This article is about the particular significance of the year 1948 to Wales and its people.
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Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bridgend)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – D. Emrys James,[3]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Euros Bowen, "O'r Dwyrain"[4]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Robert Ivor Parry
New books
English language
- Sir Alfred Thomas Davies – The Lloyd George I Knew[5]
- Jack Jones – Some Trust in Chariots
- 11 January – Terry Williams, rock drummer
- 22 January – Roger Williams, politician[14]
- 1 March – Karl Johnson, actor
- 4 March – Shakin' Stevens, singer[15]
- 1 April
- 2 April – Tommy David, Wales international rugby union and league player
- 14 May – Albert Alan Owen, composer
- 18 May – Keith Jarrett, rugby player
- 26 May (in London) – Jenny Randerson, politician
- 4 June (in Glasgow) – Jeff Cuthbert, politician
- 14 June – Ffred Ffransis, political activist
- 16 June – Elan Closs Stephens, educator and broadcasting executive
- 2 August – Andy Fairweather-Low, musician
- 9 August – Jackie Lawrence, politician
- 12 September (in Jamaica) – Neville Meade, heavyweight boxer (in Jamaica; died 2010)[18]
- 24 October – Phil Bennett, rugby player (died 2022)[19]
- 14 November (in London) – Charles III (Prince of Wales, 1958–2022)
- 25 November – Paul Murphy, politician[20]
- 26 December – Steve Curtis, boxer (d. 1994)
- 28 December – Terry Morgan, civil engineer[21]
- date unknown
- 12 January – Wilfred Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk, 56[23]
- 19 January – Frederick Phillips, hockey player, 63
- 11 February – Evan Davies, politician in Australia, 58[24]
- 21 February – Tom Pook, Wales international rugby union player, 78
- 8 March – Charlie Thomas, Wales international rugby player
- 9 April – John Daniel Davies, 74[25]
- 25 April – Arthur Boucher, Wales international rugby union player, 77
- 30 April – David Daniel, Wales international rugby union player, 77
- 17 May – David Evans, organist and composer, 74[26]
- 22 May – David Delta Evans (Dewi Hiraddug), journalist, author, and Unitarian minister, 82[27]
- 9 June – Len Trump, Wales international rugby player, 61
- 18 July – John Tywi Jones, Baptist minister and journalist, 78[28]
- 31 July – Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan, historian, 78[29]
- 20 August – David John de Lloyd, composer, 65[30]
- 28 August – Charles Evans Hughes, American politician of Welsh descent, 86
- 4 October – Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviator, in Swansea, 62[31]
- 18 October – Isaac Daniel Hooson, poet, 68[32]
- 17 November – B. B. Mann, Wales international rugby union player, 90
Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
Tony Heath (26 April 2006). "Peter Law". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2019.