2020 in Spain

Regional presidents

January

• 7 January – Jaime Monzó (also spelled Jaume), swimmer (b. 1946).^[3]
• 8 January – Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (b. 1936).^[4]
• 13 January – Isabel-Clara Simó, journalist and writer (b. 1943).^[5]
• 21 January – Meritxell Negre, singer (b. 1971).^[6]
• 22 January – Roser Rahola d'Espona, editor and baroness (b. 1914).^[7]
• 30 January – Mauro Varela, politician and banker (b. 1941).^[8]

February

• 4 February – José Luis Cuerda, director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1947)^[9]
• 8 February – Carlos Rojas Vila, author (b. 1928)^[10]
• 9 February – David Gistau, TV writer and novelist, brain injury (b. 1970).^[11]
• 10 February – Diana Garrigosa, teacher and activist (b. 1944).^[12]
• 12 February – Miguel Cordero del Campillo, veterinarian, parasitologist, academic and politician (b. 1925).^[13]
• 13 February – Rafael Romero Marchent, film director, actor and screenwriter (b. 1926).^[14]
• 18 February – Jaime Amat, Olympic field hockey player (b. 1941)^[15]
• 19 February – Fernando Morán, diplomat and politician (b. 1926).^[16]
• 24 February – Juan Eduardo Zúñiga, literary scholar and writer (b. 1919).^[17]
• 26 February – Eduardo Bort, guitarist (b. 1948).^[18]

March

• 9 March
  • José Jiménez Lozano, writer, Miguel de Cervantes Prize winner (b. 1930).^[19]
  • Luis Racionero, writer (b. 1940).^[20]
• 18 March – Joaquín Peiró, football player and manager, (b. 1936).^[21]
• 20 March – Carlos Falcó, 5th Marquess of Griñón, socialite and entrepreneur, Grandee of Spain (b. 1937).^[22]
• 21 March – Lorenzo Sanz, businessman and sports executive (b. 1943).^[23]
• 22 March
  • Germà Colón, philologist (b. 1928).^[24]
  • Máximo Hernández, 74, football player and manager (b. 1945).^[25]
  • Benito Joanet, football player and coach (b. 1935).^[26]
  • José María Loizaga Viguri, businessman (b. 1936)^[27]
  • Carmen de Mairena, actress, cuplé singer and television personality (b. 1933).^[28]
• 23 March
  • Lucia Bosè, Italian-born actress and beauty pageant winner (b. 1931).^[29]
  • José Folgado, businessman and politician (b. 1944).^[30]
  • José García González, psychiatrist and neurologist (b. 1938).^[31]
• 27 March – Jesús Gayoso Rey, Civil Guard lieutenant colonel (b. 1971).^[32]
• 28 March – Chato Galante, pro-democracy activist and political prisoner (b. 1948).^[33]
• 29 March – José Luis Capón, footballer (b. 1948).^[34]
• 31 March
  • Rafael Gómez Nieto, resistance fighter (b. 1921).^[35]
  • Daniel Yuste, Olympic racing cyclist (b. 1944).^[36]

April

• 1 April – Ricardo Díez Hochleitner, economist and diplomat (b. 1928).^[37]
• 2 April – Goyo Benito, football player (b. 1946).^[38]
• 3 April – Francisco Hernando Contreras, housing developer (b. 1945).^[39]
• 4 April – Luis Eduardo Aute, artist (b. 1943).^[40]
• 6 April
  • Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1940).^[41]
  • Alfonso Cortina, businessman (b. 1944).^[42]
  • Riay Tatary, Syrian-born doctor and imam (b. 1948).^[43]
• 8 April – Miguel Jones, footballer (b. 1938).^[44]
• 10 April
  • Antonio Carro, politician (b. 1923).^[45]
  • Enrique Múgica, lawyer and politician (b. 1932).^[46]
  • Iris M. Zavala, Puerto Rican author, independence activist and intellectual (b. 1936).^[47]
• 11 April – Antonio Ferres, writer and poet (b. 1924).^[48]
• 12 April
  • Francisco Aritmendi, Olympic long-distance runner (b. 1938).^[49]
  • Mary Begoña, vedette and actress (b. 1929).^[50]
  • Carlos Seco Serrano, historian (b. 1923).^[51]
• 13 April
  • Baldiri Alavedra, footballer (b. 1944).^[52]
  • Juan Cotino, businessman and politician (b. 1950).^[53]
  • Landelino Lavilla Alsina, lawyer and politician (b. 1934).^[54]
• 16 April – Santiago Lanzuela, politician (b. 1948).^[55]
• 17 April – Jesús Vaquero, neurosurgeon (b. 1950).^[56]
• 18 April – Aurelio Campa, footballer (b. 1933).^[57]
• 20 April – Josep Sala Mañé, casteller (b. 1938).^[58]
• 21 April
  • José María Calleja, journalist, political prisoner and anti-ETA activist (b. 1955).^[59]
  • Miguel Ángel Troitiño, geographer (b. 1947).^[60]
• 22 April – El Príncipe Gitano, flamenco singer and actor (b. 1928).^[61]
• 23 April – Bernardino Lombao, athlete and personal trainer (b. 1938).^[62]

May

• 1 May
  • África Lorente Castillo, politician and activist (b. 1954).^[63]
  • Benjamín Moreno, footballer (b. 1955).^[64]
• 7 May
  • Antonio González Pacheco, Francoist police inspector and torturer (b. 1946).^[65]
  • Manuel Jove, businessman (b. 1941).^[66]
• 10 May – José López Calo, musicologist and priest (b. 1922).^[67]
• 11 May – Francisco Aguilar, footballer (b. 1949).^[68]
• 13 May – Adolfo Pajares, politician (b. 1937)^[69]
• 15 May – Juan Genovés, painter and graphic artist (b. 1930).^[70]
• 16 May – Julio Anguita, politician and communist leader (b. 1941).^[71]
• 20 May – Adolfo Nicolás, Roman Catholic Jesuit priest and Superior General (b. 1936).^[72]
• 21 May – Lluís Juste de Nin, cartoonist and fashion designer (b. 1945).^[73]
• 22 May – Antonio Bonet Correa, art historian (b. 1925).^[74]
• 25 May – Marcelino Campanal, footballer (b. 1932).^[75]
• 26 May – Miguel Artola Gallego, historian (b. 1923)^[76]

June

• 4 June - Antonio Rodríguez de las Heras, Spanish historian and academic (b. 1947)
• 6 June - Jordi Mestre, Spanish actor (b. 1981)

• 9 June – Pau Donés, Spanish singer songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
• 11 June – Rosa Maria Sardà, Spanish actress (b. 1941)
• 12 June - Juli Sanclimens i Genescà, Spanish politician (b. 1935)
• 13 June - Pepe el Ferreiro, Spanish archaeologist (b. 1942)
• 16 June
  • Federico Corriente, Spanish Arabist, lexicographer and academic (b. 1940)
  • Eusebio Vélez, Spanish racing cyclist (b. 1935)
• 19 June – Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Spanish novelist (b. 1964)
• 20 June - Maria Lluïsa Oliveda Puig, Spanish actress (b. 1922)
• 28 June - Zuriñe del Cerro, Spanish feminist activist (b. 1956)

July

• 6 July - Carme Contreras i Verdiales, Spanish actress (b. 1932)
• 10 July - Pep Mòdol, Spanish politician and writer (b. 1957)
• 13 July - Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1940)
• 15 July
  • Juan José García Corral, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1952)
  • Ana Romero Reguera, Spanish fighting bull rancher (b. 1931/1932)

• 18 July
  • Juan Marsé, Spanish novelist, journalist and screenwriter (b. 1933)
  • Lucio Urtubia, Spanish counterfeiter, robber and kidnapper (b. 1931)
• 21 July - Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Spanish Hellenist, translator and linguist (b. 1922)
• 26 July
  • Francisco Frutos, Spanish politician (b. 1939)
  • Lluís Serrahima, Spanish writer (b. 1931)
• 28 July - José Luis García Ferrero, Spanish veterinarian and politician (b. 1929)
• 31 July - Joan Mari Torrealdai, 77, Spanish writer and journalist (b. 1942)

August

• 1 August
  • Pablo Aranda, Spanish writer (b. 1968)
  • Julio Diamante, Spanish film director (b. 1930)
• 5 August - María Victoria Morera, Spanish diplomat (b. 1956)
• 8 August - Pedro Casaldáliga, Spanish-Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1928)
• 9 August - Fernando Garfella Palmer, Spanish underwater documentary filmmaker and maritime activist (b. 1989)
• 11 August - Juan Pastor Marco, Spanish politician (b. 1951)
• 14 August - Francesc Badia Batalla, Spanish-born Andorran civil servant and magistrate (b. 1923)
• 26 August - José Lamiel, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1924)
• 30 August - Ángel Faus Belau, Spanish journalist and academic (b. 1936)

September

• 3 September - Félix Suárez Colomo, Spanish Olympic racing cyclist (b. 1950)
• 12 September - Joaquín Carbonell, Spanish singer-songwriter, journalist and poet (b. 1947)
• 14 September
  • Enrique Ramón Fajarnés, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
  • Fer, Spanish comics artist (b. 1949)
• 15 September - Vital Alsar, Spanish sailor and scientist (b. 1933)
• 16 September
  • Núria Gispert i Feliu, Spanish politician (b. 1936)
  • Enrique Irazoqui, Spanish actor (b. 1944)
• 20 September - Gerardo Vera, Spanish costume designer, film director and actor (b. 1947)
• 24 September - Jaime Blanco García, Spanish politician (b. 1944)
• 28 September - Juan Carlos Guerra Zunzunegui, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1935)

October

• 6 October - Alfons Borrell i Palazón, Spanish abstract painter (b. 1931)
• 7 October - Manuel Guerra, Spanish Olympic swimmer (b. 1928)
• 13 October - Marisa de Leza, Spanish actress (b. 1933)
• 15 October - Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1940)
• 17 October - Aurora Chamorro, Spanish Olympic swimmer (b. 1954)
• 18 October - José Padilla, Spanish DJ (b. 1955)
• 19 October - Joan Mesquida, Spanish politician (b. 1962)
• 25 October - Dolores Abril, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1939)
• 29 October - Pablo Lozano, Spanish bullfighter and fighting bull cattle rancher (b. 1932)
• 31 October - Eduardo Castelló, Spanish racing cyclist (b. 1940)

November

• 1 November
  • Pedro Iturralde, Spanish saxophonist and composer (b. 1929)
  • Tinín, Spanish matador (b. 1946)
• 9 November
  • Domènec Fita i Molat, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1927)
  • Carlos G. Vallés, Spanish-Indian Jesuit priest and author (b. 1925)
• 10 November
  • Luis Ibero, Spanish politician (b. 1949)
  • Juan Sol, Spanish footballer (b. 1947)
• 11 November
  • Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1940)
  • Jorge Llopart, Spanish race walker (b. 1952)
• 14 November - Adolfo Bolea, Spanish football player (b. 1933)
• 24 November
  • Montserrat Carulla, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
  • Damián Iguacén Borau, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1916)
• 26 November - Alfonso Milián Sorribas, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1939)
• 28 November - Juan de Dios Román, Spanish handball coach (b. 1942)

December

• 1 December
  • Faustino Amiano, Spanish Olympic coxswain (b. 1944)
  • Juan Hormaechea, Spanish politician (b. 1939)
• 8 December - Jordi Nadal, Spanish historian and economist (b. 1929)
• 15 December
  • Manuel Costas, Spanish footballer (b. 1942)
  • Jorge García, Spanish footballer (b. 1957)
• 25 December - Antonio Gento, Spanish footballer (b. 1940)
• 26 December - Gregorio Salvador Caja, Spanish linguist (b. 1927)
• 30 December
  • Josep Corominas i Busqueta, Spanish doctor and politician (b. 1939)
  • Gaztelu, Spanish footballer (b. 1946)