List of Famous people who died in 2020
Ignacio Trelles
Ignacio "Nacho" Trelles Campos was a Mexican football player and coach. As a player, he won three Mexican championships with Club Necaxa. Later he coached amongst other the Mexico national team.
Marc Meneau
Marc Meneau was a French chef, who earned three stars from the Guide Michelin. He was the chef of the restaurant L'Espérance located in Saint-Père, Yonne.
Emil Jula
Emil Gabriel Jula was a Romanian professional footballer who played as a striker.
Santiago Manuin Valera
Santiago Manuin Valera was a Peruvian human rights activist and indigenous leader. He was born in Condorcanqui Province, Peru. He was a key leader of the Aguaruna people in Peru. He was President of the Committee for the Struggle for Respect for Indigenous Peoples of the Condorcanqui.
Nazar Najarian
Nazar Najarian, also known as Nazo, was a Lebanese businessman and politician of Armenian descent who served as secretary-general of Lebanon's Kataeb Party, a Christian political party, from 11 June 2018 until his death on 4 August 2020.
Burhan Kuzu
Burhan Kuzu was a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party who served as a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for Istanbul in the 22nd to 24th and 26th parliaments.
Christopher Beeny
Christopher Beeny was an English actor and dancer. He had a career as a child actor, but was best known for his work as the footman Edward Barnes on the 1970s television series Upstairs, Downstairs, as Billy Henshaw in the sitcom In Loving Memory, and as the incompetent debt collector and golfer Morton Beamish in Last of the Summer Wine.
John McNamara
John Francis McNamara was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. After spending over 15 years in the minor leagues as a catcher and player-manager, McNamara helmed six Major League Baseball (MLB) teams for all or parts of 19 seasons between 1969 and 1996. He directed the 1986 Boston Red Sox to the American League pennant, and was named his league's "Manager of the Year" by both the BBWAA and The Sporting News. However, the Red Sox were defeated by the New York Mets in seven games in the 1986 World Series when they failed to hold a two-run, two-out, two-strike lead in Game 6, and a three-run advantage in Game 7.
Suna Kıraç
Suna Kıraç was a Turkish businesswoman and a billionaire.
Alfred Riedl
Alfred Riedl was an Austrian football player and manager. As a player he was a striker. His last coaching role was with the Indonesia national football team.