List of Famous people who died in 2020
Léon Mokuna
Léon Mokuna Mutombo, nicknamed Le Trouet or Trouet, was a Belgian-Congolese professional footballer who played for Sporting CP, Gent and SV Waregem between 1954 and 1966. He was among the first Africans to play professionally in Belgium, and may have been the first Congolese player in a European side. His role has been described as "pioneering" by BBC Sport.
Robert Mack
Robert Mack was an Austrian ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Sergei Kramarenko
Sergei Makarovich Kramarenko was a Soviet Air Force officer who fought in the World War II and the Korean War. For his service in Korea he became a holder of the Title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He achieved several high command positions in the USSR and was also Air Force advisor in Iraq and Algeria in the 1970s. Retired in 1977 with the rank of major-general, he lived with his family in Moscow.
Zara Steiner
Zara Steiner, was an American-born British historian and academic.
Caio Narcio
Caio Narcio Rodrigues da Silveira, often simply known as Caio Narcio, was a Brazilian politician and a social scientist. Born in Minas Gerais, he served as a state representative from 2015 to 2019.
Stuart Christie
Stuart Christie was a Scottish anarchist writer and publisher. When aged 18, Christie was arrested while carrying explosives to assassinate the Spanish caudillo, General Francisco Franco. He was later alleged to be a member of the Angry Brigade, but was acquitted of related charges. He went on to found the Cienfuegos Press publishing house, as well as radical publications The Free-Winged Eagle and The Hastings Trawler, and in 2006 the online Anarchist Film Channel, which hosts films and documentaries with anarchist and libertarian socialist themes. His memoir Granny Made Me an Anarchist was published in 2004.
Marta Blanco
Marta Blanco, was a Chilean award winning writer and journalist.
Jacques Brunhes
Jacques Brunhes was a French politician. A member of the French Communist Party, he served Hauts-de-Seine in the National Assembly from 1978 to 1986. Brunhes returned to the National Assembly in 1988, and served until 2001, when he was appointed Minister of Tourism. His tenure as government minister ended in 2002, and he was reelected a deputy until 2007.
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was a Mauritanian politician who was President of Mauritania from 2007 to 2008. He served in the government during the 1970s, and after a long period of absence from politics he won the March 2007 presidential election, taking office on 19 April 2007. He was deposed in a military coup d'état on 6 August 2008.
Ajip Rosidi
Ajip Rosidi was an Indonesian poet and short story writer. As of 1983 he had published 326 works in 22 different magazines.