1880 in Wales - Births

Births

• 31 January — Phil Hopkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1966)
• 12 February — William Joseph Rhys, writer (died 1967)
• 17 March — Harry Grindell Matthews, inventor (died 1941)
• 8 April — Thomas Thomas, boxing champion (died 1911)
• 19 April — Jack Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1971)
• 30 April — George Maitland Lloyd Davies, pacifist (died 1949)
• 9 May — Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, patron of the arts (died 1946)
• 11 May — David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, politician (died 1944)
• 22 May
  • Dr Teddy Morgan, Wales international rugby player (died 1947)
  • Robert John Rowlands ('Meuryn'), journalist and poet (died 1967)
• 31 May — Edward Tegla Davies, author (died 1967)
• 22 June — Rhys Gabe, rugby player (died 1967)
• 2 September — Isaac Daniel Hooson, poet (died 1948)
• 15 September — William Charles Williams, VC recipient (died 1915)
• 20 September — Ernie Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1958)