Deaths Month: August 2020
Dick Ritger
American bowler · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27 · Other
Siah Armajani
Iranian-American sculptor and architect · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27
Sunil Dhar
Bangladeshi classical musician · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27
Pierluigi Camiscioni
Italian rugby player and stuntman · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27
Cao Chunan
Chinese electrochemist · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27 · Other
Frank Dunphy
Irish business manager and accountant (Damian Hirst) · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27 · Other
Vejaynand Ramlakan
South African military officer · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27 · Other
Dan Yochum
American Hall of Fame football player (Montreal Alouettes · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27
Itaru Oki
Japanese jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27 · Other
Vyacheslav Gladkikh
Russian major general · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27 · Other
David S. Cass Sr.
American film director and stuntman · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27 · Other · Cass
Barli Asmara
Indonesian designer and bussinessman · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27 · Other
Lute Olson
American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Arizona Wildcats · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27 · Other
Cathy Smith
Canadian backup singer and convicted criminal · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27
Finis Welch
economist (Vice-President of the American Economic Association in 2002) · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27
Joe Ruby
American animator (Scooby-Doo · 26 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 26 · Other
David Mercer
British sports commentator and tennis umpire · 26 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 26
David Bryant
British bowler · 26 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 26 · Other
Gordon Yea
Australian rules footballer · 26 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 26
Arnaldo Saccomani
Brazilian record producer and reality television judge (Ídolos · 26 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 26
Rebeca Guber
Argentine mathematician and computer scientist · 26 August 2020 · August 2020 · Argentine · August 26
Mick Hart
Australian folk musician · 26 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 26
Mike Noga
Australian rock multi-instrumentalist (The Drones · 26 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 26 · Other
Georges Bœuf
French composer and musician · 26 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 26 · French
Jean-Marie Brochu
93–94 · 26 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 26 · Other
Mike Sertich
American ice hockey player and coach (Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs) · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25
Magdalen Redman
American baseball player (Kenosha Comets · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25
Gaston Roberge
Canadian priest and film historian · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25
Miron Sher
Soviet-born American chess grandmaster · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · Other
Alexander Taraikovsky
Belarusian protester · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · Other
Wolfgang Uhlmann
German chess grandmaster · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · Other
Ronald E. Rosser
American soldier · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · Rosser · Other
Ørnulf Tofte
Norwegian police officer · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · Other
Gerry McGhee
Scottish singer (Brighton Rock) · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25
Gerald Carr
American astronaut (Skylab 4) and aeronautical engineer · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · Other
Albert Appel
American art educator and musician · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25
Tommy Joe Coffey
American football player (Edmonton Eskimos · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · Coffey
Herbert Tabor
American biochemist · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · Other
Avner Golasa
Israeli footballer (Hapoel Kfar Saba) · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25
Laurent Akran Mandjo
Ivorian Roman Catholic bishop · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · Mandjo · Other
Olayinka Sule
Nigerian military officer · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · Other
Dirk Mudge
Namibian politician · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25
Neil Sachse
Australian rules footballer and disability advocate · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25
Arnold Spielberg
American electrical engineer · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · Other
Yvon Le Corre
French painter and navigator · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · French · Corre
Oscar Cruz
Archbishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (1991–2009) · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · Other
Riley Gale
American thrash metal musician and singer (Power Trip) · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25
Jack Tynan
New Zealand Olympic field hockey player (1956) · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24
Colin Bidois
New Zealand Māori leader (Ngāti Ranginui) · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24 · Other
Bryan Lee
American blues musician · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24
Hippolyte Simon
French Roman Catholic prelate · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24 · French · Other · Simón
Jean Mauriac
French writer and journalist · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24 · French
Jorge Sanjinez Lenz
Peruvian military · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24 · Other · Lenz
Clancy Imislund
longtime managing director of the Midnight Mission · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24 · Other
Rolf Gohs
Swedish comic creator (Fantomen) · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24
Sase Narain
Guyanese politician · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24
Dilbar Ikromova
Uzbek actress (The Rebellion of the Brides) · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24
Steve Sample Sr.
American bandleader and arranger · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24
Vladimir Nikonov
Russian ballet dancer · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24 · Other
Pat McCluskey
Scottish footballer (Celtic · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24
Iain Laughland
Scottish rugby union player and administrator · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24
Chitta Ranjan Dutta
Bangladeshi military officer · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24 · Dutta · Other
Ruhollah Hosseinian
64–65 · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24 · Other
Paul Wolfisberg
Swiss footballer and manager (FC Luzern · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24 · Swiss
Allan Rich
American character actor · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23
Touriya Jabrane
Moroccan theatre director · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23 · Other
John Bangsund
Australian science fiction fan · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23 · Other