2020 in France

• President – Emmanuel Macron (REM)
• Prime Minister – Édouard Philippe (LR) (before 3 July), Jean Castex (REM)

==Events==

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in France

• 3 January – Villejuif stabbing where a man kills one person and wounds two others with a knife before the perpetrator is shot dead by police.{{cite web |title=Paris Villejuif stabbings: Attacker 'had psychiatric condition' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50986028 |website=BBC News |access-date=6 January 2021 |date=3 January 2020}}
• 18 January – French police call for backup as protesters try to storm a theater where President Emmanuel Macron and his wife are watching The Fly.[https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/18/europe/france-macron-protests-intl/index.html Police backup called to guard President Macron as protesters try to storm theater] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118213427/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/18/europe/france-macron-protests-intl/index.html |date=18 January 2020 }} By Saskya Vandoorne, Milena Veselinovic, and Martin Goillandeau, CNN, 18 January 2020
• 20 January – Annie Chapelier, member of the National Assembly for Gard's 4th constituency, leaves LREM. She denounces "an above-ground movement, indifferent to the territories" where "little more or less self-proclaimed chiefs" want to be superior to "a mass, insignificant in their eyes, who is asked for blind allegiance and obedience", as well as inaction in the face of the "climate emergency".{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
• 24 January – The first cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in France: one in Bordeaux, a Chinese native of Wuhan who lives and works in the Bordeaux region, and two in Paris, a couple of Chinese tourists.{{Cite web|date=24 January 2020|title=France confirms three cases of deadly coronavirus|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-france-china-wuhan-virus-symptoms-outbreak-latest-a9301106.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124200816/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-france-china-wuhan-virus-symptoms-outbreak-latest-a9301106.html |archive-date=2020-01-24 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=3 October 2020|website=The Independent|language=en}}

• 7 February – Five new cases of COVID-19, four adults and one child, are announced by the Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn. The initial case is a British national returning from Singapore where he stayed from 20 to 23 January. He has arrived in France on 24 January for a four-day stay in the town of Les Contamines-Montjoie before returning to United Kingdom.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
• 8 February – Triggering of the Alerte-Enlèvement Device (Alert-Removal Device): the plan is launched after the kidnapping of Vanille, a 1-year-old girl by her mother Nathalie, 40, in Angers, on 7 February around 5:30 pm. Nathalie is found in Nantes on 9 February. A few hours later, the public prosecutor of Angers announces that Vanille has been found dead, in a clothing dumpster, and that her mother has admitted to having killed her. It is the first time since the launch of the Alert-Removal Device in France that the abducted child has been found dead.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
• 11 February – Death of François André, member of the French National Assembly for Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency. He is replaced by his substitute.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
• 16 February – Resignation of Agnès Buzyn, Minister of Solidarity and Health, following her candidacy for mayor of Paris.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
• 21 February – Shutdown of reactor 1 at the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
• 28 February – 45th César Awards.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
• 29 February – All indoor gatherings of more than 5,000 people are banned, over fears of the coronavirus.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

• 15 and 22 March – Scheduled dates for the 2020 French municipal elections.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
• 21 March – Independence of the XIVth district's Eco-Socialist Republic.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

• 4 April – A terrorist knife attack in Romans-sur-Isère resulted in the death of two civilians and the wounding of five others. The perpetrator was arrested and charged with terrorist crimes.{{Cite web|url=https://actu.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/romans-sur-isere_26281/attaque-terroriste-romans-sur-isere-these-terroriste-ne-fait-pas-doute_32800007.html|title=Attaque au couteau de Romans-sur-Isère. La thèse terroriste ne fait pas de doute|website=actu.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=12 April 2020}}
• 13 April – President Emmanuel Macron makes a television address on coronavirus to the nation viewed by 36.7 million people.{{cite web|title=French President Emmanuel Macron's Coronavirus TV Address Draws Record-Shattering 35M+ Viewers|url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/french-president-emmanuel-macrons-coronavirus-tv-address-draws-record-shattering-35m-viewers-1202908516/|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=14 April 2020|access-date=20 April 2020|work=Deadline}}

• 11–17 June – 2020 Dijon riots: A 16-year-old Chechen in assaulted in Dijon, leading to several violent clashes, including in the Grésilles district.{{cite news |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/06/15/french-city-rocked-by-unrest-blamed-on-score-settling-chechens-a70576 |newspaper=The Moscow Times |title=French City Rocked by Unrest Blamed on Score-Settling Chechens |author=Agence France-Presse |date=15 June 2020}}
• June – Louis Aliot became the first National Rally Mayor in Perpignan with a city of more than 100,000 people.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-perpignan/far-right-to-win-southern-french-town-of-perpignan-exit-poll-idUSKBN23Z0PM|title=Far-right to win southern French town of Perpignan: exit poll|date=June 29, 2020|accessdate=January 9, 2022}}

• 3 July – Prime Minister Édouard Philippe resigns, and is replaced by Jean Castex.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

• 26 to 30 August – Scheduled date for the 2020 European Athletics Championships to be held in Paris.{{Cite web |url=https://www.european-athletics.org/news/article=paris-will-host-the-european-athletics-championships-2020/index.html |title=Paris will host the European Athletics Championships 2020 |website = european-athletics.org |access-date=3 January 2020}}

• 25 September – 2020 Paris stabbing attack.{{cite web |title=Two injured in knife attack outside Charlie Hebdo's former offices in Paris |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/25/paris-knife-attack-close-charlie-hebdo-former-office |website=the Guardian |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en |date=25 September 2020}}

• 16 October – Murder of Samuel Paty.
• 29 October – 2020 Nice stabbing

• 29 November - Valentina wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "J'imagine".

• 8 December – 8 December 2020 incident: the arrests of nine French citizens who joined the People's Defense Units by French authorities

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• 1 January
• Marius Bruat, football player (b. 1930)
• Michel Celaya, rugby union player (b. 1930)
• 2 January – Élisabeth Rappeneau, film director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 3 January – Nathaël Julan, football player (b. 1996){{Cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Nathael-julan-guingamp-mort-dans-un-accident-de-la-route/1095127 |title=Nathaël Julan (Guingamp) mort dans un accident de la route |website = lequipe.fr |language=fr |access-date=3 January 2020}}
• 4 January
• Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre, historian and professor of philosophy (b. 1924)
• Georges Duboeuf, wine merchant (b. 1933)
• 7 January
• André Abadie, rugby union player (b. 1934)
• Jacques Dessange, hairdresser (b. 1925)
• Alexandre Matheron, philosopher (b. 1926)
• 9 January
• Jacques de Bauffremont, 8th Duke of Bauffremont and 10th Prince of Marnay (b. 1922)
• Robert Molimard, doctor and professor (b. 1927)
• 10 January
• André Capron, immunologist and parasitologist (b. 1930)
• Bernard Joly, politician (b. 1934)
• 11 January
• Jean-René Farthouat, lawyer (b. 1934)
• Alana Filippi, singer and songwriter (b. 1960)
• Hilarion Vendégou, politician (b. 1941)
• 12 January – Marc Riolacci, football administrator (b. 1945)
• 13 January
• Jean Delumeau, historian (b. 1923)
• Pierre Lacoste, marine officer and government official (b. 1924)
• Maurice Moucheraud, road racing cyclist (b. 1933)
• 14 January – Guy Deplus, clarinetist (b. 1924){{cite web|url=https://www.resmusica.com/2020/01/15/deces-du-clarinettiste-guy-deplus|title=Décès du clarinettiste Guy Deplus|language=fr|website=Res Musica|date=15 January 2020|access-date=30 January 2020}}
• 19 January – Guy Thomas, Belgian-born French songwriter (b. 1934){{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12338055s.public|title=Thomas, Guy (1934–....)|work=Catalogue général|language=fr}}
• 20 January – Gilles Delouche, scholar of classical literature of the Rattanakosin Kingdom (b. 1948)
• 21 January – Sébastien Demorand, journalist and food critic (b. 1969)
• 25 January – Denis Rivière, painter (b. 1945)
• 26 January
• Hubert Mingarelli, writer (b. 1956)
• Michou, cabaret artist (b. 1931)
• 26 January
• Émile Jung, chef (b. 1941)
• Norbert Moutier, publisher and writer (b. 1941)
• 28 January – Théo Klein, lawyer (b. 1920)
• 29 January
• Georges-Hilaire Dupont, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1919)
• Félix Marcilhac, art historian (b. 1941)
• 30 January – Roger Holeindre, politician (b. 1929)
• 31 January
• Michel Billière, rugby union player (b. 1943)
• Guy Delcourt, politician (b. 1947)
• Delphine Forest, actress (b. 1966)

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• 2 February – Claire Clouzot, journalist (b. 1933)
• 3 February
• Philippe Adamov, cartoonist (b. 1956)
• David Kessler, senior official (b. 1959)
• George Steiner, author (b. 1929){{cite web |title=George Steiner obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/05/george-steiner-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en |date=5 February 2020}}
• 4 February
• Marie-Fanny Gournay, politician (b. 1926)
• Zwy Milshtein, painter (b. 1934)
• 5 February – Yves Pouliquen, ophthalmologist (b. 1931)
• 6 February – Bruno Léchevin, trade unionist (b. 1952)
• 7 February – Pierre Guyotat, writer (b. 1940)
• 8 February
• Maurice Girardot, basketball player (b. 1921)
• Robert Massin, graphic designer (b. 1925)
• 10 February – Claire Bretécher, cartoonist (b. 1940)
• 11 February
• François André, politician (b. 1967)
• Jacques Mehler, cognitive psychologist (b. 1936)
• 12 February – Simone Créantor, athlete (b. 1948)
• 13 February
• Christophe Desjardins, violist (b. 1962)
• Hubert Boulard, comics writer and colorist (b. 1971)
• 14 February – Gilbert Belin, politician and sculptor (b. 1927)
• 16 February – Graeme Allwright, singer and songwriter (b. 1926)

• 21 March – Marguerite Aucouturier, Czech-born psychoanalyst (b. 1932)
• 26 March – Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, French-Spanish political activist and academic (b. 1933)
• 27 March – Jacques F. Acar, Senegal-born doctor (b. 1931)

• 1 April – Philippe Malaurie, lawyer (b. 1925){{cite news|url=https://droit.univ-poitiers.fr/hommage-a-philippe-malaurie-1925-2020/|title=Hommage à Philippe Malaurie (1925–2020)|language=fr|trans-title=Homage to Philippe Malaurie (1925–2020)|publisher=University of Poitiers|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403213810/https://droit.univ-poitiers.fr/hommage-a-philippe-malaurie-1925-2020/|archive-date=3 April 2020}}
• 2 April – Arnold Sowinski, football player (b. 1931){{cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Disparition-arnold-sowinski-ancien-entraineur-du-rc-lens-est-mort/1124404|title=Disparition : Arnold Sowinski, ancien entraîneur du RC Lens, est mort|language=fr|trans-title=Disappearance: Arnold Sowinski, former coach of RC Lens, is dead|date=2 April 2020|access-date=3 April 2020|publisher=L'Équipe}}
• 19 April
• Edmond Baraffe, football player and manager (b. 1942){{Cite web|url=https://www.lesechosdutouquet.fr/40688/article/2020-04-19/edmond-baraffe-ancien-entraineur-du-touquet-est-decede|title=Edmond Baraffe, ancien entraîneur du Touquet, est décédé|date=19 April 2020|website=Les Echos du Touquet|access-date=19 July 2020|archive-date=20 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420113602/https://www.lesechosdutouquet.fr/40688/article/2020-04-19/edmond-baraffe-ancien-entraineur-du-touquet-est-decede|url-status=dead}}
• Philippe Nahon, actor (b. 1938){{Cite web|url=https://www.purepeople.com/article/philippe-nahon-est-mort_a384818/1|title=Philippe Nahon est mort : l'acteur victime du coronavirus|website=purepeople.com}}

• 13 May – Patrick Simon, politician (b. circa 1956){{cite news |first=Bevan |last=Shields |title=Australia's best friend in France dies from coronavirus |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/australia-s-best-friend-in-france-dies-from-coronavirus-20200514-p54sro.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=14 May 2020 |access-date=27 July 2020 }}

• 1 June – Jean-Michel Cadiot, writer and journalist{{Cite web|url=https://www.humanite.fr/medias/jean-michel-cadiot/deces-jean-michel-cadiot-un-journaliste-de-passion-689893|title=Décès. Jean-Michel Cadiot, un journaliste de passion|date=3 June 2020|website=L'Humanité}}
• 2 June
• Jean-Claude Hamel, football executive (b. 1939){{Cite web|url=https://www.lyonne.fr/auxerre-89000/sports/jean-claude-hamel-une-vie-de-passion_13795386/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603202845/https://www.lyonne.fr/auxerre-89000/sports/jean-claude-hamel-une-vie-de-passion_13795386/|url-status=dead|title=Disparition - Jean-Claude Hamel, une vie de passion|first=Centre|last=France|date=2 June 2020|archivedate=3 June 2020|website=www.lyonne.fr}}
• Jacques Noyer, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1927){{Cite web|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/monseigneur-jacques-noyer-ancien-eveque-amiens-est-mort-1836658.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204257/https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/monseigneur-jacques-noyer-ancien-eveque-amiens-est-mort-1836658.html|url-status=dead|title=Monseigneur Jacques Noyer, ancien évêque d'Amiens, est mort|archivedate=8 January 2022|website=France 3 Hauts-de-France}}
• Jean Pineau, politician (b. 1922){{Cite web|url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/deux-sevres/deux-sevres-ancien-depute-et-maire-de-chatillon-sur-thouet-jean-pineau-n-est-plus|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308114216/https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/deux-sevres/deux-sevres-ancien-depute-et-maire-de-chatillon-sur-thouet-jean-pineau-n-est-plus|url-status=dead|title=Deux-Sèvres : ancien député et maire de Châtillon-sur-Thouet, Jean Pineau n'est plus|archivedate=8 March 2021}}
• Janine Reiss, vocal coach and harpsichordist. (b. 1921){{Cite web|url=https://www.resmusica.com/2020/06/02/deces-de-janine-reiss/|title=Décès de Janine Reiss|first=La|last=Rédaction|date=2 June 2020}}
• 6 June
• Jean-Marie Bourgeois, Olympic skier (b. 1939){{Cite web|url=https://www.leprogres.fr/edition-jura-sud/2020/06/09/jean-marie-bourgeois-a-donne-une-belle-image-du-nordique|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204248/https://www.leprogres.fr/edition-jura-sud/2020/06/09/jean-marie-bourgeois-a-donne-une-belle-image-du-nordique|url-status=dead|title=Morbier. Jean Marie Bourgeois a donné une belle image du nordique|archivedate=8 January 2022|website=www.leprogres.fr}}
• Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, art historian (b. 1937){{Cite web|url=https://www.latribunedelart.com/disparition-d-alain-erlande-brandenburg|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204250/https://www.latribunedelart.com/disparition-d-alain-erlande-brandenburg|url-status=dead|title=Disparition d'Alain Erlande-Brandenburg|first=Didier|last=Rykner|date=14 November 2022|archivedate=8 January 2022|website=La Tribune de l'Art}}
• 7 June – Paul Lombard, politician (b. 1937){{Cite web|url=https://www.laprovence.com/actu/en-direct/6010152/martigues-lancien-maire-paul-lombard-est-decede-a-lage-de-92-ans.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108225209/https://www.laprovence.com/actu/en-direct/6010152/martigues-lancien-maire-paul-lombard-est-decede-a-lage-de-92-ans.html|url-status=dead|title=Martigues : l'ancien maire Paul Lombard est décédé à l'âge de 92 ans|date=7 June 2020|archivedate=8 January 2022|website=LaProvence.com}}
• 9 June – Jean-Philippe Reverdot, photographer (b. 1952){{Cite web |url=https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/reverdot160080913-2-pp/ |title=In Memoriam : Jean Philippe Reverdot by Bernard Plossu |date=9 June 2020 |access-date=8 January 2022 |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204248/https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/reverdot160080913-2-pp/ |url-status=live }}
• 11 June
• Mahjoub Ben Bella, Algerian-born French painter (b. 1946){{Cite web|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/culture-loisirs/tourcoing-le-peintre-mahjoub-ben-bella-est-mort-1591899567|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204248/https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/culture-loisirs/tourcoing-le-peintre-mahjoub-ben-bella-est-mort-1591899567|url-status=dead|title=Tourcoing : le peintre Mahjoub Ben Bella est mort|date=11 June 2020|archivedate=8 January 2022|website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3}}
• Marcel Maréchal, actor and film director (b. 1937){{Cite web|url=https://www.laprovence.com/actu/en-direct/6015316/marechal-good.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122101438/https://www.laprovence.com/actu/en-direct/6015316/marechal-good.html|url-status=dead|title=Marcel Maréchal, l'homme qui a révolutionné le théâtre à Marseille, est mort|date=12 June 2020|archivedate=22 November 2021|website=LaProvence.com}}
• 13 June
• Maurice Rajsfus, writer and historian (b. 1928){{Cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/disparition-de-l-ecrivain-et-historien-maurice-rajsfus-13-06-2020-8335050.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204247/https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/disparition-de-l-ecrivain-et-historien-maurice-rajsfus-13-06-2020-8335050.php|url-status=dead|title=Disparition de l'écrivain et historien Maurice Rajsfus|first=Par Ph L. avec AFP Le 13 juin 2020|last=à 21h46|date=13 June 2020|archivedate=8 January 2022|website=leparisien.fr}}
• Jean Raspail, author (b. 1925){{Cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/mort-de-jean-raspail-ecrivain-et-explorateur-auteur-du-controverse-camp-des-saints-20200613|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613124937/https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/mort-de-jean-raspail-ecrivain-et-explorateur-auteur-du-controverse-camp-des-saints-20200613|url-status=dead|title=Mort de Jean Raspail, écrivain et explorateur, auteur du «Camp des Saints»|date=13 June 2020|archivedate=13 June 2020|website=LEFIGARO}}
• Colo Tavernier O'Hagan, British-French screenwriter (b. 1942){{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/global/colo-tavernier-ohagan-cannes-screenwriter-of-fresh-bait-round-midnight-dies-1234634320/ |title=Colo Tavernier O'Hagan, Screenwriter of 'Fresh Bait,' 'Round Midnight,' Dies |date=14 June 2020 |access-date=8 January 2022 |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204247/https://variety.com/2020/film/global/colo-tavernier-ohagan-cannes-screenwriter-of-fresh-bait-round-midnight-dies-1234634320/ |url-status=live }}
• Marc Zermati, record producer and promoter (b. 1945){{Cite web|url=https://rue89bordeaux.com/2020/06/celui-qui-a-importe-le-punk-en-france-via-mont-de-marsan-est-mort/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204250/https://rue89bordeaux.com/2020/06/celui-qui-a-importe-le-punk-en-france-via-mont-de-marsan-est-mort/|url-status=dead|title=Celui qui a fait de Mont-de-Marsan le berceau du punk en France est mort|first=Walid|last=Salem|date=14 June 2020|archivedate=8 January 2022}}
• 14 June
• Luce Douady, climber (b. 2003){{Cite web |url=https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/06/french_rising_star_luce_douady_dies_aged_16-72348 |title=French Rising Star Luce Douady dies aged 16 |access-date=8 January 2022 |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615160525/https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/06/french_rising_star_luce_douady_dies_aged_16-72348 |url-status=live }}
• Claude Samuel, music critic and radio executive (b. 1931){{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2020/06/14/mort-de-claude-samuel-inlassable-defenseur-de-la-musique-contemporaine_6042826_3246.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614230856/https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2020/06/14/mort-de-claude-samuel-inlassable-defenseur-de-la-musique-contemporaine_6042826_3246.html|url-status=dead|title=Mort de Claude Samuel, inlassable défenseur de la musique contemporaine|date=14 June 2020|archivedate=14 June 2020|via=Le Monde}}
• 15 June – Michel Roquebert, historian and writer (b. 1928){{Cite web|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2020/06/16/disparition-de-michel-roquebert-le-grand-specialiste-des-cathares,8933793.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204247/https://www.ladepeche.fr/2020/06/16/disparition-de-michel-roquebert-le-grand-specialiste-des-cathares,8933793.php|url-status=dead|title=Toulouse. Disparition de Michel Roquebert, le grand spécialiste des cathares|archivedate=8 January 2022|website=ladepeche.fr}}
• 16 June
• Roger Borniche, author and police detective (b. 1919){{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/police/deces-de-roger-borniche-flic-et-romancier-succes-6871346|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617010402/https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/police/deces-de-roger-borniche-flic-et-romancier-succes-6871346|url-status=dead|title=Décès de Roger Borniche, flic et romancier à succès|archivedate=17 June 2020}}
• Patrick Poivey, actor and voiceover artist (b. 1948){{Cite web|url=https://www.lejsl.com/societe/2020/06/16/patrick-poivey-voix-de-francaise-de-bruce-willis-est-mort|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204250/https://www.lejsl.com/societe/2020/06/16/patrick-poivey-voix-de-francaise-de-bruce-willis-est-mort|url-status=dead|title=Disparition. Patrick Poivey, voix française de Bruce Willis, est mort|archivedate=8 January 2022|website=www.lejsl.com}}
• 17 June – Fabrice Philipot, racing cyclist (b. 1965)[https://www.directvelo.com/actualite/82295/fabrice-philipot-est-mort Fabrice Philipot est mort] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20201111121635/https://www.directvelo.com/actualite/82295/fabrice-philipot-est-mort |date=11 November 2020 }} {{in lang|fr}}
• 18 June – Nicolas Joel, opera director (b. 1953){{Cite web|url=https://www.forumopera.com/breve/disparition-de-nicolas-joel|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619203714/https://www.forumopera.com/breve/disparition-de-nicolas-joel|url-status=dead|title=Disparition de Nicolas Joel | Forum Opéra|archivedate=19 June 2020|website=www.forumopera.com}}
• 19 June – Noël Vandernotte, Olympic rowing coxswain (b. 1923){{Cite web|url=https://www.sportbusinessmag.com/zap-sport/jo-noel-vandernotte-plus-jeune-medaille-olympique-francais-est-decede/|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20200620104118/https://www.sportbusinessmag.com/autres-sports/divers-autres-sports/jo-noel-vandernotte-plus-jeune-medaille-olympique-francais-est-decede/|url-status=usurped|title=JO – Noël Vandernotte, plus jeune médaillé olympique français, est décédé - Sport Business Mag|first=S. B. M.|last=Actu|date=20 June 2020|archivedate=20 June 2020}}
• 21 June
• Pascal Clément, politician (b. 1945){{Cite web|url=https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Politique/L-ancien-ministre-de-la-Justice-Pascal-Clement-est-mort-1690508|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621132133/https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Politique/L-ancien-ministre-de-la-Justice-Pascal-Clement-est-mort-1690508|url-status=dead|title=L'ancien ministre de la Justice Pascal Clément est mort|archivedate=21 June 2020|website=parismatch.com}}
• Joan Pau Verdier, singer (b. 1947){{Cite web|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/culture-loisirs/dordogne-le-chanteur-joan-pau-verdier-est-mort-a-l-age-de-73-ans-1592726055|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621213456/https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/culture-loisirs/dordogne-le-chanteur-joan-pau-verdier-est-mort-a-l-age-de-73-ans-1592726055|url-status=dead|title=Dordogne : le chanteur occitan Joan-Pau Verdier est mort à l'âge de 73 ans|date=21 June 2020|archivedate=21 June 2020|website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3}}
• 24 June
• Jacques Demêtre, blues historian (b. 1924){{Cite web|url=https://www.soulbag.fr/deces-de-jacques-demetre/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204249/https://www.soulbag.fr/deces-de-jacques-demetre/|url-status=dead|title=Décès de Jacques Demêtre|first=Nicolas|last=Teurnier|date=25 June 2020|archivedate=8 January 2022}}
• Marc Fumaroli, historian and essayist (b. 1932){{Cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/robinson/2020/06/24/news/addio_a_marc_fumaroli_grande_artefice_della_rinascita_della_retorica-260067058/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224005319/https://www.repubblica.it/robinson/2020/06/24/news/addio_a_marc_fumaroli_grande_artefice_della_rinascita_della_retorica-260067058/|url-status=dead|title=È morto Marc Fumaroli, maestro di retorica|date=24 June 2020|archivedate=24 December 2021|website=la Repubblica}}
• Claude Le Péron, bass guitarist (b. 1948){{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-claude-le-peron-bassiste-de-jean-jacques-goldman-est-decede-6881206|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625110811/https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-claude-le-peron-bassiste-de-jean-jacques-goldman-est-decede-6881206|url-status=dead|title=Claude Le Péron, bassiste de Jean-Jacques Goldman, est décédé|archivedate=25 June 2020}}
• 25 June
• Patrice Gélard, politician, Senator (b. 1938){{Cite web|url=https://www.paris-normandie.fr/art/actualites/politique/l-ancien-senateur-de-la-seine-maritime-patrice-gelard-est-decede-a-l-age-de-81-ans-JL16954386|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930212310/https://www.paris-normandie.fr/actualites/politique/l-ancien-senateur-de-la-seine-maritime-patrice-gelard-est-decede-a-l-age-de-81-ans-JL16954386|url-status=dead|title=Paris-Normandie|archivedate=30 September 2020|website=Paris-Normandie}}
• Olivier Le Fèvre, astrophysicist (b. 1960){{Cite web |url=https://www.lam.fr/les-actualites/article/olivier-le-fevre?lang=en |title=Olivier Le Fèvre |access-date=8 January 2022 |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204249/https://www.lam.fr/les-actualites/article/olivier-le-fevre?lang=en |url-status=live }}
• 26 June – Abdoulatifou Aly, Malagasy-born Mahoran politician (b. 1960){{Cite web|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/mayotte/pamandzi/ancien-depute-mayotte-abdoulatifou-aly-est-decede-847276.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204257/https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/mayotte/pamandzi/ancien-depute-mayotte-abdoulatifou-aly-est-decede-847276.html|url-status=dead|title=L'ancien député de Mayotte Abdoulatifou Aly est décédé|archivedate=8 January 2022|website=Mayotte la 1ère}}

• 25 July – Olivia de Havilland, Japanese-born British-American film actress (b. 1916)
• 28 July – Gisèle Halimi, Tunisian and French lawyer, feminist, and essayist (b. 1927)
• 30 July - {{ill|Djemel Barek|fr|Djemel Barek}} French-Algerian actor (b.1963)

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• 1 August – Alex Dupont, footballer (b. 1954){{cite web |url= https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/846500/article/2020-08-01/ancien-entraineur-emblematique-de-dunkerque-alex-dupont-est-decede |website=lavoixdunord.fr |title=Ancien entraîneur emblématique de Dunkerque, Alex Dupont est décédé |date=August 2020 |language=fr |access-date=8 September 2020 }}
• 5 August
• Claudine Cassereau, model and pageant winner, (b. 1953){{cite web |url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/loudun/claudine-cassereau-miss-france-72-et-originaire-de-loudun-est-decedee |website=lanouvellerepublique.fr |title=Claudine Cassereau, Miss France 72 et originaire de Loudun, est décédée |language=fr |access-date=8 September 2020 }}
• Philippe Mongin, economist (b. 1950){{cite web |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/editos-analyses/disparition-philippe-mongin-un-passionne-deconomie-et-de-philosophie-1229437 |website=lesechos.fr |title=Disparition : Philippe Mongin, un passionné d'économie et de philosophie |date=9 August 2020 |language=fr |access-date=8 September 2020 }}
• Pierre Robin, aeroplane designer (b. 1927){{cite web |url=https://www.aerobuzz.fr/breves-culture-aero/deces-de-pierre-robin/ |website=aerobuzz.fr |title=Décès de Pierre Robin |date=6 August 2020 |language=fr |access-date=8 September 2020 }}
• Frédéric Jacques Temple, poet and writer (b. 1921){{cite web |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/livres/le-poete-frederic-jacques-temple-est-mort-a-98-ans_4067221.html |website=francetvinfo.fr |title=Le poète Frédéric Jacques Temple est mort à 98 ans |date=5 August 2020 |language=fr |access-date=8 September 2020 }}
• 6 August
• Boris Bobrinskoy, Eastern Orthodox theologian (b. 1925){{cite news |url=https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Le-theologien-orthodoxe-Boris-Bobrinskoy-mort-2020-08-07-1201108200 |newspaper=La Croix |title=Le théologien orthodoxe Boris Bobrinskoy est mort |date=7 August 2020 |language=fr |access-date=8 September 2020 }}
• Louis Meznarie, automotive engineer (b. 1930){{cite web |url=http://www.autonewsinfo.com/2020/08/06/louis-meznarie-nous-a-quittes-333827.html |website=autonewsinfo.com |title=Louis Meznarie nous a quitté à 90 ans |language=fr |access-date=8 September 2020 }}
• Paul Schaffer, Holocaust survivor (b. 1924){{cite web |url=https://www.liberation.fr/direct/element/paul-schaffer-rescape-de-la-shoah-est-mort_117309/ |website=liberation.fr |title=Paul Schaffer, rescapé de la Shoah, est mort |language=fr |access-date=8 September 2020 |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808234136/https://www.liberation.fr/direct/element/paul-schaffer-rescape-de-la-shoah-est-mort_117309/ |url-status=dead }}
• Bernard Stiegler, philosopher (b. 1952){{cite web |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/le-philosophe-bernard-stiegler-est-mort-20200807 |website=lefigaro.fr |title=Le philosophe Bernard Stiegler est mort |date=7 August 2020 |language=fr |access-date=8 September 2020 }}
• Pierre Viot, executive (b. 1925){{cite web |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/deces-de-pierre-viot-ancien-president-du-festival-de-cannes-20200806 |website=lefigaro.fr |title=Décès de Pierre Viot, ancien président du Festival de Cannes |date=6 August 2020 |language=fr |access-date=8 September 2020 }}

• 2 December – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of France (b. 1926 in Germany){{cite web |title=Valery Giscard d'Estaing {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Valery-Giscard-dEstaing |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=7 June 2022 |language=en}}

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