|first2= Emma|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004 (online edition October 2006)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34512|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、[[J·R·R·托爾金]]<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=T. A. |last=Shippey|title=Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel (1892–1973)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |date=September 2004 (online edition October 2006)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31766|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、[[格雷厄姆·格林]]<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=Michael |last=Shelden|title=Greene, (Henry) Graham (1904–1991)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |date=September 2004 (online edition January 2006)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40460|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、[[V·S·奈波爾]]、[[菲利普·普爾曼]]、<ref name="Famous"/> [[約瑟夫·海勒]]<ref>{{en}}{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/563390.stm |title=Joseph Heller: Literary giant |date=1999-12-14 |publisher=BBC News }}</ref>、[[維克拉姆·塞斯]]<ref name="Famous"/>；詩人有：[[雪萊]]<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=Michael |last=O'Neill|title=Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792–1822)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |date=September 2004 (online edition May 2006)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25312|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、[[約翰·多恩]]<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=David|last=Colclough|title=Donne, John (1572–1631)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |date=September 2004 (online edition October 2007)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7819|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、[[A·E·豪斯曼]]<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=Norman |last=Page|title=Housman, Alfred Edward (1859–1936)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34013|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、[[W·H·奧登]]<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=Edward |last=Mendelson|title=Auden, Wystan Hugh (1907–1973)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |date=September 2004 (online edition October 2007)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30775|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、[[T·S·艾略特]]和[[菲利普·拉金]]<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=Anthony |last=Thwaite|title=Larkin, Philip Arthur (1922–1985)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |date=September 2004 (online edition October 2006)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31333|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>；另也有七名[[桂冠詩人]]：{{link-en|托馬斯·沃頓|Thomas Warton}}<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=Hugh |last=Reid|title=Warton, Thomas (1728–1790)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |date=September 2004 (online edition May 2006)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28799|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、{{link-en|亨利·詹姆斯野良|Henry James Pye}}<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=James |last=Sambrook|title=Pye, Henry James (1745–1813)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22918|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、[[羅伯特·騷塞]]<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=Geoffrey |last=Carnall|title=Southey, Robert (1774–1843)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26056|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、{{link-en|羅伯特·西摩·布里奇斯|Robert Bridges}}<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=Catherine |last=Phillips|title=Bridges, Robert Seymour (1844–1930)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32066|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、{{link-en|塞西爾·戴·劉易斯|Cecil Day-Lewis}}<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=Sean |last=Day-Lewis|title=Lewis, Cecil Day- (1904–1972)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31014|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>、{{link-en|約翰‧貝傑曼|John Betjeman}}<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|first=Kingsley |last=Amis|authorlink=Kingsley Amis|title=Betjeman, Sir John (1906–1984)|last2=Loughlin-Chow|first2=M. Clare|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition)|publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004 (online edition October 2005)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30815|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>和{{link-en|安特迅|Andrew Motion}}<ref>{{en}}{{cite web|url=http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=212|title=Andrew Motion|publisher=The Poetry Archive|year=2005|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref>。

===數理界===

牛津大學培養了不少數學界名人。[[邁克爾·阿蒂亞]]、[[丹尼爾·奎倫]]和[[西蒙·唐納森]]三位牛津數學家曾贏得[[菲爾茲獎]]，而成功證明了[[費馬大定理]]的[[安德魯·懷爾斯]]亦曾為牛津的學生，他現為牛津皇家學會研究社的教授。[[馬庫斯·杜·索托伊]]及[[羅傑·潘洛斯]]則為大學數學系的教授。[[Mathematica]]及[[Wolfram Alpha]]軟件的設計主力[[史蒂芬·沃爾夫勒姆]]、[[全球資訊網]]的建立者[[提姆·柏內茲-李]]<ref>{{en}}{{cite news | title =Web's inventor gets a knighthood |publisher=BBC |date=2003-12-31 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3357073.stm | accessdate=2013-05-14 }}</ref>、[[關係型數據庫]]理論的奠基者[[埃德加·科德]]，<ref name="ACM Turing">{{en}}{{cite web |url = http://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/codd_1000892.cfm | title = A. M. Turing Award – Edgar F. ("Ted") Codd | author = Christopher J. Date | publisher = Association for Computing Machinery | accessdate = 2013-09-02 }}</ref> 及對程式設計貢獻良多的[[東尼·霍爾]]均曾赴牛津學習。