Deaths
- 23 January - Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, 85
- 29 January - Eric Griffiths, musician, 64
- 24 February - Professor Sir Glanmor Williams, historian, 84
- 8 March - Alice Thomas Ellis, novelist, 72
- 26 March - James Callaghan, Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, former Cardiff MP and prime minister, 92
- 1 April - John Davies, cricketer, 79
- 2 April - Trevor Foster, Rugby League player, 90
- 21 April - Gwynfor Evans, first Plaid Cymru MP and leader of the party for 40 years, 92
- 16 May - Sir Rees Davies, historian, 66
- 17 May - John Griffith Vaughan, seed scientist, 79
- 28 May - David Oswald Thomas, philosopher, 81
- 31 May - Martyn Davies, rugby player
- 19 June - Tich Gwilym, musician, 54
- 30 July - Derrick Morris, heart transplant survivor, 75
- 20 August - Clifford Williams, actor and director, 78
- 1 October - Peter Hubbard-Miles, politician, 78
- 3 October - Jeff Young, rugby player, 63
- 4 November - Wilfred Abse, psychoanalyst, 91
- 21 November - Aileen Fox, archaeologist and widow of Sir Cyril Fox, 98
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