The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2020.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
August 2020
1
José Vicente Anaya, 73, Mexican writer, poet and cultural journalist. Pablo Aranda, 52, Spanish writer, stomach cancer. Eduardo Arias, 64, Panamanian whistleblower, cancer. Frank Barnaby, 92, British nuclear physicist. Wendy Blunsden, 77, Australian cricketer (national team). Resurreccion Borra, 84, Filipino civil servant, Commissioner (2001–2008) and Chairman (2007–2008) of the Commission on Elections. Leonardo Bragaglia, 87, Italian theater actor, director and writer. Wilford Brimley, 85, American actor (The Natural, The Thing, Cocoon) and singer, kidney disease. Emil Ciocoiu, 71, Romanian painter and photographer. David Darcy, 76, Australian football player (Western Bulldogs, South Adelaide) and coach. Julio Diamante, 89, Spanish film director (The Art of Living, Sex o no sex) and screenwriter. Rickey Dixon, 53, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Raiders, Oklahoma Sooners), Jim Thorpe Award winner (1987), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Alex Dupont, 66, French football player and manager (Dunkerque, Sedan, Ajaccio). Feri Horvat, 78, Slovenian politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (2004). Sally Jacobs, 87, British stage designer. Alexandre Keresztessy, 81, Hungarian-born Belgian TV producer (RTBF). Vitold Kreyer, 87, Russian triple jumper, Olympic bronze medallist (1956, 1960). Lawrence Laurent, 95, American television critic (The Washington Post). Kartika Liotard, 49, Dutch politician, MEP (2004–2014). Armand Mauss, 92, American sociologist. Geoffrey P. Megargee, 60, American historian. Stan Mellor, 83, British National Hunt jockey and horse trainer, Champion Jockey (1960–1962). Pydikondala Manikyala Rao, 58, Indian politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA (2014–2019), COVID-19. Tony Morris, 57, British newsreader (ITV Granada), kidney cancer. Abdul Hay Mosallam Zarara, 87, Palestinian artist. John Otto, 71, American politician, pancreatic cancer. Rodney H. Pardey, 75, American poker player, complications from a stroke. Tom Pollock, 77, American studio executive (Universal Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company) and film producer (Hitchcock), heart attack. Rosemary Radley-Smith, 81, British paediatric cardiologist, cancer. Harley Redin, 100, American basketball coach. Reni Santoni, 82, American actor (Dirty Harry, Enter Laughing, 28 Days). Harold Scheraga, 98, American biophysicist. M. S. Sellasamy, 93, Sri Lankan unionist and politician. Khosrow Sinai, 79, Iranian film director (In the Alleys of Love), COVID-19. Amar Singh, 64, Indian politician, MP (since 1996), kidney failure. Stan Statham, 81, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1976–1994), heart attack. Ross Warner, 76, Australian rugby league player (North Sydney Bears, New South Wales). Douglas Wiseman, 90, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1971–1990).