List of Famous people who died in 2014

Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk was a Ukrainian man who claimed to have stood at 2.57 m, but his claims have been questioned.

Michael Glawogger was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.

Oleksandr Ivanovych Muzychko, nicknamed Sashko Bilyi, was a Ukrainian political activist, a member of UNA-UNSO and coordinator of Right Sector in Western Ukraine. Muzychko was also a convicted criminal.

Doğan Güreş was a Turkish general and True Path Party politician.

Jimmy Heung Wah-sing was a Hong Kong film producer, director, and presenter. He was the younger brother of film producer/presenter Charles Heung.

Jay J. Adams was an American skateboarder who, as a teen, was the youngest member of the Zephyr Competition Skateboarding Team (Z-Boys). His spontaneous freestyle skateboarding style, inspired by ocean surfing, helped innovate and popularize modern skateboarding. His aggressive vertical tricks make him one of skateboarding's most influential stylists. Adams died of a heart attack on August 15, 2014.

Wang Yung-tsai was the younger brother of Wang Yung-ching, founder of Formosa Plastics Group. He was born in Chyokutan, Shinden Town, Bunsan District, Taihoku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan.

Nikolai Isaakovich Pastukhov was a Soviet and Russian actor.

Kumba Ialá Embaló, also spelled Yalá, was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was president from 17 February 2000 until he was deposed in a bloodless military coup on 14 September 2003. He belonged to the Balanta ethnic group and was President of the Social Renewal Party (PRS). In 2008 he converted to Islam and took the name Mohamed Ialá Embaló. He was the founder of the Party for Social Renewal. In 2014, Ialá died from a cardiopulmonary arrest.

Herb Jeffries was an American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known for his baritone voice.