Hugo In Memoriam Scroll 2020
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These names appeared on the In Memoriam scroll at CoNZealand, the 2020 Worldcon. The list was compiled by Steven H Silver. See Hugo In Memoriam Scroll for other years.
- Charlee Jacob (b.1952), July 14, Author
- Andi Shechter (b.1953), July 15, Fan
- The Victims of the Kyoto Animation fire, July 18
- Greg Shoemaker (b.1947), July 19, Editor
- Sam Gafford (b.1962), July 20, Author, Publisher
- Chris Kraft (b.1924), July 22, NASA Director of Flight Operations
- Robert Mayer (b.1939), July 23, Author
- Zanda Myrande (b.1955), July 24, Filker
- Mike Brunton (b.1962), July 25, Game Designer
- Susan Evans (b.1961), July 25, Fan
- Martin Hoare (b.1952), July 26, Fan
- Josh Lukin (b.1968), July 26, Academic
- Maggie Secara (b.1950), July 27, Author
- Richard Berg (b.1943), July 29, Game Designer
- Christian Rosenfeldt (b.1956) late July, Fan
- Barry Hughart (b.1934), August 1, Author
- Matthew Sims, August 4, Fan
- Toni Morrison (b.1931), August 5, Author, Editor
- Lee Bennett Hopkins (b.1938), August 8, Author
- J. Neil Schulman (b.1953), August 11, Author
- Charles Santore (b.1935), August 11, Artist
- Carl Slaughter (b.1958) August 11, Fan
- Robert N. Stephenson (b.1961), August 15, Author, Editor
- Rick Loomis (b.1946), August 23, Game Designer
- Charles M. Collins, August 26, Editor
- Brad Linaweaver (b.1952), August 29, Author
- Melisa C. Michaels (b.1946), August 30.
- Katherine MacLean (b.1925), September 1, Author
- Terrance Dicks (b.1935), September 2, Author
- Lee Salem (b.1946), September 2, Editor
- Jack Weaver (b.1926), September 2, Fan
- David Hagberg (b.1942), September 8, Author
- Hal Colebatch (b.1945), September 10, Author
- Laurie Kunkel (a.k.a.Laurie Yates), September 11, Fan
- Anne Rivers Siddons (b.1936), September 11, Author
- Bill Schelly (b.1951), September 12, Comics Historian
- Frank Key (a.k.a. Paul Byrne) (b.1959), September 13, Author
- Curtis Stubbs (b.1948), September 14, Fan
- Norm Metcalf (b.1937), September 21, Fan
- Jack Lasenby (b.1931), September 27, Author
- Lester Cole (b.1926), late September, Fan, Worldcon Chair
- John A. Pitts, October 3, Author
- Keith W. Sears (b.1961), October 4, Game Designer
- Tome (a.k.a. Philippe Vandeveldez) (b.1957), October 5, Author
- Berthe Amoss (b.1925), October 6, Author
- Edgar L. Chapman (b.1936), October 11, Academic
- Alexei Leonov (b.1934), October 11, Cosmonaut, Artist
- Alice "Lisa" Lepovetsky (b.1951), October 11, Author
- Alison Prince (b.1931), October 12, Author
- Harold Bloom (b.1930), October 14, Critic, Author
- Beryl Turner (b.1965), October 17, Fan
- Alex J. Geairns (b.1964), October 20, Fan
- Michael Blumlein (b.1948), October 25, Author
- Barbara Wright, October 29, Fan
- Cliff Bland, October 29, Comic Store Owner
- Benjamin Franklin Jones III (b.1918), November 3, Spacesuit Designer
- Taku Mayumura (b.1934), November 3, Author
- Stephen Dixon (b.1936), November 6, Author
- Allan Adams, November 9 or 10, Fan
- Bruce Robert McPhee (a.k.a. Spike), November 13, Bookseller
- Tom Spurgeon (b.1968), November 13, Author
- Ralph Calistro, November 19, Fan
- Walter J. Minton (b.1923), November 19, Publisher
- Gahan Wilson (b.1930), November 21, Artist, Author
- Andrew Clements (b.1949), November 28, Author
- Anne Page, November, Fan
- D.C. Fontana (b.1939), December 2, Screenwriter
- Andrew Weiner (b.1949), December 3, Author
- Rene Auberjonois (b.1940), December 8, Actor
- Caroll Spinney (b.1933), December 8, Puppeteer
- Bert Chamberlain, December 11, Fan
- Ian Covell (b.1953), December 11, Fan
- Amy Wenshe (b.Amy Dobratz, 1957), December 11, Fan
- Bill Olmesdahl (b.1966), December 15, Game Designer
- Da Chen (b.1962), December 17, Author
- Brian Taves (b.1959), December 17, Academic
- Elizabeth Spencer (b.1921), December 23, Author
- Gerry Alanguilan (b.1968), December 29, Artist
- Alasdair Gray (b.1934), December 29, Author, Artist
- Syd Mead (b.1933), December 30, Game Designer
- Sonny Mehta (b.1942), December 30, Publisher
- Michelle Lapautre (b.1932), January 3, Agent
- Earl Staggs, January 3, Author
- Kurt Bracharz (b.1947), January 6, Author
- Neil Peart (b.1952), January 7, Author, Musician
- Mike Resnick (b.1942), January 9, Author, Editor, Hugo Winner, Worldcon Guest of Honor
- Carol Serling (b.1929), January 9, Editor
- Alan Voecks (b.1968), January 10, Fan
- Steve Stiles (b.1943), January 11, Fan, Artist, Hugo Winner
- Paul K. Alkon (b.1935), January 13, Academic
- Christopher Tolkien (b.1924), January 15, Author, Editor
- Charles Alverson (b.1935), January 15, Author
- David Brider (b.1969), January 20, Fan
- Wolfgang J. Fuchs (b.1945), January 20, Author
- Terry Jones (b.1942), January 21, Author
- Barbara Remington (b.1929), January 23, Artist
- Gudrun Pausewang (b.1928), January 24, Author
- Jack Burns (b.1933), January 26, Screenwriter, Hugo Nominee
- Harriet Frank, Jr. (a.k.a. Harriet Goldstein) (b.1917), January 28, Author
- Christoph Meckel (b.1935), January 29, Author
- Mary Higgins Clark (b.1927), January 31, Author
- Jean Migreene (b.1938), January, Translator
- Marge Nuttall, January, Fan
- Paul Barnett (a.k.a. * John Grant) (b.1949), February 3, Author, Hugo Winner
- Earl Kemp (b.1929), February 6, Fan, Author, Hugo Winner, Worldcon Chair
- Rolf Bingenheimer (b.1946), February 7, Fan
- Ulrich Bettermann, February 11, Fan
- Daniel Palter (b.1950), February 17, Game Designer
- Charles Portis (b.1933), February 17, Author
- Ror Wolf (a.k.a. Richard Wolf, Raouk Tranchirer) (b.1932), February 17, Author
- Elyse Rosenstein (b.1950), February 20, Fan
- Nicola Cuti (b.1941), February 21, Artist
- Walter Satterthwait (b.1946), February 23, Author
- Katherine Johnson (b.Creola Katherine Coleman, 1918), February 24, Calculator
- Clive Cussler (b.1931), February 25, Author
- Kazuhisa Hashimoto (b.1958), February 25, Game Designer
- Betsy Byars (b.1928), Feburary 26, Author
- Freeman Dyson (b.1923), February 28, Scientist
- Frank Lunney (b.1952), Feburary 28, Fan, Hugo Nominee
- Kate Hatcher (b.1974), March 5, Fan, NASFIC Chair
- Nesa Sivagnanam, March 6, Fan, Editor
- Ariel Makepeace Julienne Winterbreuke (a.k.a. Abby, I Abra Cinii, Ariel Cinii) (b.1954), March 8, Fan
- Allen Bellman (b.1924), March 9, Artist
- Giwi Margwelaschwili (b.1927), March 13, Author
- René Follet (b.1931), March 14, Artist
- Jan Veldhoen (b.1939), March 20, Fan
- Al Worden (b.1932), March 18, Apollo Astronaut
- Albert Uderzo (b.1927), March 24, Artist, Author
- Dan Goodman, March 26, Fan
- William Levy (b.1955), March 26, Fan
- Brian J. Blume (b.1950), March 27, Game Designer
- Tomie dePaola (b.1934), March 30, Artist, Author
- Paul Cardwell, Jr. (b.1934), March 31, Gamer
- Brian Varley, March 31, Fan
- Juan Giménez (b.1943), April 2, Artist
- Tom Barber (b.1949), April 4, Fan
- Rao Pingru (b.1922), April 4, Artist
- Tony Cratz, (b.1955) April 5, Fan
- Tim White (b.1952), April 5, Artist
- JoAnn Wood, April 5, Fan
- Al Fitzpatrick, April 6, Fan
- Jean Little (b.1932), April 6, Author
- Merv Binns (b.1924), April 7, Fan, Bookseller
- Mort Drucker (b.1929), April 8, Artist
- John Sardegna, early April, Fan
- Keith Ferrell (b.1953), April 11, Editor
- Stacy Mandell (b.), April 12, Fan
- Ken Rowand (b.1948), April 12, Fan
- Rubem Fonseca (b.1925), April 15, Author
- D.J. Rowe (b.1937), April 19, Fan
- Hugh Casey (b.1964), April 21, Fan
- Shelagh Nikkel (b.1966), April 24, Fan
- Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. (b.1955), April 24, Author, Editor
- George McWhorter (b.1931), April 25, Librarian
- Wally K. Daly (b.1940) April 30, Author
- Michael Svensson, Spring, Bookstore Manager
- Martin Pasko (b.1954) May 10, Comic book writer
- Frank Bolle (b.1924) May 12, Comic book writer
- Barry Newton (b.1949), May 12, Fan
- Ye Yonglie (b.1940) May 15, Author
- Alice Novo (b.1958) May 19, Fan
- Marshall B. Tymn (b.1937) May 24, Academic
- Colin Manlove (b.1942) June 1, Academic
- Bruce Jay Friedman (b.1930) June 3, Author
- Milena Benini (b.1966) June 4, Translator
- Dennis O'Neil (b.1939), June 11, Comic book editor
- Stella Pevsner (b.1921), June 11, Author
- Jean Raspail (b.1925) June 14, Author
- Monica Stephens, June 18, Fan
- Carlos Ruiz Zafón (b.1964) June 19, Author
- Wendy Cooling (b.1941) June 23, Author
- Joe Sinnott (b.1926) June 25, Comic book writer
- Milton Glaser (b.1929) June 26, Artist
- Jim Holloway, June 28, Artist
- Jo Mulvey (b.1950), July 11, Fan