This article is about the particular significance of the year 1983 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
Awards
New books
English language
Welsh language
New drama
Music
Film
- Owen Glendower, Prince of Wales (TV film), starring David Barry
Welsh-language films
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
English-language television
Sport
Births
- 11 January
- Rhodri Gomer-Davies, rugby player and reporter
- 14 February - Rhydian Roberts, singer
- 18 February - David Vaughan, footballer
- 5 March - Owain Arthur, actor
- 28 March - Richard Jones, chess master
- 13 April - Nicole Cooke, cyclist
- 12 May - Jamie Tolley, footballer
- 7 June - Gareth Jewell, actor
- 9 June
- Kate Alicia Morgan, beauty queen
- Ryan Watkins, cricketer
- 11 June - Huw Bennett, rugby player
- 19 June - Richard Evans, footballer
- 22 July - Ifan Evans, rugby player
- 6 August - Lloyd Langford, comedian
- 10 August - Richie Pugh, rugby player and coach
- 23 August - James Collins, footballer
- 26 August - Darren Jones, footballer
- 9 October - Rianti Cartwright, half-Welsh actress (in Indonesia)
- 5 November - David Pipe, footballer
Deaths
- 5 January - Amy Evans, singer and actress, 98
- 10 January (in Amsterdam) - Carwyn James, rugby coach, 53
- 31 January - Edwin Williams, dual-code rugby international, 84
- 10 February - Michael Roberts, politician, 55 (collapsed in Parliament)
- 3 March - Percy Morgan, cricketer, 78
- 20 March - Alec Jones, politician, 58
- 23 March - David Wynne, composer, 82
- 16 April - Gladys Morgan, comedienne, 84
- 6 June - Bryn Howells, dual-code rugby player, 72
- 23 June - Emrys Evans, dual-code rugby player, 72
- 31 August - Iorwerth Jones, dual-code rugby player, 80
- 1 September - John Williams, Dean of Llandaff, 76
- 9 September - Edgar Morgan, dual-code rugby international, 87
- 1 October - Ernie Finch, Wales international rugby player, 84
- 8 October - Ron Wynn, footballer, 59
- 24 October - Norman Fender, Wales dual-code rugby international, 73
- 2 November - Tudor Watkins, politician, 80
- 8 November - E. G. Bowen, geographer, 82
- 15 November (in London) - Dai Rees, golfer, 70
- 30 November - Richard Llewellyn, novelist, 76
- 30 December - Ellis Evans, Dean of Monmouth, 75
- date unknown - Mary Vaughan Jones, novelist, 64/65
See also
References