Deaths Died in August 2020
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
Michael Freilich
American oceanographer and NASA Earth science director · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23 · Other
Mal Pascoe
Australian football player (Essendon · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23
Robbe De Hert
Belgian director · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23 · Other · Hert
Robert C. Laws
American football player (Vanderbilt Commodores) and federal administrative law judge · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23 · Laws
Bernard Zimmern
French refrigeration engineer · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23 · French · Other
Bernard Zimmer
French businessman · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23 · French · Other
Gerald D. Hines
American real estate developer · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23 · Hines · Other
Pascal Lissouba
Congolese politician · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23
Nina Popova
Russian-born American ballet dancer · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23 · Other
Yisrael Moshe Friedman
American-Israeli religious leader · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23 · Friedman · Other
Chris Kooy
Canadian soccer player (Edmonton · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23
Ulla Pia
Danish singer ("Stop – mens legen er go'") · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23
Kōzō Watanabe
Japanese politician · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23
Bill Stephen
Australian football player (Fitzroy) and coach (Essendon) · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23
Pierre Decazes
French actor (The Shameless Old Lady · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23 · French
François van Hoobrouck d’Aspre
Belgian politician and baron · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23 · d'Aspre
Masakazu Yamazaki
Japanese playwright and literary critic · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23
Dieter Krause
German sprint canoeist · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22
Luigi Serafini
Italian Olympic basketball player (1972 · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22
A. B. Raj
Indian film director (Ormikkaan Omanikkaan · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · Other · Raj
Pedro Nájera
Mexican footballer (Club América · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22
Zalman Nechemia Goldberg
Israeli rabbi · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · Goldberg · Other
Richard M. White
American electrical engineer · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · Other · White
Daryl Gutterson
Australian footballer (Carlton) · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22
Deidre Davis Butler
American disability rights advocate · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · Butler · Other
Fern Cunningham
American sculptor (Harriet Tubman Memorial) · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22
Alexander Grey Zulu
Zambian politician · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · Zulu
Ivan A. Schulman
88–89 · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · Schulman · Other · Iván
Neil Ocampo
Filipino radio broadcaster (Todo Balita) · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · Filipino
Lefty Reid
Canadian museum curator (Hockey Hall of Fame) · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · Other
Phil O’Brien
Australian footballer (Hawthorn) · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · O'Brien
Ágnes Bánfai
Hungarian gymnast · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · Agnès · Other
Benny Chan
Hong Kong film director (What a Hero! · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · Other
Ann Syrdal
American psychologist and computer science researcher who developed the first female-sounding voice synthesizer · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22
Fredie Blom
South African supercentenarian · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · Other
Karim Kamalov
Uzbekistani politician · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22
D. J. Rogers
American soul singer and producer · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · Rogers
Walter Lure
American guitarist (The Heartbreakers) · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22
D.J. Rogers
American soul singer and producer. · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22
Ken Robinson
British Anglican priest · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · Other
Remy Hermoso
Venezuelan baseball player (Montreal Expos · 21 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 21 · Rémy
Richard Cartridge
British radio broadcaster (BBC Radio Solent) · 21 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 21
Elaine Roulet
Roman Catholic nun and prison reformer · 21 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 21 · Other
Sir Ken Robinson
British educationalist and author · 21 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 21 · Robinson
Józefa Hennelowa
Polish publicist and journalist (Tygodnik Powszechny) · 21 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 21
Nadir Salifov
Georgian-Azerbaijani mobster · 21 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 21
Landon Clifford
YouTube personality; died from a brain injury · 21 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 21 · Other
Patsy Robertson
Jamaican former diplomat and journalist · 21 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 21
Antonio Bayter Abud
Colombian Roman Catholic prelate · 21 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 21 · Other · Abud
James Partridge
British charity executive · 21 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 21 · Other