Births
- 4 February — Thomas Wallace Fagan, agricultural scientist (died 1951)
- 6 February — David Evans, composer (died 1948)
- 20 May (in India) — Sir George Lewis Barstow, civil servant (died 1966)
- 2 July — George Boots — international rugby player (died 1928)
- 15 July — Gwyn Nicholls, Wales rugby captain (died 1939)
- 16 July — William Alexander Wales international rugby player (died 1937)
- 20 July — David Bowen (Myfyr Hefin), minister and author (died 1955)
- 30 July — Billy Meredith, footballer (died 1958)
- 31 October — James Henry Thomas, politician (died 1949)
- 1 December — Dick Hellings, Wales international rugby player (died 1938)
- 30 December — Nantlais Williams, poet and religious leader (died 1959)
- date unknown
- Albert Bethel, politician (died 1935)
- William Eames, journalist (died 1958)
- (in USA) Thomas David Edwards, composer (died 1930)
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