* 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 Beemer, American actor

* 1980 – Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player

* 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 ).

* Johntá Austin ( born 1980 ), American singer-songwriter

* Austin Nichols ( born 1980 ), American actor

* 1980 – Nadia Bjorlin, American actress

* Nedelkovh, Aleksandar B. British and American Science Fiction Novel 1950 – 1980 with the Theme of Alternative History ( an Axiological Approach ).

* 1980 – Tony Pashos, American football player

* 1980 – Brandan Schieppati, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Bleeding Through, Eighteen Visions, and Throwdown )

* 1907 – Albert Kotin, American painter ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Shayna Baszler, American mixed martial artist

* 1980 – Craig Breslow, American baseball player

* 1980 – Mike Hindert, American singer and bass player ( The Bravery )

* 1980 – Pat Noonan, American soccer player

* 1980 – Tatum Reed, American porn actress and producer

* 1980 – Michael Urie, American actor and director

* 1980 – Paul London, American wrestler

* 1980 – Roy Williams, American football player

* 1894 – George Meany, American labor leader ( d. 1980 )

* 1929 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Vanessa Carlton, American singer-songwriter and pianist

* 1980 – The Montevideo Treaty, establishing the Latin American Integration Association, is signed.