List of Famous people who died in 2020

Peter Dreher was a German artist and academic teacher. He painted series of landscapes, interiors, flowers and skulls, beginning his series Tag um Tag guter Tag in 1974. As a professor of painting, he influenced artists including Anselm Kiefer. His works have been exhibited internationally.

Liu Fan was a deputy chief nurse of Wuchang Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei, China. She was the first nurse to die from SARS-CoV-2 infection, at the age of 59.

Richard Mansfield Dudley was Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was born on July 28, 1938 in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his PhD at Princeton University in 1962 under the supervision of Edward Nelson and Gilbert Hunt. He was a Putnam Fellow in 1958.

Jesús Gayoso Rey was a Spanish Lieutenant colonel Civil Guard. He had been head of the Rapid Action Group since 2014.