- 5 December - Gareth Bale wins the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year award [5]
- 27 December - The Welsh National steeplechase, scheduled to be held at Chepstow, is postponed from its traditional spot because of adverse weather conditions.
Births
Deaths
- 4 January – Hywel Teifi Edwards, writer and broadcaster, 74
- 20 January – Jack Parry, footballer, 86
- 9 February - Malcolm Vaughan, singer and actor, 80
- 11 February – Brian Godfrey, footballer, 69
- 14 February – Dick Francis, jockey and novelist, 89
- 22 February - Robin Davies, actor, 56
- 23 February - Wyn Morris, conductor, 81
- 3 March – Michael Foot, politician, 96
- 10 March – Micky Jones, musician, 63
- 13 March - Neville Meade, heavyweight boxer, 61
- 9 April - John Griffiths, former curator of London's Science Museum, 57
- 14 April – Tom Ellis, politician, 86
- 30 April – Gwyn Rowlands, rugby union international, 81
- 8 May – Alan Watkins, political journalist, 77
- 28 May – Iwan Llwyd, poet and musician, 52
- 7 June – Stuart Cable, musician and television presenter, 40
- 22 June - Pennant Roberts, TV producer, 69
- 23 June – Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, former Secretary of State for Wales, 78
- 20 July - Iris Gower, novelist, 75
- August - Gareth Williams, intelligence officer, ?30
- 10 August - Brian Clark, former Cardiff City footballer, 67
- 30 August - Owen Edwards, broadcaster, 76[6]
- 16 September - Richard Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth, politician, 75
- 18 October - Mel Hopkins, footballer, 75
- 27 October - William Griffiths, hockey player, 88
- 29 October - Robert Dickie, British champion boxer, 46
References
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