List of Famous people who died in 2020

Artemije Radosavljević was a Serbian Orthodox bishop who served as the head of the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren from 1991 until his retirement in 2010. He retired from his position due to alleged embezzlement of funds.

Jean Gandois, AM was a French businessman.

Tsutomu “Ben” Goto was a Japanese journalist and writer best known for his books on Nostradamus.

Michel Celaya was a French rugby union player who played at back-row for the France national rugby union team and Biarritz Olympique.

Pietro Mário was an Italian-born Brazilian actor.

Fritz Hans Schweingruber was a Swiss dendrochronologist and emeritus professor.

Alison Stewart Lurie was an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs. Although better known as a novelist, she wrote many non-fiction books and articles, particularly on children's literature and the semiotics of dress.

Gilbert Doucet was a French rugby union player and coach.

Christian Mistral was a Canadian novelist, poet, and songwriter from Quebec.

Uktam Isayevich Barnoev was an Uzbek politician. He served as Khokim (Governor) of Samarkand Region from 2008 to 2010 and of his native Bukhara Region from 2016 to 2020, and as Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan from February 2020 until his death in office during the COVID-19 pandemic in September 2020.