In the year 2020
1,795 Notable deaths
Dito
Portuguese football player/manager/commentator (1962-2020).
Born January 18th, 1962 in Barcelos.
Died September 3rd, 2020 at 58 years old in Monção. [ref]
Rose Marie Compaoré
Burkinabé politician (1958-2020).
Born November 13th, 1958 in Zoundwéogo Province. [ref]
Died March 18th, 2020 at 61 years old in Ouagadougou (COVID-19). [ref]
Lidia Menapace
Italian politician (1924-2020).
Born April 3rd, 1924 in Novara.
Died December 7th, 2020 at 96 years old in Bolzano (COVID-19). [ref]
Gilles Lapouge
French journalist (1923–2020).
Born November 7th, 1923 in Digne-les-Bains. [ref]
Died July 31st, 2020 at 96 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Günther Seiffert
German racing driver (1937–2020).
Born October 18th, 1937 in Oldenburg in Holstein.
Died November 11th, 2020 at 83 years old [ref]
Khalil Taha
Lebanese wrestler (1932-2020).
Born July 13th, 1932 in Beirut. [ref]
Died July 27th, 2020 at 88 years old in Venice (kidney failure). [ref]
Jacques Pellen
French jazz guitarist (1957–2020).
Born April 9th, 1957 in Brest. [ref]
Died April 21st, 2020 at 63 years old in Brest (COVID-19). [ref]
Benito Joanet
Spanish footballer (1935-2020).
Born September 15th, 1935 in Esplugues de Llobregat. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 2020 at 84 years old in Alicante (COVID-19). [ref]
Jon Edward Ahlquist
American molecular biologist, ornithologist (1944–2020).
Died May 7th, 2020 at 75 years old in Huntsville. [ref]
Peter Schmidhuber
German politician (1931–2020).
Born December 15th, 1931 in Munich.
Died December 26th, 2020 at 89 years old [ref]
Agnes Simon
Hungarian table tennis player (1935-2020).
Born June 21st, 1935 in Budapest.
Died August 19th, 2020 at 85 years old in Moers.
Tomás Herrera Martínez
Cuban basketball player (1950-2020).
Born December 21st, 1950 in Santiago de Cuba.
Died October 18th, 2020 at 69 years old in Havana. [ref]
Adolfo Natalini
Italian architect (1941–2020).
Born May 10th, 1941 in Pistoia.
Died January 23rd, 2020 at 78 years old in Florence. [ref]
Jacques Beurlet
Belgian footballer (1944–2020).
Born December 21st, 1944 in Marche-en-Famenne.
Died September 26th, 2020 at 75 years old in Marche-en-Famenne. [ref]
Emmanuel Rakotovahiny
Malagasy politician (1938-2020).
Born August 16th, 1938 in Toliara.
Died July 1st, 2020 at 81 years old [ref]
Wolfgang Hofmann
West german judoka.
Born March 30th, 1941 in Cologne.
Died March 12th, 2020 at 78 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Nina Ivanova
Soviet actress (1934-2020).
Born January 6th, 1934 in Moscow.
Died December 1st, 2020 at 86 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Arturo Chaires
Mexican footballer (1937-2020).
Born March 14th, 1937 in Guadalajara.
Died June 18th, 2020 at 83 years old in Guadalajara. [ref]
Halina Kwiatkowska
Polish actress.
Born April 25th, 1921 in Bochnia.
Died November 12th, 2020 at 99 years old in Konstancin-Jeziorna. [ref]
Krisztián Veréb
Hungarian canoeist.
Born July 27th, 1977 in Miskolc.
Died October 24th, 2020 at 43 years old (traffic collision). [ref]
Maks Velo
Albanian architect (1935-2020).
Born August 31st, 1935 in Paris.
Died May 7th, 2020 at 84 years old in Tirana. [ref]
Petro Slobodyan
Soviet footballer (1953-2020).
Born July 2nd, 1953 in Sheparivtsi.
Died December 15th, 2020 at 67 years old [ref]
Bill Hobbs
American rower (1949–2020).
Born July 30th, 1949 in Ponce.
Died January 4th, 2020 at 70 years old in Dartmouth. [ref]
Cliff Pennington
Canadian ice hockey player (1940-2020).
Born April 18th, 1940 in Winnipeg.
Died May 26th, 2020 at 80 years old in St. Petersburg.
Pedro Nájera
Mexican footballer (1929–2020).
Born February 3rd, 1929 in Mexico City.
Died August 22nd, 2020 at 91 years old in Cuernavaca. [ref]
Deaths 1551 to 1575 of 1795
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