Deaths
- 5 January - Brinley Williams, Wales dual-code rugby international, 91
- 21 January - Donald Holroyde Hey, chemist, 83
- 4 February - Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, writer and broadcaster, 78
- 4 April - Richard Ithamar Aaron, philosopher, 85
- 13 April - Alfred Evans, Labour MP, 73
- 19 April - Stan Richards, footballer, 70
- 22 May - Keidrych Rhys, poet and editor
- 22 June - William Price, footballer, 83
- 4 September - Richard Marquand, film director, 49 (stroke)
- August - Dorothy Rees, politician, 89
- 11 September - Hugh David, television director, 62
- 25 September - Emlyn Williams, dramatist and actor, 81
- 5 November - Howard Davies, rugby player, 70
- 27 December - Anna Eliza Williams, oldest documented person in the world, 114
- date unknown - Albert Clifford Williams, politician, Labour MP for Abertillery 1965–1970
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