List of Famous people who died in 2020

Wilbur Bernard MacDonald was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a farmer by career.

Gerson dos Santos Peres was a Brazilian politician, lawyer and journalist from the state of Pará.

Joseph Harold Ralph Mercier was a Canadian municipal politician. He served as Mayor of Charlesbourg from 1984 to 2001, then held other positions in Quebec City from 2002 to 2009.

Claude Mercier-Ythier was a French harpsichord maker who ran a shop and workshop in Paris dedicated exclusively to harpsichords. Instruments that he built and restored have been played in many concerts and recordings, including a recording of Bach's complete keyboard works by Zuzana Růžičková. He wrote a standard book on the topic, Les clavecins, published in 1990.

Mykola Polyakov was a Ukrainian scientist and rector of Dnipropetrovsk National University.

Betty Bennett was an American jazz and big band singer.

Arturo Chaires Riso was a Mexican football defender who played for Mexico in the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups. He also played for C.D. Guadalajara.

Jacques Maigne was a French writer and journalist.

Gurgen Ambartsumovich Egiazaryan was an Armenian politician and civil servant.

Claude-Gérard Marcus was a French politician.