Deaths Died in May 2020
Javad Ashjaee
70–71 · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 31 · Other
Stanisław Grodziski
Polish law historian · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 31
Jayanendra Chand Thakuri
Nepali actor (Kanchhi · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · Thakuri · May 31
Don Weller
English jazz saxophonist · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 31 · Other
Joey Image
American drummer (Misfits) · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 31
Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 31
Pat Dye
American Hall of Fame college football player (Georgia Bulldogs · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 31
Bob Northern
American French hornist · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · French · May 31 · Other
Sir John Brigstocke
British admiral · 31 May 2020 · Brigstocke · May 2020 · May 31 · Other
George Akiyama
Japanese manga artist (Zeni Geba · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 31
Bruno Galliker
Swiss Olympic athlete · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 31 · Swiss
Ingvar Ericsson
Swedish Olympic athlete · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 31
Osia Lewis
American football player (Oregon State · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 31
Muhammad Yahya Rasool Nagari
Pakistani Qāriʾ and Qira'at teacher · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 31 · Nagari · Other
Danny Havoc
American professional wrestler (CZW · 31 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 31
Wajid Khan
Indian music composer · 30 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 30
Susie Simcock
New Zealand sports administrator · 30 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 30 · Other
Christo
artist · 30 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 30
H. C. Stackpole III
American military officer · 30 May 2020 · Stackpole · May 2020 · May 30 · Other
Peter Schiller
German Olympic ice hockey player (1988) · 30 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 30
June A. Willenz
American military veterans advocate · 30 May 2020 · May 2020 · Willenz · May 30 · Other
Arnold Umbach
American baseball player (Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves) · 30 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 30
Sir John Coward
British vice admiral · 30 May 2020 · May 2020 · Coward · May 30 · Other
Norman Lamm
American rabbi · 30 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 30 · Other
Roger Decock
Belgian racing cyclist · 30 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 30
Bob Hammond
Australian Hall of Fame football player (North Adelaide · 30 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 30
Louis P. Sheldon
American priest · 30 May 2020 · May 2020 · Sheldon · May 30 · Other
Michael Angelis
British actor (Boys from the Blackstuff · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29
Gustaaf De Smet
Belgian cyclist (1956 Summer Olympics) · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29 · Smet
Rob Andringa
American hockey player and broadcaster (Wisconsin Badgers) · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29
Deibert Guzman
Bolivian football player (Club Universitario del Beni) · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · Guzmán · May 29
Eric Schreurs
Dutch cartoonist · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29 · Dutch · Éric
Yaroslava Turylyova
Russian actress (Gardes-Marines · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29
Evaldo Gouveia
Brazilian singer and songwriter · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29
Wolfgang Gunkel
German Olympic rower · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29
Yulien Balmusov
Russian actor (The Salvos of the Aurora Cruiser · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29
Bobby Dimond
Australian rugby league footballer (Western Suburbs · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29
Henk Steevens
Dutch cyclist (1953 Tour de France) · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29 · Dutch
Célio Taveira
Brazilian footballer (Vasco da Gama · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29 · Celio
Shahine Robinson
Jamaican politician · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29
Maikanti Baru
Nigerian oil marketer · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29 · Other
Hassan Hosny
Egyptian actor (Nasser 56 · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29
Abdikani Mohamed Wa’ays
Somalian diplomat · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29 · Wa’ays
Afwerki Abraha
Eritrean diplomat · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29
Óscar Braga
Angolan Roman Catholic prelate · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29 · Oscar · Other
Daniel Muchemwa
Zimbabwean politician · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29
Umar Ahmad Jalingo
Nigerian footballer (Bendel Insurance F.C.) · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · Jalingo · May 29
Texan Phiri
Zambian footballer (Green Buffaloes F.C · 29 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 29
Raphael Yanyi
Congolese judge and president of the High Court (Vital Kamerhe case) · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · Raphaël · May 28
Najwa Abbas Gadaeldam
Sudanese diplomat · 28 May 2020 · Gadaeldam · May 2020 · May 28
Mario Mendez
Dominican Republic businessman · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28 · Méndez · Other
James Githinji
Kenyan musician (known as Jimmy wa Yuni) · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28
Allan Makaka
Kenyan rugby sevens player (Kenya national rugby sevens team · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28
Arthur L. Thurlow
Canadian politician and judge · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · Thurlow · May 28
Roosevelt Taylor
American football player (Chicago Bears · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28
Charlie Monttana
Mexican rock urbano singer · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28
Jerzy Pilch
Polish journalist and writer · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28
Bob Kulick
Rock Guitarist (KISS · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28
Gilberto Dimenstein
Brazilian journalist (Folha de S. Paulo) · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28
Wolfram Paulus
Austrian film director (Heidenlöcher) and screenwriter · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28
Santiago Baten-Oxlag
Guatemalan-born American immigrant · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28 · Other
Bejan Daruwalla
Indian astrologer · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28 · Other
Hugo Ryckeboer
Belgian Dyalectologist · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28 · Other
Ubaidur Rahman Zia
Pakistani Islamic scholar · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28 · Zia
Brendan Bowyer
Irish showband singer (The Hucklebuck · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28
Abderrahmane Youssoufi
Moroccan politician · 28 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 28