1916 in Wales - Births

Births

• 26 February - Joan Strothers (later Lady Curran), scientist (died 1999)
• 2 March - Eddie Watkins, rugby player (died 1995)
• 29 April - William Squire, actor (died 1989)
• 1 May - Glenn Ford, Welsh-Canadian actor (died 2006)
• 6 May - Ted Peterson, British baseball player (died 2005)
• 7 May - Huw Wheldon, broadcaster (died 1986)
• 8 May - Sylvia Sleigh, painter (died 2010)
• 22 May - Rupert Davies, actor (died 1976)
• 3 July - Nigel Heseltine, writer (died 1995)
• 23 August - Willie Davies, Wales international rugby union and league player (died 2002)
• 29 August - Rhydwen Williams, poet, novelist and minister (died 1997)
• 13 September - Roald Dahl, novelist (died 1990)
• 14 September - Cledwyn Hughes, politician (died 2001)
• 31 October - Stan Trick, cricketer (died 1995)
• date unknown - W. J. Gruffydd (Elerydd), poet and Archdruid (died 2011)