List of Famous people who died in 2020
Valentin Pokrovsky
Valentin Ivanovich Pokrovsky was a Russian medical scientist, epidemiologist and infectionist.
Stella Maris Leverberg
Stella Maris Raquel Leverberg, known as Marilu, was an Argentinian politician. She was a National Representative for the province of Misiones and Secretary General of the local teaching union.
Émile Jung
Émile Jung was a French chef, who achieved three stars in the Michelin Guide for his restaurant Au Crocodile.
J. B. Sumarlin
Johannes Baptista Sumarlin was an Indonesian economist who served as Minister of Finance. Sometimes linked with the so-called Berkeley Mafia group of economic advisers which included senior Indonesian economists such as Widjojo Nitisastro, Emil Salim and Ali Wardhana, Sumarlin held various important economics posts in the Indonesian government for many years until the late 1990s. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia (FEUI) in 1958. Positions held in government included, among others, Chairman of Supreme Audit Agency, Minister of Finance, Chairman of the National Planning Agency (Bappenas), and Minister for Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform.
Lotty Rosenfeld
Carlota Eugenia Rosenfeld Villarreal, known as Lotty Rosenfeld, was an interdisciplinary artist based in Santiago, Chile. She was born in Santiago, Chile, and was active during the late 1970s during the time of the Chilean military coup d'etat. She carried out public art interventions in urban areas, often manipulating traffic signs in order to challenge viewers to rethink notions of public space and political agency. Her work has been exhibited in several countries throughout Latin America, and Internationally in places such as Europe, Japan, and Australia.
Anne-Marie Berglund
Anne-Marie Berglund was a Swedish poet, novelist, short story writer and pictorial artist. She was born in Espoo and made her literary debut in 1977 with the poetry collection Luftberusningen. Among her later collections was Jag vill stå träd nu from 2000. Among her several literary prizes, she was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2002.
Jerzy Pilch
Jerzy Pilch was a Polish writer, columnist, and journalist. Critics have compared Pilch's style to Witold Gombrowicz, Milan Kundera, or Bohumil Hrabal.
Marc Metdepenningen
Marc Metdepenningen was a Belgian journalist.
André Neles
André Moreira Neles, known as André Neles, was a professional footballer who played as a striker. His last club was Alecrim FC.
Mai Chia-je
Mai Chia-je was a Taiwanese baseball player who played for Brother Elephants of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.