Alfred "Fred" Bestall was born on 14th December 1892.  He is remembered as the writer and illustrator of the Rupert Bear stories in the Daily Express, from 1935 to 1965. 

Most of the landscapes that Bestall used in his illustrations were inspired by his childhood holidays in Snowdonia, an area he revisited regularly as an adult, settling in a cottage on Mynydd Sygun, in Beddgelert in 1956.   

Born on 14th December 1908 in Garnant.

Claude Davey - former Welsh rugby international and captain.

He is best remembered as being the captain of the Welsh side that beat New Zealand 13 -12 in 1935.

Born on this day 1831 in Swansea.

Griffith John - evangelist and first translator of the Bible into Chinese. 

After becoming ordained as a Congregational minister, John took a missionary appointment to China in 1855, based initially in Shanghai, before moving to Hankow in 1861.  John embraced the challenge by learning fluent Chinese and travelling vast distances to preach and to help him, he translated the  New Testament into the Mandarin and Wen-li languages, which were published in 1885.

John returned to Wales in January 1912, which was towards the end of his life, as he died in July of that year and was buried in Swansea.   

Margaret Davies, born 14th December 1884 in Llandinam, in Powys and her sister Gwendoline were social philanthropists, who compiled one of the largest art collections in the UK.

The sisters, who were brought up as strict Sabbatarians, were left a fortune from their grandfather, David Davies of Llandinam, the industrialist and founder of Barry Docks. They were both devout teetotallers and neither ever married, so they were able to use their money to travel widely across Europe and indulge in their passion for art, collecting pieces from Turner, Carrière, Monet and Rodin.

Margaret and Gwendoline settled at Gregynog Hall, near Newtown, where they housed their collection and established the famous Gregynog Music festival, which attracted the composers, Vaughan Williams, Elgar and Holst and the Gregynog Press, which produced limited edition books.

They also ran Gregynog as a troop canteen during World War One and as a convalescent home for injured soldiers during World War Two. Gregynog was gifted to the University of Wales in 1960 and many of the art pieces were given to the National Museum and Art Galleries around Wales. Gwendoline died in 1951 and Margaret in 1963.

At the General Election held on 14th December 1918, Millicent Mackenzie was the first woman to stand for parliament in Wales.

Millicent Mackenzie was born in Bristol and became the professor of education at Cardiff University in 1908. She was a founder member of the Cardiff branch of the suffragette movement in 1912 and unsuccessfully stood for parliament in 1918, representing the Labour Party for the University of Wales. She was also the author of many books on teacher training.