This article is about the particular significance of the year 1969 to Wales and its people.
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Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Flint)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – James Nicholas
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Dafydd Rowlands
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Emyr Jones
Music
Singles
- Huw Jones – Dŵr ("Water") (protest song)
- Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society) publishes a pamphlet entitled Broadcasting in Wales: To Enrich or Destroy Our National Life?
English-language television
- Philip Madoc has roles in Manhunt!, The Avengers, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Champions and The Detective, among others.
Welsh-language television
- 6 January – Nicholas A'Hern, race walker
- 20 January – Nicky Wire, musician
- 5 February – Michael Sheen, actor[13]
- 10 February – Francesca Rhydderch, novelist and academic
- 13 February – Gareth Abraham, footballer
- 21 February – James Dean Bradfield, musician[14]
- 24 February – Gareth Llewellyn, rugby player
- 1 March – Dafydd Ieuan, musician
- 11 April – Cerys Matthews, singer[15]
- 4 June – Julie Gardner, television producer
- 26 July – Tanni Grey-Thompson, born Carys Grey, wheelchair athlete
- 4 August – Tony Roberts, footballer
- 4 September – Sasha, DJ and record producer[16]
- 8 September – Gary Speed, footballer and national manager (died 2011)
- 25 September – Catherine Zeta-Jones, actress[17]
- 8 October – David Abruzzese, footballer
- 23 October – Chris Fry, footballer
- 6 December – Anthony Davies, snooker player
- date unknown – Dyfed Wyn-Evans, operatic baritone
- 20 January – Roy Evans, footballer, 25 (car crash)
- 3 February – Trevor Thomas, dual-code rugby player, 61
- 14 February – Ernest Roberts, judge, 78[18]
- 10 March – Jimmy Wilde, boxer, 76[19]
- 18 March – Llewellyn Alston, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 78
- 20 March – Arthur E. Powell, Theosophist writer, 86
- 26 March (in Australia) – Elizabeth Williams Berry, jockey of Welsh parentage, 114[20]
- 27 March – David Lloyd, tenor, 56[21]
- 31 March – Percy Jones, Wales international rugby player, 82
- 5 April – Mal Griffiths, footballer, 50
- 15 April
- 20 April – Watkin Roberts, missionary, 82[23]
- 4 May – Albert Stock, Wales international rugby player, 72
- 7 May – Stan Awbery, trade unionist and politician, 80[24]
- 21 May – Ben Beynon, Welsh rugby union international and Swansea Town player, 75[25]
- 23 May – Sir Evan Owen Williams, English-born Welsh engineer, 79
- 28 May – Rhys Williams, actor, 71[26]
- 7 July – William David Davies, theologian, 72[27]
- 26 July – Noel Hopkins, clergyman and organist, 77[28]
- 12 August – Air Commodore James Bevan Bowen, RAF officer, 86[29]
- 19 August – Percy Thomas, architect, 85[30]
- 1 October – Dai Richards, footballer, 62[31]
- 5 October – Sir Edward John Davies, judge in colonial service, 71[32]
- 15 October – Charlie Phillips, footballer, 59[33]
- 18 October – Emrys Hughes, politician, 75[34]
- 11 November – Robert Thomas Jenkins, historian, 88[35]
- 21 November – D. B. Wyndham-Lewis, author, 78
- 7 December
- 20 December – Eleanor Evans, actress, singer and director, 76[36]
Isherwood, J. G. (1980). Candles to Caplamps: the Story of Gloddfa Ganol. Gloddfa Ganol.
Conley, Joseph F. (2000), Drumbeats that Changed the World: A History of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union and the West Indies Mission, 1873-1999 (William Carey Library), p. 507
The Times, Tuesday, 29 Jul 1969; pg. 8; Issue 57624; col G Obituary The Very Rev. N.T. Hopkins
Obituary (Obituaries) The Times Saturday, 16 Aug 1969; pg. 12; Issue 57640; col G
Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 117–18. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.