List of Famous people who died in 2020

Michel Lequenne was a French politician and activist. He was particularly interested in Christopher Columbus and the Russian Revolution.

Yvon Le Corre was a French painter and navigator. He was also the author of several books and stories.

Georges Fontès was a French politician. He was first a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), then the Rally for the Republic (RPR), and finally the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).

Fernand Daoust was a trade unionist in Quebec. He was the secretary general of the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec from 1969 to 1991 and its president from 1991 to 1993.

Carlos Francisco Theodoro Machado Ribeiro de Lessa, better known simply as Carlos Lessa was a Brazilian economist and professor.

María Luisa González Benés, known artistically as Marisa de Leza, was a Spanish film and television actress. She died in Madrid after a long illness, aged 87.

Stéphane Dupont was a Belgian radio broadcaster and producer. He worked primarily for RTBF.

Léon Wurmser was a Swiss psychoanalyst, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at West Virginia University and a training and supervising analyst of the New York Freudian Society. He was formerly Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program at University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Samia Amin was an Egyptian actress.

Ksenia Arturovna Tripolitova was a Russian-born French ballet dancer. She was born in Vilna, Russian Empire. She began studying in the studio of Lyubov Yegorova. She was known for touring with her husband Nikolai Tripolitov during the 1930s and 1940s. In the 1960s, she began a solo career. Tripolitova was known for performing during World War II when Nazis were fighting in France.