* 1980 – Matthew Carey, American actor

* 1980 – Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper

* 1980 – Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish ski racer

* 1980 – Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d ' état, ending over 130 years of minority Americo-Liberian rule over the country.

* 1980 – Terry Fox begins his " Marathon of Hope " at St. John's, Newfoundland.

* 1980 – Brian McFadden, Irish singer-songwriter ( Westlife )

* 1980 – Erik Mongrain, Canadian composer and guitarist

* 1980 – Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

* 1980 – Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer

* 1980 – Luis Scola, Argentinean basketball player

* 1912 – Gloria Guinness, Mexican writer and editor ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Neha Dhupia, Indian model and actress

* 1980 – Kyle Lowder, American actor

* 1907 – László Heller, Hungarian engineer ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Danny Collins, Welsh footballer

* 1980 – Monique Ganderton, Canadian actress and stunt-woman

* 1980 – András Horváth, Hungarian footballer

* 1980 – Charles McCarthy, American mixed martial artist

* 1980 – Wilber Pan, American-Taiwanese singer, producer, and actor

* 1980 – Seneca Wallace, American football player

* 1896 – Erich Hückel, German physicist ( d. 1980 )

* 1896 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Texas Battle, American actor

* 1980 – Nuria Cabanillas, Canadian-Spanish gymnast

* 1980 – Charlie David, Canadian actor

* 1980 – Adam Fleming, Scottish reporter

* 1980 – Adam Kreek, Canadian rower

* 1980 – Adam Petty, American race car driver ( d. 2000 )

* 2000 – Adam Petty, American race car driver ( b. 1980 )

It is best known for having been an early label of Adam and the Ants, releasing their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox in November 1979 ( which in January 1980 was the first ever Number One on the UK Independent Albums Chart and in February 1981 became a UK Top 20 album ) as well as singles Zerox in June 1979 and Cartrouble in March 1980, the latter being not only a Number One on the UK Independent Singles Chart but also the debut collaboration between Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni following the departure of the original Ants to form Bow Wow Wow.

The 1980 Adam and the Ants song " Killer in the Home " ( from their Kings of the Wild Frontier album ) is based on the same ominous, descending three-chord glissando riff that is featured in " Rumble " ( Ants ' guitarist Marco Pirroni, an avid Wray fan, has described the song as " Link Wray meets Col. Kurtz " — the latter being a reference to Apocalypse Now ).

*" Physical ( You're So )", a 1980 song by Adam & the Ants from Kings of the Wild Frontier

In 1980, he was moved into the Managing Director position at Adam Opel AG, the German subsidiary of GM.

Adam Goodes ( born 8 January 1980 in Wallaroo, South Australia ) is a professional Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League ( AFL ).

In 1980, this son changed his name to Adam Clayton Powell IV, dropping Diago, when he moved to the mainland from Puerto Rico to attend Howard University.

Adam Kyler Petty ( July 10, 1980 – May 12, 2000 ) was a professional racing driver.

* Adam Goldberg ( American football ) ( born 1980 ), American football player ( St. Louis Rams )

* Adam Petty ( 1980 – 2000 ), American racecar driver

* Adam Stern ( born 1980 ), Canadian major league baseball player

* Stephen Desberg: Tif et Tondu ( 1977 – 1989 ), Billy the Cat ( 1982 – 2004 ), 421 ( 1980 – 1992 ), Mic Mac Adam ( 1978 – 1987 )

The Track was named by Adam Plate of the Oodnadatta Progress Association Inc. in about 1980 to form a trilogy of unsealed tourist routes with the Birdsville and Strzelecki Tracks nearby.

Adam James Stern ( born February 12, 1980 ) is a Canadian Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent.

Adam Ostrowski (, born 15 May 1980 in Łódź, Poland ), better known as O. S. T. R., is one of the most renowned rappers in Poland.

Adam Derek Scott ( born 16 July 1980 ) is an Australian professional golfer who plays mainly on the PGA Tour.

* Adam Petty ( 1980 – 2000 ), American race car driver and son of Kyle Petty

On stage Dobson has starred in repertory at Salisbury Playhouse in Shaw's Pygmalion in 1980 ; the 1981 Ray Davies / Barrie Keeffe musical Chorus Girls and as Hazel Fletcher in the short-lived musical Budgie with Adam Faith.