List of Famous people who died in 2020
Lucien Aimé-Blanc
Lucien Aimé-Blanc was a French police officer. Born in Marseille, he became vice chief of staff of the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) and also of the Narcotics brigade. He led the Office central de répression du banditisme (OCRB).
Marc Engels
Marc Engels was a Belgian film sound engineer. He won the César Award for Best Sound in 2017 for his work on The Odyssey. Engels died of COVID-19.
Ria Irawan
Chandra Ariati Dewi Irawan or better known as Ria Irawan (born in Jakarta on 24 July 1969 - death in Jakarta 6 January 2020) was an Indonesian actress and singer of Minangkabau descent.
Salvador Vives
Salvador Vives Gómez was a Spanish actor and voice actor.
Jane Dee Hull
Jane Dee Hull was an American politician and educator. In 1997, she ascended to the office of governor of Arizona following the resignation of Fife Symington, becoming the state's 20th governor. Hull was elected in her own right the following year, and served until 2003. Hull was the first woman formally elected as Governor of Arizona, and the second woman to serve in the office after Rose Mofford. She was a member of the Republican Party.
Matthias Kaul
Matthias Kaul was a German percussionist and composer of classical music.
Michel Lelong
Michel Joseph Marie Lelong was a French Catholic priest, known in particular for his involvement in Islamic-Christian dialogue.
Vladimir Shuralyov
Vladimir Mikhailovich Shuralyov was a Soviet and later Russian military officer who held a number of posts in the Soviet Army, reaching the rank of army general.
Artem Chernov
Artyom Chernov was a Russian professional ice hockey centre who played for HC Vityaz of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was drafted 162nd overall by the Dallas Stars in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Jan Křen
Jan Křen was a Czech historian, academic, dissident during Czechoslovakia's communist era, and a Charter 77 signatory. He specialized in the study of Czech-German relations.