Famous People who died in Coronavirus

As of Apr 16, the "COVID-19" pandemic has resulted in more than 139,000 deaths globally, with celebrities and other well-known names among them.

Here is a list of notable people who have died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Notable people who have died from COVID-19 infection

Date	Name	Age	Notes	Country (place) of death
March 23	Brian Crowe	82	British diplomat
April 1	Bernard Epin	83	French writer and literary critic
April 3	Arnold Demain	92	American microbiologist
April 5	Michel Parisse	83	French historian
April 6	Jacques Le Brun	88	French historian
April 7	Nipper Read	95	Police officer and boxing administrator
April 9	Marc Engels	54	Belgian sound engineer
April 9	Harvey Goldstein	80	British statistician
April 13	Baldiri Alavedra	76	Spanish footballer
April 2	Juan Giménez	76	Comic book artist and illustrator	Argentina (Mendoza)
March 31	Viktar Dashkevich	75	Stage actor	Belarus (Vitebsk)
April 4	Philippe Bodson	75	Businessman and politician; former Belgian senator	Belgium (Brussels)
March 27	Daniel Azulay	72	Comic book artist	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
March 25	Martinho Lutero Galati	66	Conductor	Brazil (São Paulo)
March 26	Naomi Munakata	64	Conductor	Brazil (São Paulo)
April 4	Florindo Corral	70	Businessman	Brazil (São Paulo)
March 18	Rose Marie Compaoré	61	2nd Vice President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou)
April 12	Samuel Wembé	73	Former Deputy	Cameroon (Douala)
April 3	Marguerite Lescop	104	Writer	Canada (Longueuil)
April 12	Claude Beauchamp	80	Editor and journalist	Canada (Montreal)
April 9	Ho Kam Ming	95	Macanese-born Canadian martial artist	Canada (Toronto)
January 25	Liang Wudong	60	Doctor, first death due to hospital-acquired infection	China (Wuhan)
January 26	Wang Xianliang	62	Former chief of Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission of Wuhan	China (Wuhan)
January 27	Yang Xiaobo	57	Former mayor of Huangshi	China (Wuhan)
January 31	Wen Zengxian	68	Former Deputy director-general of the Civil Affairs Department of Hubei Province	China (Wuhan)
February 6	Qiu Jun	72	Bodybuilder	China (Wuhan)
February 7	Hong Ling	53	Geneticist, professor	China (Wuhan)
February 7	Li Wenliang	33	Ophthalmologist, the first person to warn about the COVID-19 outbreak	China (Wuhan)
February 10	Lin Zhengbin	62	Organ transplantation expert	China (Wuhan)
February 13	Liu Shouxiang	61	Watercolor painter and professor	China (Wuhan)
February 14	Liu Fan	59	Deputy Chief Nurse of Wuchang Hospital	China (Wuhan)
February 15	Duan Zhengcheng	85	Industrial engineer and inventor	China (Wuhan)
April 7	Jan Křen	89	Historian, academic and dissident	Czech Republic (Prague)
April 15	Gérard Mulumba Kalemba	82	Former Bishop of Mweka	Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)
March 24	Jenny Polanco	62	Fashion designer	Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)
April 3	Omar Quintana	76	Politician, sports executive, and businessman, former president of the National Congress	Ecuador
March 30	Manuel Adolfo Varas	76	Ecuadorian broadcaster, sports journalist and lawyer	Ecuador (Guayaquil)
April 3	Rodrigo Pesántez Rodas	82	Writer and poet	Ecuador (Guayaquil)
April 5	Mahmoud Jibril	67	Politician, formerly acting Prime Minister of Libya	Egypt (Cairo)
March 18	Jean Leber	80/81	Violinist[35]	France
April 4	Frida Wattenberg	95	Member of the French resistance	France
April 7	Robert Chaudenson	82	Linguist	France (Aix-en-Provence)
March 16	Nicolas Alfonsi	83	Politician and lawyer, former Member of Senate and Mayor of Piana	France (Ajaccio)
March 29	Francis Rapp	93	Medievalist historian	France (Angers)
April 2	Arnold Sowinski	89	Footballer	France (Lens)
March 21	Jean-Jacques Razafindranazy	68	Madagascar-born doctor	France (Lille)
April 8	Henri Madelin	83	Jesuit priest, theologian	France (Lille)
April 12	André Manaranche	93	Jesuit priest and theologian	France (Lille)
April 12	Maurice Barrier	87	Actor and singer	France (Montbard)
March 30	Joachim Yhombi-Opango	81	Former President and Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo	France (Neuilly)
March 18	Henri Richelet	75	Painter	France (Paris)
March 19	Aurlus Mabélé	66	Musician and composer originally from the Republic of the Congo	France (Paris)
March 20	Jacques Oudin	80	Former senator[42]	France (Paris)
March 21	Marguerite Aucouturier	87	Psychoanalyst	France (Paris)
March 23	Lucien Sève	93	Philosopher and political activist	France (Paris)
March 24	Manu Dibango	86	Saxophonist and songwriter, originally from Cameroon	France (Paris)
March 24	John F. Murray	93	American pulmonologist	France (Paris)
March 25	Paul Goma	84	Political dissident and writer, originally Romanian	France (Paris)
March 26	María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma	86	Princess, activist and political sociologist	France (Paris)
March 28	Michel Tibon-Cornillot	97	Philosopher and anthropologist	France (Paris)
March 29	Patrick Devedjian	75	President of Hauts-de-Seine, former government minister	France (Paris)
March 29	Henri Tincq	74	Journalist	France (Paris)
April 2	François de Gaulle	98	Catholic priest and missionary	France (Paris)
April 3	Henri Ecochard	96	French military officer	France (Paris)
April 4	Xavier Dor	91	Embryologist and anti-abortion activist	France (Paris)
April 4	Marcel Moreau	86	Belgian writer	France (Paris)
April 7	Jean-Laurent Cochet	85	Actor and director	France (Paris)
April 13	Sarah Maldoror	90	Filmmaker	France (Paris)
April 16	Francesco Di Carlo	79	Italian mobster (the Mafia) and pentito	France (Paris)
March 31	Rafael Gómez Nieto	99	Spanish Civil War and World War II veteran, last surviving member of La Nueve.	France (Strasbourg)
April 13	Bernard Stalter	63	Entrepreneur and politician	France (Strasbourg)
March 24	Steven Dick	37	British diplomat	Hungary (Budapest)
April 2	Nirmal Singh Khalsa	67	Singer, Ragi of Darbar Sahib	India (Amritsar)
March 13	Nasser Shabani	62	General, senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps	Iran
March 7	Reza Mohammadi Langroudi	91	Ayatollah	Iran (Langarud)
March 16	Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani	78/79	Cleric and Member of Assembly of Experts	Iran (Qom)
February 27	Hadi Khosroshahi	81	Cleric and diplomat, former Ambassador to the Vatican	Iran (Tehran)
March 2	Mohammad Mirmohammadi	71	Senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei	Iran (Tehran)
March 5	Hossein Sheikholeslam	67	Politician and diplomat	Iran (Tehran)
March 7	Fatemeh Rahbar	55/56	Member of Parliament	Iran (Tehran)
March 9	Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani	67	Member of Parliament	Iran (Tehran)
March 10	Mohammad Kiavash	89	Politician	Iran (Tehran)
March 16	Fariborz Raisdana	71/72	Economist and professo	Iran (Tehran)
March 19	Hamid Kahram	61/62	Politician and veterinarian	Iran (Tehran)
April 6	Mark Steiner	77	American-born mathematician and professor of philosophy	Israel (Jerusalem)
April 12	Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron	79	Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel	Israel (Jerusalem)
March 12	Giovanni Battista Rabino	88	Former member of Parliament	Italy (Asti)
March 19	Innocenzo Donina	69	Footballer	Italy (Bergamo)
March 25	Angelo Moreschi	67	Missionary bishop, Apostolic Vicar of Gambella	Italy (Brescia)
March 18	Luciano Federici	81	Footballer	Italy (Carrara)
April 3	Sergio Rossi	84	Shoe designer	Italy (Cesena)
March 16	Sergio Bassi	69	Folk singer-songwriter	Italy (Crema)
March 19	Antonio Michele Stanca	77	Geneticist	Italy (Fidenza)
March 24	Lorenzo Acquarone	89	Lawyer and politician and MP	Italy (Genoa)
March 26	Luigi Roni	78	Singer	Italy (Lucca)
March 14	Piero Schlesinger	89	Jurist and banker	Italy (Milan)
March 15	Vittorio Gregotti	92	Architect	Italy (Milan)
March 25	Detto Mariano	82	Musician and composer	Italy (Milan)
April 8	Francesco La Rosa	93	Footballer	Italy (Milan)
March 29	Angelo Rottoli	61	Boxer	Italy (Ponte San Pietro)
April 7	Donato Sabia	56	Middle-distance runner	Italy (Potenza)
April 2	Zaccaria Cometti	83	Footballer	Italy (Romano di Lombardia)
April 7	Miguel Ángel Tábet	78	Venezuelan theologian and exegete	Italy (Rome)
March 25	Danilo Barozzi	92	Cyclist	Italy (Santa Maria Nuova)
March 23	Calogero Rizzuto	65	Architect and historic preservationist	Italy (Syracuse)
March 9	Italo De Zan	94	Cyclist	Italy (Treviso)
March 16	Francesco Saverio Pavone	75	Magistrate	Italy (Venice)
March 20	Marino Quaresimin	82	Politician[43]	Italy (Vicenza)
March 29	Ken Shimura	70	Comedian[111]	Japan (Tokyo)
April 2	Bernardita Catalla	62	Philippine ambassador to Lebanon[143]	Lebanon (Beirut)
April 10	Bas Mulder	88	Dutch-Surinamese priest[216]	Netherlands (Boxmeer)
March 25	Harry Aarts	90	Politician, former member of the House of Representatives[73]	Netherlands (Tilburg)
March 23	Usama Riaz	26	Medical doctor[59]	Pakistan (Gilgit)
April 13	Zafar Sarfraz	50	Cricketer[237]	Pakistan (Peshawar)
March 21	Aileen Baviera	60	Political scientist and sinologist[44]	Philippines (Manila)
March 26	Menggie Cobarrubias	66	Actor[81]	Philippines (Manila)
March 26	Ito Curata	60	Fashion designer[82]	Philippines (Muntinlupa)
April 7	Mishik Kazaryan	72	Armenian-born physicist[195]	Russia (Moscow)
March 31	Pape Diouf	68	Journalist, former president of Olympique de Marseille[123]	Senegal (Dakar)
March 30	Milutin Knežević	71	Serbian Orthodox bishop, Eparch of Valjevo[117]	Serbia (Belgrade)
April 1	Branislav Blažić	63	Surgeon and politician, former Minister of Environmental Protection[134]	Serbia (Belgrade)
March 31	Gita Ramjee	63	HIV prevention researcher[130]	South Africa (Umhlanga)
March 9	Lee Cha-su	62	Politician and activist[18]	South Korea (Daegu)
March 21	Vicenç Capdevila	83	Former Mayor of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and former Deputy[45]	Spain
March 28	Chato Galante	71	Activist and former political prisoner[95]	Spain
March 31	Daniel Yuste	75	Cyclist[133]	Spain
April 12	Francisco Aritmendi	81	Olympic long-distance runner[222]	Spain
March 22	Benito Joanet	84	Footballer and coach[50]	Spain (Alicante)
March 22	Germà Colón	91	Philologist[49]	Spain (Barcelona)
March 22	José María Loizaga Viguri	83	Businessman[51]	Spain (Ciudad Real)
April 6	Josep Maria Benet i Jornet	79	Playwright and screenwriter[183]	Spain (Lleida)
March 27	Jesús Gayoso Rey	48	Civil Guard Lieutenant colonel and head of GAR[90]	Spain (Logroño)
March 10	Marcelo Peralta	59	Argentine-born saxophonist and teacher[21]	Spain (Madrid)
March 20	Carlos Falcó	83	Grandee of Spain, socialite and entrepreneur[41]	Spain (Madrid)
March 21	Lorenzo Sanz	76	Businessman, former president of Real Madrid[48]	Spain (Madrid)
March 23	José Folgado	75	Businessman, economist and politician[56]	Spain (Madrid)
March 29	José Luis Capón	72	Football player[103]	Spain (Madrid)
April 2	Goyo Benito	73	Footballer[142]	Spain (Madrid)
April 3	Francisco Hernando Contreras	74	Housing developer[157]	Spain (Madrid)
April 6	Riay Tatary	72	Muslim religious leader, chairman of the Islamic Commission of Spain[188]	Spain (Madrid)
April 8	Miguel Jones	81	Footballer[205]	Spain (Madrid)
April 10	Enrique Múgica	88	Former Minister of Justice, Ombudsman and Deputy[215]	Spain (Madrid)
April 10	Iris M. Zavala	83	Puerto Rican author, independence activist and intellectual[217]	Spain (Madrid)
April 12	Carlos Seco Serrano	96	Historian[229]	Spain (Madrid)
April 16	Luis Sepúlveda	70	Chilean writer[247]	Spain (Oviedo)
March 23	Lucia Bosè	89	Italian neorealism actress, Miss Italia 1947[54]	Spain (Segovia)
April 6	Alfonso Cortina	76	Former President of Repsol YPF[184]	Spain (Toledo)
April 13	Juan Cotino	70	Politician, former Director General of the Police and President of the Corts Valencianes[233]	Spain (Valencia)
March 26	Olle Holmquist	83	Trombonist[83]	Sweden
March 28	Kerstin Behrendtz	69	Radio broadcaster[94]	Sweden (Stockholm)
March 31	Tomas Oneborg	62	Photographer[128]	Sweden (Stockholm)
April 15	Adam Alsing	51	Radio and television host[242]	Sweden (Stockholm)
April 7	Roger Chappot	79	Olympic ice hockey player[189]	Switzerland
March 28	Fevzi Aksoy	89	Academic, neurologist and sports writer[93]	Turkey
April 2	Feriha Öz	86–87	Pathologist, academic and medical doctor[149]	Turkey
April 3	Yusuf Kenan Sönmez	71–72	Politician, former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey[163]	Turkey
March 15	Aytaç Yalman	79	General, former Commander of the Turkish Army[26]	Turkey (Istanbul)
April 14	Haydar Baş	73	Politician[240]	Turkey (Trabzon)
March 23	Paul Karslake	65	Artist[57]	United Kingdom
March 23[a]	William Stern	84	Hungarian-born businessman, survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp[63]	United Kingdom
March 30	Hilary Dwyer	74	Actress[114]	United Kingdom
March 30	David Hodgkiss	71	Chairman of Lancashire County Cricket Club[116]	United Kingdom
March 31	Peter J. N. Sinclair	73	Economist[132]	United Kingdom
April 12	Tim Brooke-Taylor	79	Comedian[226]	United Kingdom
April 4	Alexander Thynn	87	Aristocrat, 7th Marquess of Bath[176]	United Kingdom (Bath)
April 2	Eddie Large	78	Comedian[148]	United Kingdom (Bristol)
April 14	Cyril Lawrence	99	Footballer[241]	United Kingdom (Farnworth)
March 31	James Gordon	83	Businessman and politician, founder of Radio Clyde, member of the House of Lords[125]	United Kingdom (Glasgow)
March 24	Mohamed Farah	59	Somali international footballer[68]	United Kingdom (London)
March 28	Azam Khan	93	Pakistani-born squash player[99]	United Kingdom (London)
March 31	Andrew Jack	76	Dialect coach and actor[126]	United Kingdom (London)
March 31	Sa'ad Galadiman Patigi	67	Nigerian-born medical director[129]	United Kingdom (London)
April 1	Nur Hassan Hussein	83	Former Prime Minister of Somalia[138]	United Kingdom (London)
April 2	William Frankland	108	Allergist and immunologist[146]	United Kingdom (London)
April 3	Tim Robinson	85	Writer and cartographer[161]	United Kingdom (London)
April 4	Jay Benedict	68	American actor, who worked mainly in Britain[165]	United Kingdom (London)
April 4	Anton Sebastianpillai	70s	Author (writing as Anton Sebastian) and consultant geriatrician.[175]	United Kingdom (London)
April 5	John Laws	74	Former Lord Justice of Appeal[180]	United Kingdom (London)
April 7	Xudeydi	92	Musician in traditional Somali genre[203]	United Kingdom (London)
April 9	Dmitri Smirnov	71	Russian-born British composer[213]	United Kingdom (London)
April 10	Rifat Chadirji	93	Iraqi architect, photographer and activist[214]	United Kingdom (London)
April 13	Avrohom Pinter	71	Rabbi and politician[236]	United Kingdom (London)
March 26	Hamish Wilson	77	Actor[88]	United Kingdom (Rutherglen)
March 28	Pearson Jordan	69	Sprinter, represented Barbados at the 1976 Summer Olympics [98]	United States
March 28	William Wolf	94	Film and theater critic[101]	United States
March 31	Cristina Monet-Palaci	64	Musician[127]	United States
April 2	Aaron Rubashkin	92	Businessman[150]	United States
April 6	Helène Aylon	89	Ecofeminist artist[182]	United States
April 7	Leib Groner	88	Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi[194]	United States
April 5	Lee Fierro	91	Actress[178]	United States (Akron)
March 23	Maurice Berger	63	Art curator and professor[53]	United States (Copake)
March 27	Orlando McDaniel	59	American football player[91]	United States (Dallas)
March 28	William B. Helmreich	74	Sociologist, professor[97]	United States (Great Neck)
April 1	Kevin Duffy	87	Former judge for the U.S. District Court for Southern New York[136]	United States (Greenwich)
April 7	Henry Graff	98	Historian[193]	United States (Greenwich)
April 2	Arthur Whistler	75	Ethnobotanist, academic and writer[153]	United States (Honolulu)
April 1	David Driskell	88	Visual artist and academic[135]	United States (Hyattsville)
March 31	Julie Bennett	88	Voice actor[120]	United States (Los Angeles)
April 7	Allen Garfield	80	Actor[192]	United States (Los Angeles)
April 13	Ann Sullivan	91	Animator[239]	United States (Los Angeles)
March 25	Floyd Cardoz	59	Chef and television personality[76]	United States (Montclair)
March 29	Joe Diffie	61	Country singer[105]	United States (Nashville)
April 7	John Prine	73	Singer and songwriter[198]	United States (Nashville)
April 1	Ellis Marsalis Jr.	85	Jazz pianist[139]	United States (New Orleans)
April 4	Tom Dempsey	73	American football placekicker[169]	United States (New Orleans)
March 22	Mike Longo	83	Jazz pianist, composer, author[52]	United States (New York)
March 23	Nashom Wooden	50	Performance artist[64]	United States (New York)
March 25	Mark Blum	69	Actor[75]	United States (New York)
March 26	Michael Sorkin	71	Architect, critic[87]	United States (New York)
March 29	Peg Broadbent	56	British-born CFO of Jefferies Group[102]	United States (New York)
March 29	Maria Mercader	54	Television news producer and journalist[107]	United States (New York)
March 29	Alan Merrill	69	Lead singer of Arrows and songwriter[108]	United States (New York)
March 30	Lorena Borjas	59	Mexican American transgender and immigrant rights activist[113]	United States (New York)
March 30	James T. Goodrich	73	Neurosurgeon[115]	United States (New York)
March 31	Wilhelm Burmann	80	German-born ballet master and teacher[121]	United States (New York)
March 31	Wallace Roney	59	Jazz trumpeter[131]	United States (New York)
April 2	Patricia Bosworth	86	Actress and author[58]	United States (New York)
April 3	Arlene Stringer-Cuevas	86	Former member of the New York City Council[164]	United States (New York)
April 4	Kenneth Farnum	89	Barbadian-born Jamaican Olympic cyclist[171]	United States (New York)
April 4	Muhammad Sirajul Islam	77	Former member of Bangladeshi parliament[172]	United States (New York)
April 4	Olan Montgomery	56	Actor and artist[173]	United States (New York)
April 7	Yaakov Perlow	89	Hasidic rabbi[197]	United States (New York)
April 7	Hal Willner	64	Music producer[202]	United States (New York)
April 8	Leila Benitez-McCollum	89	Filipino-American television and radio host[204]	United States (New York)
April 11	Stanley Chera	77	Real estate executive[218]	United States (New York)
April 11	Wynn Handman	97	Artistic director[221]	United States (New York)
April 12	Joel M. Reed	86	Filmmaker and screenwriter[228]	United States (New York)
April 13	Gil Bailey	84	Jamaican radio broadcaster[232]	United States (New York)
April 15	Lee Konitz	92	Jazz composer and alto saxophonist[243]	United States (New York)
April 16	Milena Jelinek	84	Czech-American screenwriter[246]	United States (New York)
April 6	Stephen Sulyk	95	Ukrainian Catholic bishop, Archeparch emeritus of Philadelphia[187]	United States (Philadelphia)
April 1	Adam Schlesinger	52	Songwriter, member of Fountains of Wayne[141]	United States (Poughkeepsie)
April 11	John Horton Conway	82	British mathematician[219][220]	United States (Princeton)
April 9	Reggie Bagala	54	Politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives	United States (Raceland)
March 24	Alan Finder	72	Journalist	United States (Ridgewood)
March 27	Michael McKinnell	84	Architect	United States (Rockport)
April 1	Bucky Pizzarelli	94	Jazz guitarist	United States (Saddle River)
March 29	Robert H. Garff	78	Businessman and former Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives	United States (Salt Lake City)
March 24	Terrence McNally	81	Playwright and screenwriter	United States (Sarasota)
March 23	Walter Robb	91	Engineer, executive, and philanthropist	United States (Schenectady)
March 17	Stephen Schwartz	78	University of Washington pathology professor	United States (Seattle)
April 13	Rick May	79	Voice actor and theatre director	United States (Seattle)
April 4	Forrest Compton	94	Actor	United States (Shelter Island)
April 3	Bob Glanzer	74	Politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives[156]	United States (Sioux Falls)
April 8	Bernie Juskiewicz	77	Politician, former member of the Vermont House of Representatives (2013–2019)	United States (Vermont)
March 28	Rodolfo González Rissotto	70	Politician	Uruguay (Montevideo)
March 23	Zororo Makamba	30	Journalist	Zimbabwe (Harare)