Oxtoby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: David Oxtoby (artist), b. 1938, British pop artist David W. Oxtoby, the ninth and current president of Pomona College John C. Oxtoby (1910–1991), American mathematician and professor at Bryn Mawr College Peter Oxtoby b. 1965, Telecoms Entrepreneur and Managing Director of T.James Telecoms 1999-2015 John Oxtoby (1767–1830), English evangelist and Primitive Methodist preacher Tanya Oxtoby (born 1982), Australian football (soccer) player and coach Willard G. Oxtoby (1933–2003), founding director of the graduate Centre for Religious Studies at the University of Toronto