List of Famous people who died in 2020

Nouria Kazdarli, stage name of Khadidja Benaïda was an Algerian actress. She was one of the largest names in theatre and small screen acting within Algeria.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blagonravov was a Soviet and later Russian military engineer and designer who worked on the designs of armoured vehicles.

Jörn Johan Donner was a Finnish writer, film director, actor, producer, politician and founder of Finnish Film Archive.

Lidia Menapace was an Italian resistance fighter and politician who served in the Senate from 2006 to 2008, representing the Communist Refoundation Party.

Omaswati, or Omas, was an Indonesian television actress and comedian, also known as a performer of lenong, a theatrical form of the Betawi people.

Gilbert Meyer was a French politician who served as a deputy in the National Assembly from 1993 to 2007, and Mayor of Colmar from 1995 to 4 July 2020.

Theodor "Turl" Wagner was an Austrian footballer who played as a striker.

Shady Habash was an Egyptian filmmaker.

Sir John Theodore Houghton was a Welsh atmospheric physicist who was the co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) scientific assessment working group which shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 with Al Gore. He was the lead editor of first three IPCC reports. He was professor in atmospheric physics at the University of Oxford, former Director General at the Met Office and founder of the Hadley Centre.

Victor Cuica was a Venezuelan musician and actor recognized for innovation in the fusion of the Jazz with Afro-Caribbean music. He participated in Venezuelan cinema, between the 70s and 80s, with the character of Alexis in "Wanted motorized with his own motorcycle and a girl with a good appearance" along with the remembered actor, screenwriter and writer Fausto Verdial.