2014 suicides

Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created spontaneously and portrayed in drama and comedy films, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. Williams received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards, as well as five Grammy Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005.

Swedish film and documentary director (1977-2014)

American transgender girl (1997–2014)

American singer and dancer (1989–2014)

Czech singer (1966–2014)

American model and fashion/costume designer (1964-2014)

American individual who perpetrated the 2014 Isla Vista killings (1991–2014)

New Zealand–Australian television personality (1966-2014)

American film director (1964–2014)

American professional wrestler (1971–2014)

Czechoslovak ice hockey player (1972–2014)

Indian film actor (1998–2014)

US war criminal

Chinese poet and factory worker

Japanese physician, developmental biologist, stem-cell researcher and university teacher (1962–2014)

Hungarian writer (1963–2014)

German footballer (1980-2014)

Lithuanian basketball player (1981-2014)

Swiss actor (1923-2014)

American author (1951–2014)

Australian triathlete and long-distance runner (1967-2014)

Pakistani cricketer (1997-2014)

South African photographer (1981–2014)

Portuguese actor

New Zealand judoka (1985-2014)

Polish politician (1932-2014)

Soviet economist (1957-2014)

American documentary films maker, social activist, writer (1939-2014)

New Zealand artist

Brazilian musician (1961-2014)

Russian footballer (1976-2014)

Iranian wrestler (1989-2014)

American tennis player (1963–2014)