2020 in Jamaica

Events in the year 2020 in Jamaica.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Elizabeth II
 * Governor-General: Patrick Allen
 * Prime Minister: Andrew Holness
 * Chief Justice: Bryan Sykes

Events

 * 28 January – 2020 Caribbean earthquake


 * 10 March – First confirmed case of COVID-19 in Jamaica

January to April

 * 27 February – Irvino English, footballer (b. 1977).
 * 16 March – Lynford Anderson, Jamaican-born American music engineer and producer (b. 1941).
 * 23 March – Apple Gabriel, reggae singer (b. 1955).
 * 27 March
 * Bob Andy, reggae singer, songwriter and actor (b. 1944).
 * Delroy Washington, British-Jamaican reggae singer (b. 1952).
 * 4 April – Ken Farnum, cyclist (b. 1931).
 * 6 April – Adlin Mair-Clarke, athlete (1941).
 * 8 April – Lois Kelly Miller, actress (b. 1917).
 * 13 April – Gil Bailey, radio broadcaster (b. 1936).

May to August

 * 5 May – Millie Small, singer (b. 1947).
 * 21 May – Bobby Digital, reggae and dancehall record producer (b. 1961).
 * 29 May – Shahine Robinson, politician, MP (b. 1953/1954).
 * 18 June – Hux Brown, guitarist (b. 1944).
 * 21 July – Dobby Dobson, reggae singer and record producer (b. 1942).
 * 23 July – Paulette Wilson, human rights activist (b. 1956).
 * 18 August – Patsy Robertson, 86, diplomat and journalist.
 * 20 August – Tony Hart, 87, businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1932).

September to December

 * 11 September – Toots Hibbert, 77, singer (Toots and the Maytals) and songwriter ("54-46 That's My Number", "Pressure Drop", "Monkey Man"); COVID-19.
 * 15 September – Johnny Gayle, 96, cricket umpire.
 * 17 September – Donald Keith Duncan, 80, politician, MP (1976–1983, 2007–2016); COVID-19.
 * 6 October – Bunny Lee, 79, reggae producer.
 * 15 December – Albert Griffiths, 74, reggae musician (The Gladiators).