List of Famous people who died in 2020
Marcelo Veiga
Marcelo Castelo Veiga, commonly known as Marcelo Veiga, was a Brazilian professional football manager and player.
Mohamed Ben Rehaiem
Mohamed Ben Rehaiem, also known as Hamadi Agrebi, was a Tunisian football midfielder who played for Tunisia in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He also played for CS Sfaxien. He also played for Al Ain and Al-Nassr.
Lucien Sève
Lucien Sève was a French philosopher, communist and political activist. He was an active member of the French Communist Party from 1950 to 2010. His 1969 work Marxisme et théorie de la personnalité has been translated into 25 different languages. Sève died on 23 March 2020 of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Peter Schiller
Peter Schiller was a German ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Jocelyne Khoueiry
Jocelyne Khoueiry was a Lebanese militant and activist during the Lebanese Civil War.
Myroslav Skoryk
Myroslav Skoryk was a Ukrainian composer and teacher. His music is contemporary in style and contains idioms from diverse sources including German, Welsh, English, and Eastern European artistic traditions.
Edem Kodjo
Édouard Kodjovi "Edem" Kodjo, was a Togolese politician and diplomat. He was Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity from 1978 to 1983; later, in Togo, he was a prominent opposition leader after the introduction of multi-party politics. He served as Prime Minister from 1994 to 1996 and again from 2005 to 2006. Kodjo was President of the Patriotic Pan-African Convergence (CPP). Kodjo died on April 11, 2020, in Paris.
Mário de Araújo Cabral
Mário Veloso de Araújo Cabral, commonly known by the nickname "Nicha" Cabral, was a racing driver from Portugal. He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 23 August 1959. He did not score any championship points.
Aidar Akayev
Aidar Askarevich Akayev was a Kyrgyz businessman and public figure. He was the son of former President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev and the first husband of Aliya Nazarbayeva, the youngest daughter of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Louis van Dijk
Louis van Dijk, also spelled Louis van Dyke, was a Dutch pianist.