List of Famous people who died in 2014

Barbara Prammer was an Austrian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ). In 2006 she was the first woman to become President of the National Council of Austria, an office she held until her death.

Annemarie Düringer was a Swiss actress. She was born in Arlesheim, Basel-Landschaft.

Daniel Boulanger was a French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter. He has also played secondary roles in films and was a member of the Académie Goncourt from 1983 until his death. He was born in Compiègne, Oise.

Pedro Peña Allén, was a Spanish actor, best known for his performance as Manuel in the Spanish television series Médico de familia.

Patricia Alice Laffan was an English stage, film, TV and radio actress, and also, after her retirement from acting, an international fashion impresario. She was five-feet-six-inches tall, with dark reddish-brown hair and green eyes. She is best known for her film roles as the Empress Poppaea in Quo Vadis (1951) and the alien Nyah in Devil Girl from Mars (1954).

Hidetoshi Nakamura was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He died of subarachnoid hemorrhage on 24 December 2014, aged 60.

Steven Joel Sotloff was an American-Israeli journalist. In August 2013, he was kidnapped in Aleppo, Syria, and held captive by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).

Joan Molina was a Spanish film and television actor, best known for his roles on L'Alqueria Blanca, in which he portrayed the mayor, and Doctor Mateo.

Mahdi Elmandjra was a Moroccan futurologist, economist and sociologist.