page_title: 2020
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 2020 / Deaths / July
caption_attribution_description: English: Publicity photo of Olivia de Havilland, circa 1945.
context_page_description: 2020 is a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. It is the first year of the 2020s. It is the 20th year of the 21st century.
  The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic has led to severe global economic and social disruption.
context_section_description: July 1
  Hugh Downs, American broadcaster and television personality (b. 1921)
  Ida Haendel, Polish-born English violinist (b. 1928)
  Emmanuel Rakotovahiny, 15th Prime Minister of Madagascar (b. 1938)
  Georg Ratzinger, German priest and conductor (b. 1924)
  Everton Weekes, Barbadian cricketer (b. 1925)
  July 2 – Nikolai Kapustin, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1937)
  July 3
  Earl Cameron, Bermudian-born British actor (b. 1917)
  Saroj Khan, Indian choreographer (b. 1948)
  Ardico Magnini, Italian footballer (b. 1928)
  July 5
  Willi Holdorf, German athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1940)
  Volodymyr Troshkin, Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (b. 1947)
  July 6
  Charlie Daniels, American country singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1936)
  Ronald Graham, American mathematician (b. 1935)
  Ennio Morricone, Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (b. 1928)
  July 8
  Amadou Gon Coulibaly, 10th Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (b. 1959)
  Finn Christian Jagge, Norwegian alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1966)
  Wayne Mixson, American politician (b. 1922)
  Alex Pullin, Australian Olympic snowboarder (b. 1987)
  Naya Rivera, American actress, model and singer (b. 1987)
  July 9 – Park Won-soon, South Korean politician (b. 1956)
  July 10
  Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
  Miloš Jakeš, 5th General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (b. 1922)
  Paik Sun-yup, South Korean military officer (b. 1920)
  Olga Tass, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (b. 1929)
  Lara van Ruijven, Dutch short track speed skater (b. 1992)
  July 12
  Hassan Abshir Farah, 9th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1945)
  Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer (b. 1945)
  Kelly Preston, American actress and model (b. 1962)
  Lajos Szűcs, Hungarian footballer (b. 1943)
  July 13
  Hasan al-Lawzi, Acting Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1952)
  Grant Imahara, American engineer and television host (b. 1970)
  Zindzi Mandela, South African politician and diplomat (b. 1960)
  July 14 – Adalet Ağaoğlu, Turkish writer (b. 1929)
  July 15 – Toke Talagi, 5th Premier of Niue (b. 1951)
  July 16 – Phyllis Somerville, American actress (b. 1943)
  July 17
  Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Russian-Australian Olympic pair skater (b. 2000)
  Zenon Grocholewski, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1939)
  Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballet dancer (b. 1924)
  John Lewis, American politician and civil rights leader (b. 1940)
  Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer (b. 1940)
  Ron Tauranac, British-Australian engineer and racing car designer (b. 1925)
  July 18
  Juan Marsé, Spanish writer (b. 1933)
  Haruma Miura, Japanese actor (b. 1990)
  July 19
  Seydou Diarra, 4th Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (b. 1933)
  Sultan Hashim, Iraqi military commander and politician (b. 1942)
  Nikolai Tanayev, 8th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (b. 1945)
  July 21
  Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Spanish philologist (b. 1922)
  Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress (b. 1930)
  Tim Smith, English singer-songwriter and producer (b.1961)
  July 23 – Jean Brankart, Belgian racing cyclist (b. 1930)
  July 24
  Ben Jipcho, Kenyan athlete, Olympic silver medallist (b. 1943)
  Benjamin Mkapa, 3rd President of Tanzania (b. 1938)
  Regis Philbin, American actor, singer, and media personality (b. 1931)
  July 25
  Peter Green, English blues rock singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
  John Saxon, American actor (b. 1935)
  July 26
  Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress (b. 1916)
  Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician and lawyer (b. 1926)
  July 27 – Owen Arthur, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1949)
  July 28
  Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer (b. 1924)
  Gisèle Halimi, Tunisian-French lawyer and feminist (b. 1927)
  July 30
  Herman Cain, American businessman and politician (b. 1945)
  Lee Teng-hui, 13th President of the Republic of China (b. 1923)
  July 31 – Alan Parker, English filmmaker (b. 1944)
caption: Olivia de Havilland
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