List of Famous people who died in 2020

Delphine Forest was a French actress. She appeared in more than ten films since 1988. She died on 31 January 2020.

Bernd Moeller was a German Protestant theologian and church historian.

Cleveland Josephus Eaton II was an American jazz double bassist, producer, arranger, composer, publisher, and head of his own record company in Fairfield, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. His most famous accomplishments were playing with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and the Count Basie Orchestra. His 1975 recording Plenty Good Eaton is considered a classic in the funk music genre. He has been inducted into both the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame and the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.

James Tak Wu, GBS, was a Hong Kong businessman who co-founded Maxim's Catering and co-founded a chain of restaurants, nightclubs, fast-food outlets, cake and coffee shops, institutional catering units and theaters throughout Hong Kong. As of 2015, Wu remained Honorary Chairman of Maxim's Group under Jardine Matheson's ownership.

Robert Leonard Carneiro was an American anthropologist and curator of the American Museum of Natural History. His Circumscription Theory explains how early political states may have formed as a result of interactions between environmental constraints, population pressures, and warfare.

Masakazu Yamazaki was a Japanese writer, literary critic, and philosopher.

Adi Kurdi was an Indonesian film and television actor known for his role as Abah in the television drama series, Keluarga Cemara, which aired from 1996 until 2005, with a series finale on TV7. His film credits included Aku Ingin Menciummu Sekali Saja (2002), Anak-Anak Borobudur (2007), and 3 Hari Untuk Selamanya (2007). Kurdi won the Maya Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the film Catatan Dodol Calon Dokter in 2016

Steven Walter Blackmore was a Welsh rugby union player. He began his international career playing for Wales in the Five Nations championship in 1987 when they lost to Ireland. He also played for Wales in the first Rugby World Cup later that year. In that competition he played in the winning side versus Tonga and Canada in the early stages, and Australia in the third-place play-off.

Donatien Laurent was a French musicologist and linguist.

Danilo Barozzi was an Italian cyclist.