--- description: From citizens providing food and shelter to those in need to volunteers who protected their neighbors from natural disasters, these heroes went above and beyond the call of duty in 2020. title: TIME's Heroes of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2adff6546cc97aa8/698a1510b21a9c2f22504562/heroes-of-the-year-2020-hub.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- # Heroes of 2020 From citizens providing food and shelter to those in need to volunteers who protected their neighbors from natural disasters, these heroes went above and beyond the call of duty in 2020. ## Heroes *  [Australia's Volunteer Firefighters Risked Everything to Keep Their Country Safe](/collections/heroes-of-2020/5916451/australias-firefighters/) byAmy Gunia *  [The Food-Stall Owners Who Wouldn't Let Anyone Go Hungry](/collections/heroes-of-2020/5916452/beng-who-cooks/) byAmy Gunia *  [A Paper Route Driver Who Brought More Than the News](/collections/heroes-of-2020/5916453/greg-dailey/) byMadeleine Carlisle *  [The Man Who Gave Shelter to Those in Need](/collections/heroes-of-2020/5916454/rahul-dubey/) byJosiah Bates *  [The Pastors Who Transformed Their Church to Support Their Community](/collections/heroes-of-2020/5916455/reshorna-derrick-fitzpatrick/) byAbigail Abrams TIME's Heroes of 2020 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/heroes-of-2020/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/heroes-of-2020/"},"headline":"Heroes of 2020","description":"From citizens providing food and shelter to those in need to volunteers who protected their neighbors from natural disasters, these heroes went above and beyond the call of duty in 2020. MADE POSSIBLE BY STATE FARM","url":"https://time.com/collections/heroes-of-2020/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:08:29.232Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:08:28.952Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":5,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2adff6546cc97aa8/698a1510b21a9c2f22504562/heroes-of-the-year-2020-hub.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/heroes-of-2020/","name":"Heroes of 2020"}}]}] ```