Births
- 9 January - Haydn Tanner, Wales rugby international and captain
- 21 January - Stan Richards, footballer (died 1987)
- 21 April - Megs Jenkins, actress (died 1998)
- 10 May - Bill Tamplin, Wales rugby international and captain (died 1989)
- 10 June - Meredith Edwards, actor (died 1999)
- 8 October - Ronnie James, British champion boxer (died 1977)
- 24 October - Denys Val Baker, British writer and promoter of Celtic culture (died 1984)
- 27 October - Dylan Thomas, poet (died 1953)
- 26 November - Gerald James, actor (died 2006)
- 3 December - Esyllt T. Lawrence, feminist writer (died 1995)
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