In the year 2020
1,795 Notable deaths
Boris Gurevich
Soviet olympic wrestler (1937-2020).
Born February 23rd, 1937 in Kyiv.
Died November 12th, 2020 at 83 years old in Deerfield.
Tibor Méray
Hungarian journalist (1924–2020).
Born April 6th, 1924 in Budapest. [ref]
Died November 12th, 2020 at 96 years old in Paris. [ref]
Fabrice Philipot
Road bicycle racer (1965–2020).
Born September 24th, 1965 in Montbard.
Died June 17th, 2020 at 54 years old in Semur-en-Auxois. [ref]
György Bálint
Hungarian gardener, politician, journalist (1919-2020).
Born July 28th, 1919 in Gyöngyös.
Died June 21st, 2020 at 100 years old in Kistarcsa (pneumonia, COVID-19). [ref]
Veronika Fitz
German actress (1936-2020).
Born March 27th, 1936 in Ammersee.
Died January 2nd, 2020 at 83 years old in Prien am Chiemsee (disease). [ref]
Yazid Zerhouni
Algerian minister (1937-2020).
Born September 5th, 1937 in Tunis.
Died December 18th, 2020 at 83 years old in Aïn Naadja Military Hospital (terminal illness). [ref]
Innocenzo Donina
Italian footballer (1950-2020).
Born July 16th, 1950 in Piancogno.
Died March 19th, 2020 at 69 years old in Bergamo (COVID-19).
Jan Kowalczyk
Polish equestrian (1941–2020).
Born December 18th, 1941 in Drogomyśl.
Died February 24th, 2020 at 78 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Jorge Llopart
Spanish athletics competitor (1952-2020).
Born May 5th, 1952 in El Prat de Llobregat.
Died November 11th, 2020 at 68 years old in Badalona (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Mónica Jiménez
Chilean politician (1940–2020).
Born December 25th, 1940 in Santiago.
Died August 25th, 2020 at 79 years old in Santiago (cancer). [ref]
Betsy Ancker-Johnson
American physicist (1927-2020).
Born April 29th, 1927 in St. Louis.
Died July 2nd, 2020 at 93 years old in Austin. [ref]
Emilio Caprile
Italian footballer (1928-2020).
Born September 30th, 1928 in Genoa.
Died March 5th, 2020 at 91 years old in Genoa (disease). [ref]
Mariko Miyagi
Japanese actress.
Born March 21st, 1927 in Kamata. [ref]
Died March 21st, 2020 at 93 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Hong Ling
Chinese biologist.
Born November 27th, 1966 in Wuhan. [ref]
Died February 7th, 2020 at 53 years old in Wuhan Union Hospital (COVID-19). [ref]
Rudolf Kippenhahn
German astrophysicist (1926–2020).
Born May 24th, 1926 in Pernink.
Died November 15th, 2020 at 94 years old in Göttingen. [ref]
Jacques Oudin
French politician (1939–2020).
Born October 7th, 1939 in Da Nang, Bandraboua.
Died March 21st, 2020 at 80 years old in Suresnes (COVID-19). [ref]
Kazım Ayvaz
Turkish wrestler (1938–2020).
Born March 10th, 1938 in Rize.
Died January 18th, 2020 at 81 years old in Sweden. [ref]
César Zabala
Paraguayan footballer (1961-2020).
Died January 31st, 2020 at 58 years old in Luque (bladder cancer). [ref]
Arsen Yegiazarian
Armenian chess player (1970–2020).
Born June 18th, 1970 in Yerevan.
Died April 20th, 2020 at 49 years old [ref]
Anna Maria Bottini
Italian actress (1916-2020).
Born March 24th, 1916 in Milan.
Died August 9th, 2020 at 104 years old in Giove. [ref]
John Chang Yik
Catholic bishop.
Born November 20th, 1933 in Seoul.
Died August 5th, 2020 at 86 years old [ref]
Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov
Kazakhstani wrestler (1951–2020).
Died August 2nd, 2020 at 69 years old in Astana. [ref]
Luboš Perek
Czech astronomist (1919–2020).
Born July 26th, 1919 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 17th, 2020 at 101 years old [ref]
Carlo Casini
Italian politician. (1935-2020).
Born March 4th, 1935 in Florence.
Died March 23rd, 2020 at 85 years old in Rome (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Deaths 1476 to 1500 of 1795
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs