Deaths Died in January 2020
Allah Thérèse
69–70 · 21 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 21 · Other
Christoph Quest
German actor (Tatort) · 21 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 21
William Bogert
American actor (Small Wonder) · 21 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 21
Empire Maker
American racehorse · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20 · Other
Peter Hobday
British newscaster (Today · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
Jan-Olof Ekholm
Swedish crime writer · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
Hana Ezrová
Czech basketball player (1957 World Championship bronze medalist) · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20 · Czech
Maik Hamburger
German writer and dramaturge · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
Dee Molenaar
101 · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20 · Other
Danny Talbott
American football (Washington Redskins) and baseball player (Baltimore Orioles) · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
Urs Egger
Swiss film and television director · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20 · Swiss
Bill Trowbridge
British scientist (death announced today) · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
Sonja Brain
Dutch-British educator (death announced today) · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20 · Dutch
Bob Sutcliffe
British economist (death announced today) · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
Peter Beyerhaus
German evangelist and theologian · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
Brice Armstrong
American voice actor (Dragon Ball) · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
Lech Raczak
Polish theatre director · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20 · Other
Claudio Roditi
Brazilian jazz trumpeter · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20 · Cláudio · Other
Robert Parker
American R&B singer ("Barefootin'") · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
Herbert W. Chilstrom
American Lutheran bishop · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20 · Chilstrom · Other
Joserizal Jurnalis
Indonesian physician and activist · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
David Climer
American sports columnist · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Writers
Bollin Eric
British racehorse · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Other · Éric
Steve Gillespie
Canadian professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
Rhona Wurtele
Canadian Olympic skier (1948) · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Other
William C. Davis
American football player (Mount Union Purple Raiders) · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Davis
Dan Andrei Aldea
Romanian rock musician (Sfinx) · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Aldea
Man Sood
Indian cricketer (national team) · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
Jozef Hollander
Belgian Catholic missionary · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Józef · Other
John N. Brandenburg
American lieutenant general · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · Brandenburg · January 19 · Other
Abram “Abe” Piasek
American public speaker · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Piasek
Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner
Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Eisner · Other
Stanisław Stefanek
Polish Roman Catholic prelate · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Other
George Petchey
English association footballer and manager · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
Jack Van Impe
American televangelist · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Other · Impe
James Mollison
Australian arts administrator · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Other
Shin Kyuk-ho
South Korean businessman · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Other
Sunanda Patnaik
Indian classical singer · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
Abbas Ullah Shikder
Bangladeshi film producer (Beder Meye Josna · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Shikder
John Migneault
Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Blazers · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
Bud Fowler
Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts) · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
Jo Heng
Singaporean lyricist · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
Dennis Garcia
Filipino rock bassist (Hotdog) · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Filipino · García
Ivan Ustinov
Russian intelligence officer (NKVD · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Other · Iván
Piri Sciascia
New Zealand Māori leader · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18 · Other
Pat Dalton
Australian footballer (Perth) · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18
Bergljot Sandvik-Johansen
Norwegian Olympic gymnast (1952) · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18 · Other
Petr Pokorný
Czech Protestant theologian · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18 · Czech
Mario Bergamaschi
Italian footballer (Milan · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18
Georgi Kutoyan
Armenian lawyer · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18
Cajun Beat
American Thoroughbred racehorse · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18 · Other
No Fear of Truth
- · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18 · Other · Truth
Bobby Kay
Canadian professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling) · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18
Bernard Diederich
New Zealand-born Haitian journalist · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18
Nikolai Tsymbal
Russian military leader · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18 · Other
Pietro Anastasi
Italian footballer (Juventus · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17
Luis Gerardo Rivera
Mexican actor (Sin Miedo a la Verdad) · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17 · Rivera
Jorge Navarro Sánchez
Mexican actor (Sin Miedo a la Verdad) · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17 · Sánchez
Yousuf Deedat
South Africa Muslim activist · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17 · Other
Puerto Plata
Dominican musician · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17
Khagendra Thapa Magar
Nepalese record holder · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17 · Magar · Other