page_title: 2020
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 2020 / Deaths / February
caption_attribution_description: English: Katherine Johnson, also Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, 1983; see NASA bio at https://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/Katherine_Johnson
context_page_description: 2020 is the current year, and is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2020th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 20th year of the 3rd millennium, the 20th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2020s decade.
  The United Nations has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health. 2020 has been designated as Year of the Nurse and Midwife by the World Health Organization.
  2020 has been heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression.
context_section_description: February 1 – Andy Gill, English musician (b. 1956)
  February 2 – Mike Moore, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1949)
  February 3 – George Steiner, French-American literary critic and essayist (b. 1929)
  February 4
  José Luis Cuerda, Spanish filmmaker, screenwriter and producer (b. 1947)
  Daniel arap Moi, 2nd President of Kenya (b. 1924)
  February 5
  Stanley Cohen, American Nobel biochemist (b. 1922)
  Kirk Douglas, American actor, director and producer (b. 1916)
  February 6 – Jhon Jairo Velásquez, Colombian hitman and drug dealer (b. 1962)
  February 7
  Orson Bean, American actor, comedian and producer (b. 1928)
  Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist (b. 1986)
  Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer and actress (b. 1933)
  February 8 – Robert Conrad, American actor (b. 1935)
  February 9 – Mirella Freni, Italian soprano (b. 1935)
  February 11 – Joseph Shabalala, South African musician (b. 1940)
  February 12
  Christie Blatchford, Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (b. 1951)
  Geert Hofstede, Dutch social psychologist (b. 1928)
  February 13 – Rajendra K. Pachauri, Indian scientist (b. 1940)
  February 14 – Lynn Cohen, American actress (b. 1933)
  February 15 – Caroline Flack, English presenter (b. 1979)
  February 16
  Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (b. 1933)
  Harry Gregg, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1932)
  Larry Tesler, American computer scientist (b. 1945)
  February 17
  Mário da Graça Machungo, 1st Prime Minister of Mozambique (b. 1940)
  Kizito Mihigo, Rwandan gospel singer, organist and peace activist (b. 1981)
  Andrew Weatherall, English music DJ and producer (b. 1963)
  February 18
  José Bonaparte, Argentine paleontologist (b. 1928)
  Sonja Ziemann, German actress (b. 1926)
  February 22 – Kiki Dimoula, Greek poet (b. 1931)
  February 24
  Clive Cussler, American author (b. 1931)
  Katherine Johnson, American mathematician (b. 1918)
  Diana Serra Cary, American child actress (b. 1918)
  Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer (b. 1949)
  February 25
  Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher (b. 1919)
  Hosni Mubarak, 41st Prime Minister and 4th President of Egypt (b. 1928)
  Dmitry Yazov, Soviet and Russian marshal (b. 1924)
  February 26 – Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian politician (b. 1921)
  February 28 – Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923)
  February 29 – Éva Székely, Hungarian swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1927)
caption: Katherine Johnson
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