List of Famous people who died in 2020

Dr. Mohamed Mashally, or the "doctor of poor people", was an Egyptian doctor known for treating poor patients at a very low cost. Mashally’s career as a doctor spanned over 50 years.

Bekir Coşkun was a Turkish journalist, writer and columnist for leading Turkish daily, Cumhuriyet. He was a good friend of Emin Çölaşan, with whom he had worked in the newspaper Hürriyet before they were controversially sacked by the paper's editor-in-chief, Ertuğrul Özkök. As staunch secularists, both were critical of the Justice and Development Party.

Carlos César Sánchez Hernández, known professionally as Charlie Monttana, was a Mexican rock urbano musician and songwriter.

Jean-Baptiste Mendy was a Senegal-born French professional boxer who competed from 1983 to 2000. He was a two-time lightweight world champion, having held the WBC title from 1996 to 1997 and the WBA title from 1998 to 1999. At regional level he held the European lightweight title twice between 1992 and 1995.

Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, also known as "Papitu", was one of the most renowned Catalan playwrights, considered one of the main renewers of Catalan theater.

Chung Chao-cheng was a Taiwanese Hakka writer.

Albert Memmi was a French-Tunisian writer and essayist of Tunisian-Jewish origins.

Derek Alfred Aucoin was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Aucoin pitched in two games for the Montreal Expos in the 1996 season. He had a 0–1 record, in 2.2 innings, with a 3.38 ERA. He died from brain cancer on 26 December 2020.

Otfried Nassauer was a German journalist and peace researcher, who interacted between civil society, mass media and politics. Over the course of four decades he had a profound impact on the public discourse in Germany and beyond about German and international military policy, especially in the fields of arms control and arms exports.

Ángela Margarita Jeria Gómez was a Chilean archaeologist.