9 |
Raymond Weil, the pioneer of Swiss Watch |
Jan-14 |
10 |
Telegu film actor Uday Kiran |
Jan-14 |
11 |
Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman |
Feb-14 |
12 |
Renowned Tamil filmmaker Balu Mahendra |
Feb-14 |
13 |
Famous Carnatic music vocalist R.K. Srikantan |
Feb-14 |
14 |
Famous Painter Prokash Karmakar |
Feb-14 |
15 |
Famous Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia |
Feb-14 |
16 |
Former President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bangaru Laxman |
Mar-14 |
17 |
William Clay Ford Sr., associated with Ford Motor |
Mar-14 |
18 |
Founder and Chairman of India’s leading pen manufacturers Luxor Group, DK Jain |
Mar-14 |
19 |
Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh |
Mar-14 |
20 |
Famous Bolloywood Actress Nanda |
Mar-14 |
21 |
Veteran Malayalam director P Ramdas |
Mar-14 |
22 |
Former Brazil international footballer Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini |
Mar-14 |
23 |
Noted Economist G.K. Chadha |
Mar-14 |
24 |
Veteran Journalist T. V. Venkitachalam |
Mar-14 |
25 |
Famous Amrican Joe McGinniss |
Mar-14 |
26 |
Nobel laureate Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
Apr-14 |
27 |
Famous Theatre personality Khaled Chowdhury |
Apr-14 |
28 |
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Germany’s Anja Niedringhaus shot dead by a policeman in Afghanistan |
Apr-14 |
29 |
Former President of Guinea Kumba Yala |
Apr-14 |
30 |
Legendary hollywood Actor Mickey Rooney |
Apr-14 |
31 |
Veteran Demographer Ashish Bose |
Apr-14 |
32 |
NASA’s scientist John C. Houbolt. He was best known for his significant contribution in NASA’s Apollo’s Moon landing program Prgram. |
Apr-14 |
33 |
Canadian author Alistair MacLeod. He was best known for his short story collections and novel No Great Mischief. |
Apr-14 |
34 |
VK Murthy, the renowned Cinematographer and Dada Saheb Phalke awardee |
Apr-14 |
35 |
Nobel Laureate Economist Gary Becker. |
May-14 |
36 |
Former CEO and Chairman of Tata Steel and widely known as Management guru, Russy Mody |
May-14 |
37 |
Capt. C. P. Krishnan Nair, Founder Chairman of hotel chain the Leela Palaces |
May-14 |
38 |
Veteran Nuclear Scientist and Padma Bhushan recipient, N Srinivasan |
May-14 |
39 |
The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah. Sultan Azlan Shah was known as the Father of Malaysian Hockey for his colossal contribution to the sport for over 41 years, both as a player and an administrator. |
May-14 |
40 |
Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Nedurumilli Janardhan Reddy |
May-14 |
41 |
3 times Formula One championship winner Sir Jack Brabham |
May-14 |
42 |
Former Union Minister and Bhartiya Janata Party leader Tapan Sikdar |
Jun-14 |
43 |
Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde |
Jun-14 |
44 |
Hindustani Singer Dhondutai |
Jun-14 |
45 |
Famous Jain philanthropist, educationist and businessman, Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai |
Jun-14 |
46 |
Famous Tamil film director and producer, Ramanarayanan. He has directed 125 films and holds the world record of directing the maximum number of movies by a director. |
Jun-14 |
47 |
Former striker of Brazil, Fernando Lucio da Costa |
Jun-14 |
48 |
An eminent biographer of India’s Constitution and Padma Shri awardee Granville Austin. He is author of two political histories of the Indian Constitution — ‘The Indian Constitution: A Cornerstone of A Nation’ and ‘Working A Democratic Republic: The Indian Experience’. |
Jul-14 |
49 |
Famous Actress Zohra Sehgal. She was awarded with Padma Vibhushan by the Indian Government. |
Jul-14 |
50 |
South African Nobel Prize-winning writer and anti-apartheid activist Nadine Gordimer. Was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991 and was also awarded with the Booker Prize in 1974. |
Jul-14 |
51 |
Famous Malayalam filmmaker J. Sasikumar. |
Jul-14 |
52 |
Eminent Hindi litterateur Madhukar Singh |
Jul-14 |
53 |
Famous Journalist and former World Bank official, Sundaram Sankaran |
Jul-14 |
54 |
Famous Indian classical singer Sushilarani Patel |
Jul-14 |
55 |
Eduard Shevardnadze, the former President of Georgia |
Jul-14 |
56 |
Famous cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma, popularly known as Pran |
Aug-14 |
57 |
Oscar Winning veteran actor Robin Williams |
Aug-14 |
58 |
Brazil Presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was killed in a plane crash in Aug 2014 raising doubt about the upcoming Presidential election scheduled to be held later this year. |
Aug-14 |
59 |
Squash Legend of Pakistan Hashim Khan |
Aug-14 |
60 |
World-famous Yoga guru BKS Iyengar. He was honoured with Padma Vibhushan by Indian Government. |
Aug-14 |
61 |
Jnanpith award winner and famous Kannada writer U R Ananthamurthy. He was awarded with the Padma Bhushan in 1998, Jnanpith award in 1994, the state Rajyothsava award in 1984. He was also nominated for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize. |
Aug-14 |
62 |
Oscar-winning British actor, film director and producer Richard Attenborough, famous for his critically-acclaimed biopic on Mahatma Gandhi. |
Aug-14 |
63 |
Famous Historian Bipin Chandra |
Aug-14 |
64 |
Dick Wagner, the famous Rock Guitarist |
Aug-14 |
65 |
Veteran Communist Party of India leader Amitava Nandy |
Aug-14 |
66 |
Famous Malayalam drama and film actor Chemancherry Narayanan Nair |
Aug-14 |
67 |
Famous Telugu artist, filmmaker and humourist Sattiraju Lakshminarayana, popularly known as Bapu |
Sep-14 |
68 |
Famous Dancer and Choreographer Maya Rao |
Sep-14 |
69 |
Goolam Essaji Vahanvati. He was the first Muslim to become India’s Attorney General |
Sep-14 |
70 |
Freedom fighter and famous Journalist Jitendra Chandra Paul |
Sep-14 |
71 |
Famous Educationist Kireet Joshi. He was education advisor to the Government of India in 1976. |
Sep-14 |
72 |
Famous Musician Mandolin U. Shrinivas |
Sep-14 |
73 |
Former Foreign secretary AP Venkateshwaran |
Sep-14 |
74 |
The world`s oldest test cricketer Norman Gordon of South Africa |
Sep-14 |
75 |
Former MP and Shiromani Akali Dal leader Jagdev Singh Talwandi |
Sep-14 |
76 |
Former International Cricket Umpire Mohammad Ghouse |
Sep-14 |