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In the year 2020

1,795 Notable deaths

Karim Akbari Mobarakeh

Iranian actor and film director.

Born June 6th, 1953 in Qom.

Died October 29th, 2020 at 67 years old in Tehran (COVID-19). [ref]

Parviz PoorHosseini

Iranian actor (1941–2020).

Born September 11th, 1941 in Tehran.

Died November 27th, 2020 at 79 years old in Tehran (COVID-19). [ref]

Markar Esayan

Turkish statesperson and writer (1969–2020).

Born February 4th, 1969 in Istanbul.

Died October 16th, 2020 at 51 years old in Istanbul. [ref]

Ilie Bărbulescu

Romanian footballer (1957-2020).

Born June 24th, 1957 in Pitești.

Died February 1st, 2020 at 62 years old in Pitești (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Wojciech Zabłocki

Polish architect and fencer (1930-2020).

Born December 6th, 1930 in Warsaw.

Died December 5th, 2020 at 89 years old in Warsaw. [ref]

János Aczél

Hungarian-canadian mathematician (1924-2020).

Born December 26th, 1924 in Budapest.

Died January 1st, 2020 at 95 years old in Waterloo. [ref]

Beryl Cunningham

Italian actress (1946–2020).

Born August 8th, 1946 in Montego Bay.

Died December 11th, 2020 at 74 years old in Borbona.

Seydou Diarra

Ivorian prime minister (1933-2020).

Born November 23rd, 1933 in Katiola.

Died July 19th, 2020 at 86 years old in Abidjan.

Emil Jula

Romanian footballer (1980-2020).

Born January 3rd, 1980 in Cluj-Napoca.

Died August 22nd, 2020 at 40 years old [ref]

Rajko Đurić

Serbian romani writer and academic (1947–2020).

Born October 3rd, 1947 in Malo Orašje.

Died November 2nd, 2020 at 73 years old in Belgrade. [ref]

Nicolas Alfonsi

French politician (1936–2020).

Born April 13th, 1936 in Cargèse.

Died March 16th, 2020 at 83 years old in Hôpital de la Miséricorde d'Ajaccio (COVID-19). [ref]

Aileen Baviera

Filipino sinologist.

Born August 26th, 1959 in Manila. [ref]

Died March 21st, 2020 at 60 years old in Manila (COVID-19). [ref]

Jimmy McLane

American swimmer, olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1930-2020).

Born September 13th, 1930 in Pittsburgh.

Died December 13th, 2020 at 90 years old in Ipswich. [ref]

Naomi Munakata

Brazilian conductor.

Born May 31st, 1955 in Hiroshima. [ref]

Died March 26th, 2020 at 64 years old in São Paulo (COVID-19). [ref]

Gordon Astall

English footballer (born 1927).

Born September 22nd, 1927 in Horwich.

Died October 21st, 2020 at 93 years old [ref]

Akito Arima

Japanese physicist and politician (1930–2020).

Born September 13th, 1930 in Osaka Prefecture.

Died December 7th, 2020 at 90 years old in Tokyo. [ref]

Moysey Fishbein

Ukrainian writer (1946-2020).

Born December 1st, 1946 in Chernivtsi.

Died May 26th, 2020 at 73 years old in Kyiv.

Ahmed Ben Salah

Tunisian politician and syndicalist (1926-2020).

Born January 13th, 1926 in Moknine.

Died September 16th, 2020 at 94 years old in Military hospital of Tunis. [ref]

Ulla Pia

Danish singer.

Born February 17th, 1945 in Copenhagen.

Died August 22nd, 2020 at 75 years old in Gammel Holte (cancer). [ref]

James Learmonth Gowans

British immunologist (1924–2020).

Born May 7th, 1924 in Sheffield.

Died April 1st, 2020 at 95 years old [ref]

Bernard Debré

French politician (1944-2020).

Born September 30th, 1944 in Toulouse.

Died September 13th, 2020 at 75 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Albin Chalandon

French politician (1920-2020).

Born June 11th, 1920 in Reyrieux.

Died July 29th, 2020 at 100 years old in Les Mesnuls.

Enrique Múgica

Spanish lawyer and politician.

Born February 20th, 1932 in San Sebastián.

Died April 10th, 2020 at 88 years old in Madrid (COVID-19).

Ernesto Canto

Athletics competitor (1959–2020).

Born October 18th, 1959 in Mexico City.

Died November 20th, 2020 at 61 years old in Mexico City (cancer). [ref]

Aleksandra Kornhauser Frazer

Slovene chemist.

Born September 26th, 1926 in Virmaše.

Died May 17th, 2020 at 93 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]

Deaths 1276 to 1300 of 1795

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