In the year 2020
1,795 Notable deaths
Aart Staartjes
Dutch actor (1938–2020).
Born March 1st, 1938 in Nieuwendam. [ref]
Died January 12th, 2020 at 81 years old in Groningen, Leeuwarden (traffic collision). [ref]
K. K. Usha
Indian judge.
Born July 3rd, 1939 in Thrissur.
Died October 5th, 2020 at 81 years old in Ernakulam. [ref]
Yehuda Barkan
Israeli actor, film producer, film director, and screenwriter.
Born March 29th, 1945 in Netanya.
Died October 24th, 2020 at 75 years old in Jerusalem (COVID-19). [ref]
Anne Sylvestre
French singer-songwriter.
Born June 20th, 1934 in 6th arrondissement of Lyon.
Died November 30th, 2020 at 86 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Robert A. Frosch
American theoretical physicist (1928–2020).
Born May 22nd, 1928 in New York City.
Died December 30th, 2020 at 92 years old in South Hadley. [ref]
Zororo Makamba
Zimbabwean journalist.
Born January 17th, 1990 in Harare. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 2020 at 30 years old in Harare (COVID-19). [ref]
Marcelo Peralta
Argentine musician.
Born March 5th, 1961 in Buenos Aires.
Died March 10th, 2020 at 59 years old in Madrid (COVID-19). [ref]
Peter M. Neumann
Mathematician (1940–2020).
Born December 28th, 1940 in Oxford.
Died December 18th, 2020 at 79 years old in Oxford (COVID-19). [ref]
Kambuzia Partovi
Iranian film director and screenwriter (1955–2020).
Born November 11th, 1955 in Rasht.
Died November 24th, 2020 at 65 years old in Tehran (COVID-19). [ref]
Kiki Dimoulà
Greek poet (1931-2020).
Born June 6th, 1931 in Athens. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 2020 at 88 years old in Athens (disease). [ref]
Rosalind Elias
American mezzo-soprano.
Born March 13th, 1930 in Lowell.
Died May 3rd, 2020 at 90 years old in New York City. [ref]
Stephen Schwartz
American pathologist and medical doctor.
Born January 1st, 1942.
Died March 17th, 2020 at 78 years old in Seattle (COVID-19). [ref]
Stanislav Bogdanovich
Ukrainian chess player (1993-2020).
Born February 4th, 1993 in Odesa.
Died March 5th, 2020 at 27 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Amélie Rorty
Belgian-born american philosopher (1932–2020).
Born May 20th, 1932 in Belgium.
Died September 18th, 2020 at 88 years old
Marlene Ahrens
Chilean athletics competitor (1933–2020).
Born July 27th, 1933 in Concepción.
Died June 17th, 2020 at 86 years old in Santiago (heart failure). [ref]
Pedro Casaldáliga
Roman catholic bishop (1928–2020).
Born February 16th, 1928 in Balsareny.
Died August 8th, 2020 at 92 years old in Batatais. [ref]
Marian Jaworski
Polish catholic cardinal (1926–2020).
Born August 21st, 1926 in Lviv.
Died September 5th, 2020 at 94 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Brian Glennie
Canadian ice hockey player.
Born August 29th, 1946 in Toronto.
Died February 7th, 2020 at 73 years old in Ottawa. [ref]
Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet
Gabonese diplomat and politician (1961–2020).
Born April 2nd, 1961 in Makokou. [ref]
Died June 11th, 2020 at 59 years old in Libreville (asthma). [ref]
Bobana Veličković
Serbian sport shooter (1990-2020).
Born January 25th, 1990 in Bor.
Died June 21st, 2020 at 30 years old in Belgrade.
Richard Adjei
German bobsledder (1983–2020).
Born January 30th, 1983 in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Died October 26th, 2020 at 37 years old in Düsseldorf (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Silvia Legrand
Argentine actress (1927-2020).
Born February 23rd, 1927 in Villa Cañas.
Died May 1st, 2020 at 93 years old in Martínez (acute myocardial infarction). [ref]
Adalet Ağaoğlu
Turkish novelist (1929–2020).
Born October 13th, 1929 in Nallıhan. [ref]
Died July 14th, 2020 at 90 years old in Istanbul. [ref]
Dragan Vučić
Macedonian musician (1955-2020).
Born September 6th, 1955 in Skopje.
Died May 4th, 2020 at 64 years old in Skopje (COVID-19). [ref]
Jerzy Pilch
Polish writer and screenwriter (1952–2020).
Born August 10th, 1952 in Wisła.
Died May 29th, 2020 at 67 years old in Kielce (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Deaths 1026 to 1050 of 1795
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson