Sl No. Key Persons we Lost in 2014 Month
1 Former Prime Minister of Israil, Ariel Sharon Jan-14
2 Actress Anjali Devi Jan-14
3 Famous Social Activist IIa Pathak Jan-14
4 Famous Padma Shri awardee Marathi Poet Namdeo Dhasal Jan-14
5 Legendary actress Suchitra Sen, who was known as the Greta Garbo of Bengali cinema Jan-14
6 The spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community 52nd Dai-al-Mutlaq Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Jan-14
7 Famous Telegu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao, also known as ANR Jan-14
8 Karl Slym, the managing director of Tata Motors Jan-14

 

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