List of Famous people who died in 2020

Brandis Kemp was an American actress best known for her appearances in Fridays and AfterMASH from the years 1980 to 1985. She then appeared in a wide variety of films and TV shows as a character actress for the remainder of her career.

Fevzi Aksoy was a Turkish sports writer, medical doctor, neurologist and academic.

Daniel Schaeffer Kemp was an American organic chemist, an emeritus professor of chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kemp's work was focused on the synthesis and conformational analysis of peptides. He developed several chemical ligation strategies and methods for templating the formation of helices and sheets. The eponymous Kemp's triacid and the Kemp elimination reaction are among his developments. He was the author of an organic chemistry textbook. He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts.

Jaime Ruiz Sacristán was a Mexican businessman and banker. He was the Chairman of the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) from 2015 until his death in 2020 from COVID-19. His twin brother, Carlos Ruiz Sacristán, served as the Secretary of Communications and Transportation of Mexico from 1994 to 2000.

Jenny Altagracia Polanco de Léon was a Dominican fashion designer. Polanco, whose professional career spanned more than 37 years, was known for ready-to-wear women's clothing, jewelry, woven handbags, and other accessories that incorporated Dominican and Caribbean cultural elements into her collections. Her work was showcased throughout the Caribbean, the United States and Europe, including the Bahamas, New York City, Paris, Puerto Rico, and Miami Fashion Week.

Mariano de Nicolò was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop.

Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah was a Somali footballer.