Deaths Died in January 2020
Michael Stear
British Royal Air Force commander · 13 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 13 · Other
Sir Roger Scruton
British philosopher and author (Sexual Desire · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12 · Scruton
Kazuo Sakurada
Japanese professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12
Peter Neumann
88—89 · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12 · Other
Paulo Gonçalves
Portuguese rally racing motorcycle rider · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12 · Other
Harvey Reti
Canadian Olympic boxer · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12
Fernanda Pires da Silva
Portuguese businesswoman · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12 · Other · Silva
Jayalath Manoratne
Sri Lankan actor (Doo Daruwo · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12
Pablo Macera
Peruvian historian (National University of San Marcos) · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12
La Parka II
Mexican luchador (AAA) · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12 · Other · La.
Yūji Yamaguchi
Japanese animator · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12 · Other
George Freeman
British interior designer · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12 · Other
Sibusiso Radebe
South African actor and dancer · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12
Valdir Joaquim de Moraes
Brazilian football goalkeeper (Palmeiras) · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12 · Moraes · Other
Carlos Cuco Rojas
Colombian harpist · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11 · Other · Rojas
Iñaki Vicente
Filipino football player (Philippines national football team) · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11 · Filipino
Jimmy Shields
Northern Irish footballer (Southampton) · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11
Walter J. Boyne
American Air Force officer · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11 · Boyne · Other
Fritz Hans Schweingruber
Swiss dendrochronologist · 11 January 2020 · Schweingruber · January 2020 · January 11 · Other · Swiss
Oliver Batali Albino
South Sudanese politician · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11 · Albino
Petar Introvič
Czech blues singer (Bluesberry) · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11 · Czech
André Abadie
French rugby union player (Sporting Club Graulhetois · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11 · French
Neda Arnerić
Serbian actress (Shaft in Africa · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11
Qaboos bin Said al Said
Omani royal · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11 · Other · Said
Harold Burson
American public relations executive (BCW) and journalist (AFN) · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Roscoe Nance
American sports journalist (USA Today) and beat writer (NBA · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Wolfgang Dauner
German jazz fusion pianist · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Neil Peart
Canadian rock drummer and lyricist (Rush) · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Galen Cole
American World War II veteran and philanthropist · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10 · Other
Ed Sprague Sr.
American baseball player (Oakland Athletics · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
George Nicolau
American arbitrator (MLB (1985–1995) · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10 · Other
American Horror Story
Australian actor (American Horror Story) · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Guido Messina
Italian racing cyclist · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Harry Hains
Australian actor (American Horror Story) · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Robert Blanche
American actor (Leverage · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Ivan Passer
Czech film director and screenwriter (Cutter's Way) · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10 · Czech · Iván
Jun Imamiya
Japanese motorsports commentator. heart attack · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Aloïse Moudileno Massengo
Congolese politician · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10 · Massengo
Tom Alexander
Scottish musician (The Alexander Brothers) · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Ray Byrom
English footballer (Accrington Stanley · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Sir George Cooper
British military officer · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10 · Cooper · Other
Breandán Ó Madagáin
87–88 · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10 · Madagáin · Other
Pete Dye
American golf course designer · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9 · Other
Edd Byrnes
American actor (77 Sunset Strip · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9
Bernt Andersson
Swedish football player (Djurgården) and manager (Halmstad · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9
Rasmi Abu Ali
Jordanian writer · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9 · Ali
Pampero Firpo
Argentine-American professional wrestler · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · Argentine · January 9
Jacques Dessange
French hairdresser · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9 · French · Other
Peter T. Kirstein
British computer scientist · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9 · Kirstein
Sally Thomas
British early childhood studies pioneer · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9 · Other
Derek Bailey
British television producer (Aquarius) · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9
Mike Resnick
American science fiction writer · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9
Colin Seeley
Motorcycle engineer and former racer · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9 · Other
John Brownjohn
British literary translator · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9 · Other
Yong Pung How
former Chief Justice of Singapore · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9 · How
Shozo Uehara
82 Japanese script writer. liver cancer · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9 · Shōzō
Joseph Karr O’Connor
American computer scientist · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9 · O'Connor
Chi Zhiqiang
Chinese pharmacologist · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9 · Other
Roman Matoušek
Czech speedway rider · 08 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 8 · Czech · Other
Mart Kitaev
Soviet theatre set designer and folk artist · 08 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 8 · Märt
March Frolovich
Soviet theatre set designer and folk artist · 08 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 8
Mart Frolovich
Soviet theatre set designer and folk artist · 08 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 8 · Märt