List of Famous people who died in 2020

Adolf Holl was an Austrian Catholic writer and theologian. He lived in Vienna, where he was Chaplain of the University of Vienna and a lecturer in its Department of Catholic Theology. Because of conflicts with Church authorities, he was suspended from his teaching and priestly duties. He wrote many books, including Jesus in Bad Company and The Last Christian: A Biography of Francis of Assisi.

Ursula Fuchs was a German writer of children's books. In 1980 she received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Emma oder die unruhige Zeit. In 1983, Wiebke und Paul was nominated for the Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreises. In 1984 she received the Silberne Feder from the German Medical Association. Some books were translated, such as Emma oder die unruhige Zeit.

Carlos Héctor Campos Silva was a Chilean footballer. Campos played for Universidad de Chile. He scored 184 goals for the club, and 18 times for the Chilean national team. Campos died on 11 November 2020 in Ovalle at the age of 83.

Betty Dodson was an American sex educator. An artist by training, she exhibited erotic art in New York, before pioneering the pro-sex feminist movement. Dodson's workshops and manuals encourage women to masturbate, often in groups.

Freimut Duve was a German journalist, writer, politician and human rights activist. From 1980 to 1998 he was a member of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was the first OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media from 1998 to 2003. Duve was also a well-known personality in the German literary scene.

Gilberto Dimenstein was a Brazilian journalist. He was the publisher of Catraca Livre, appointed by Financial Times as one of the most inspiring applications of digital technology for social good. He also kept a column at CBN radio.

Jean Léon Marie Delumeau was a French historian specializing in the history of the Catholic Church, and author of several books regarding the subject. He held the Chair of the History of Religious Mentalities (1975–1994) at the Collège de France and was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.

Wolfgang Hofmann was a West German judoka who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, where he won the silver medal in the middleweight class representing the United Team of Germany.

Vítor Manuel Oliveira was a Portuguese football midfielder and manager.

Valeriy Davydenko was a Ukrainian businessman and politician. He was found shot dead in the bathroom of his office on 23 May 2020.