origin) 29 May – Jessica Morden, politician 1 June – Susan Jones, Welsh politician 13 June – David Gray, musician 22 July – Rhys Ifans, actor 26 June – Iwan Roberts, footballer 27 July – Carl Sargeant, politician (died 2017) 30 July – Sean Moore, musician 19 August – Roger Freestone, footballer 22 September – Robert Buckland, politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales 23 September – Adam Price, politician 12 October – Mark Donovan, actor 18 October – Rhod Gilbert, comedian 13 December – Steve Robinson, featherweight boxer Andrew RT Davies, politician Deaths 13 January – William Williams (Crwys), poet and Archdruid, 93 25 January – Louie Myfanwy Thomas (Jane Ann Jones), novelist, 59 6 February – Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, 84, in Monaco 3 May – Ness Edwards, politician, 71 16 July – William Evans (Wil Ifan), poet, 85 24 August – Bailey Davies, Wales international rugby union player, 83 28 August – Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley, politician, 75 4 September – Arthur Horner, politician, 74 10 November – Tommy Rees, Wales dual-code rugby player, 64 17 November – Carey Morris, artist, 86 20 November – David Grenfell, politician, 87 24 December – D. Gwenallt Jones, poet, 69 date unknown Dafydd Jones (Isfoel), poet Manfri Wood, last known speaker of the Welsh-Romani language See also 1968 in Northern Ireland References Wales Wales