List of Famous people who died in 2020

Jacques Pereira, known simply as Jacques, was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a striker.

Halima Echeikh, known professionally as Naâma, was a Tunisian singer.

Hamdi Benani was an Algerian singer and musician.

Wolfgang Marschner was a German violinist, teacher of violin, composer and conductor. He was concertmaster of the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, and instrumental in world premieres of contemporary music. He was professor at the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen, the Musikhochschule Köln, the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music and, for more than three decades, at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. He also taught at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse.

Osman Durmuş was a Turkish physician and politician.

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Delgado was a Mexican film director, often compared to Spain's Pedro Almodóvar.

William Tai, known professionally as Malik, was a Belgian comic book artist.

Elsabé Antoinette Murray Joubert OIS was a Sestigers Afrikaans-language writer. She rose to prominence with her novel Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena, which was translated into 13 languages, as well as staged as a drama and filmed as Poppie Nongena.

Philippe Malaurie was a French professor of private law.

Norberto Ángeles was a Mexican footballer who played as a defender.