* 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

* Chaudhry Muhammad Ali ( 1905 – 1980 ), Prime Minister of Pakistan

Chaudhry Muhammad Ali ( Punjabi, ; July 15, 1905-December 2, 1980 ) was the fourth Prime Minister of Pakistan and civil service officer, serving from 12 August 1955 until 12 September 1956.

* 1980 – The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.

al-Jihad or " Tanzim al-Jihad " was formed in 1980 from the merger of two clusters of Islamist groups: a Cairo branch, under Muhammad abd-al-Salam Faraj, and a Saidi ( Upper Egypt ) branch under Karam Zuhdi.

Boxing fans were first introduced to their sport on pay-per-view with the Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier fight " Thrilla In Manila ", there was also another in 1980, when Roberto Duran defeated Sugar Ray Leonard.

Muhammad Naji Shawkat Bey ( 1893 – 1980 ) was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq under King Faisal I.

Zia is survived by his sons, Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq, ( born 1953 ), who went into politics and became a cabinet minister in the government of Nawaz Sharif, and Anwar-ul-Haq ( born 1950 ) and his daughters, Zian ( also Zain ) ( born 1972 ), a special needs child, and Rubina Salim, who is married to a Pakistani banker and has been living in the United States since 1980, and daughter Quratulain Zia who currently lives in London, and is married to Pakistani doctor, Adnan Majid.

A Jewish convert to Islam, Muhammad Asad's monumental work The Message of the Qur ' an made its appearance for the first time in 1980.

* 1980 9 April-Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Amina Sadr bint al-Huda are arrested and executed.

In 1980 he changed his name to Warithuddin Muhammad ( Warith Deen Muhammad ).

In 1980 he resigned from all his posts for health reasons and was succeeded by Ali Nasser Muhammad.

* Abd Al Aziz Muhammad Ibrahim Al Nasir ( born 1980 ), Saudi held in Guantanamo

Again, it was down and out for Johnson in his first title defense when, on the Tate-Weaver undercard in Knoxville in March 1980, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad ( née Gregory ) outworked, outhustled, and outclassed Johnson en route to an 11th-round TKO.

Green was also the referee for the Larry Holmes – Muhammad Ali fight in 1980, and the Wilfred Benitez-Roberto Duran bout of 1982.

Juhayman ibn Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Otaybi () ( 16 September 1936 – 9 January 1980 ) was a religious activist and militant who led the takeover of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Islam's holiest site, in the last months of 1979.

Warith Deen Mohammed ( son of Elijah Muhammad ) changed the name of the celebration to Survival Day in 1976 and then to Ethnic Survival Day from 1979 to 1980 and made it a week long celebration.

* Muhammad Qutb (~ 1909 -~ 1980 ), an Egyptian author and Islamist, younger brother of Sayyid Qutb

In February 1980, the Muhammad Ali Amateur Boxing Club competed against the Joe Frazier Amateur Boxing Club in Houston, Texas.

* The Letters of Shaykh Moulay Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi ( published as The Darqawi Way ) translated by Aisha Bewley ( Diwan Press Norwich, UK, 1980, ISBN 0-906512-06-9 )

The Pakistan Penal Code ( PPC ) and the Criminal Procedure Code were amended, through ordinances in 1980, 1982 and 1986 to declare anything implying disrespect to Muhammad, Ahle Bait ( family of the prophet ), Sahaba ( companions of the prophet ) and Sha ' ar-i-Islam ( Islamic symbols ), a cognizable offence.

* Muhammad and Larry ( 1980 )

‘ Mawlana Muhammad ‘ Ali and Mawlana Farangi Mahalli ’, Jamia ‘ Mawlana Muhammad ‘ Ali Nambar ’, February 1980, 107-27