* 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 – Brandon Harrod, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

* 1980 – Brandon Beemer, American actor

* Jenners, reality stars, children of gold medal winning Olympic decathlete Bruce Jenner and half siblings of the Kardashians, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner, Burt Jenner, Casey Jenner ( b. June 10, 1980 ), Brandon Jenner ( born June 4, 1981 ) and Brody Jenner ( born August 21, 1983 ),( Half sibling of Kendall and Kylie ).

They have two sons: Richard Benjamin ( born March 14, 1980 ) and Brandon Brunson ( born May 19, 1983 ).

James Brandon ( born 20 September 1980 ) is a British journalist, who was kidnapped in Iraq during 2004 while on assignment from the Sunday Telegraph and The Scotsman, covering the occupation and insurgency.

The first development following the formation of the Trust in 1980 was the establishment of England's first urban nature reserve at Brandon Hill, bringing hay meadows, wildlife ponds and butterfly gardens into a formal city park.

Kyle Lowder ( born Kyle Brandon Lowder on August 27, 1980 in St. Louis, Missouri ) is an American actor.

Troy Brandon Murphy ( born May 2, 1980 ) is an American professional basketball power forward who has most recently played with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ).

Brandon Hunter ( born November 24, 1980 in Cincinnati, Ohio ) is a 6 ' 7 ", 260 lbs, American professional basketball player who currently plays for BBC Bayreuth in Germany.

Given his wide range of appropriate skills and experience, Hetherington was invited to work with a group of undergraduate students ( ranging from second to fourth year ) from the ( then ) Department of Indonesian and Malayan Studies at the University of Sydney, over the entire three-term year of 1980, in the task of preparing them for a performance of " Irawan Rabi ", or " Irwan ’ s Wedding ", as it had been adapted for a western audience by James R. Brandon, in the manner of the traditional Javanese shadow puppet theatre ( or wayang kulit ) ( Day, 1981 ).

* 1980 – Samaire Armstrong, American actress

Other notable people born in or associated with Newcastle include: engineer and industrialist Lord Armstrong, engineer and father of the modern steam railways George Stephenson, his son, also an engineer, Robert Stephenson, engineer and inventor of the steam turbine Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the incandescent light bulb Sir Joseph Swan, modernist poet Basil Bunting, Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor, the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz who was a diplomat in Newcastle from late 1874 until April 1879 — his most productive literary period, The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, singers Eric Burdon, Sting and Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC / DC from 1980 to the present, actors Charlie Hunnam multiple circumnavigator David Scott Cowper, Neil Tennant, Alan Hull, Mark Knopfler, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Cheryl Cole, entertainers Ant and Dec, and international footballers Peter Beardsley, Michael Carrick, Andy Carroll, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer.

In 1980 the Armstrong Report was published.

* John Ward Armstrong ( 1915 – 1987 ), Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 1958 – 1968, Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore, 1968 – 1977, Bishop of Cashel and Ossory, 1977 – 1980, and Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, 1980 – 1986

Armstrong appeared in both acting and presenting roles on Australian television in the 1970s and early 1980.

* William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead ( 1915 – 1980 ), British civil servant

The departure of Armstrong to Subiaco in 1980 only made things worse: between 1980 and 1985 Perth never improved upon 1979 ’ s sixth place and won only 28 of its 126 games.

The original Stretch Armstrong figure was conceived and developed by Bill Armasmith, and was in production from 1976 until 1980 when production was stopped.

The Directors of the Gallery have been: George Mulvany, 1862 – 69 ; Henry Doyle, 1869 – 92 ; Walter Armstrong, 1892 – 1914 ; Hugh Lane, 1914 – 15 ; Robert Langton Douglas, 1916 – 23 ; Lucius O ' Callaghan, 1923 – 27 ; Thomas Bodkin, 1927 – 35 ; George Furlong, 1935 – 50 ; Thomas McGreevy, 1950 – 63 ; James White, 1964 – 80 ; Homan Potterton, 1980 – 88 ; Raymond Keaveney, 1988-2012.

It was bequeathed to the City of Liverpool by the 7th and last Earl of Sefton and his wife, the former Josephine Gwynne Armstrong ( 1903 – 1980 ), who was the last member of the Molyneux family to live at Croxteth.

In 1980, Scientologist and Sea Org officer Gerry Armstrong was assigned to organize some of Hubbard's personal papers as the basis for a biography of Hubbard.

* John Armstrong ( of Carrick ) ( 1929-c. 1980 ), farmer, huntsman, stick dresser and traditional musician from Northumberland

* 1958-1968-John Ward Armstrong, afterwards Bishop of Cashel and Waterford, 1968 and later Archbishop of Armagh, 1980