* 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

* Richard Taylor and Colin Pritchard, The Protest Makers: The British Nuclear Disarmament of 1958-1965, Twenty Years On ( Pergamon Press: Oxford, 1980 ) ISBN 0-08-025211-7

* British — Hockney, David: Troop of Actors and Acrobats ( 1980 ; one of stage designs for Satie's Parade under # Ballet, cabaret, and Pierrot troupes | Ballet, cabaret, and Pierrot troupes above ), paintings on Munich museum walls for group exhibition on Pierrot ( 1995 ); Self, Colin: Pierrot Blowing Dandelion Clock ( 1997 ).

These included UDR soldier Colin Quinn shot in Belfast in December 1980.

* BALL & TRUBAL ( 1979 – 1980 ) distinct element method ( FORTRAN code ), originally written by P. Cundall and currently maintained by Colin Thornton.

From 1969 Hilcote Stables was leased to Colin Crawford, and when it came up for sale in 1980 it was renamed Wimbledon Village Stables.

* The War Against Sleep: The Philosophy of Gurdjieff, Colin Wilson, 1980

* Colin Hunt 1980 – 1990

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Toivonen's team mates were Ari Vatanen, who had won the previous year's championship ( with Richards as his co-driver ), the 1980 and 1982 world champion Walter Röhrl and Jimmy McRae, the previous year's British Rally Champion and father of future rally star Colin McRae.

The VRTX operating system began as a product of Hunter & Ready, a company founded by James Ready and Colin Hunter in 1980 which later became Ready Systems.

* Portrait of Composer Colin McPhee by Charles Amirkhanian ( November 5, 1980 )

In 1980 he advised the Zimbabwaean government on cultural resource management and in 1981 was appointed to succeed Colin Renfrew as professor of archaeology at the University of Southampton.

* Gustav Mahler ( 1860-1911 ): A Companion to the BBC's Celebrations of the Centenary of his Birth ( BBC, 1960 ); republished in an edition revised and expanded by Colin and David Matthews ( Faber, 1980 ; CUP, 1988 ).

* Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens ( 1912 – 1980 )

9 to 5 is a 1980 American comedy film written by Patricia Resnick and Colin Higgins, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Dabney Coleman.

During his brief tenure, they recorded " Legalise Realise " which was released as an independent single in March 1980, backed with the track " Bong on Aussie " by country singer Colin Paterson, to publicise a campaign to legalise marijuana.

His success in the United States brought Barnard to the attention of new McLaren team boss Ron Dennis, and in 1980 he joined the team and began working on the McLaren MP4 ( MP4 / 1 ), the first Carbon-Fibre-Composite ( CFC ) chassis in Formula One, alongside the Lotus 91 designed by Colin Chapman.

* Colin Grant ( 1976 – 1980 )

Notable winners and shortlisted works have inspired several well-known Australian films from original novels, including The Silver Brumby series, a collection by Elyne Mitchell which recount the life and adventures of Thowra, a Snowy Mountains brumby stallion ; Storm Boy ( 1964 ), by Colin Thiele, about a boy and his pelican and the relationships he has with his father, the pelican, and an outcast Aboriginal man called Fingerbone ; the Sydney based Victorian era time travel adventure Playing Beatie Bow ( 1980 ) by Ruth Park ; and, for older children and mature readers, Melina Marchetta's 1993 novel about a Sydney high school girl Looking for Alibrandi.

* Charlotte in Massenet's Werther, with conductor Sir Colin Davis, Philips 1980.

Colin Healy ( born 14 March 1980 in Cork ) is an international footballer for the Republic of Ireland national football team, currently playing for Cork City in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

* Colin Linden Live ( 1980 )

Major subjects of Parry's articles and reports on Consortium News include the presidency of George W. Bush, the career of Army general and Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell ( with Norman Solomon ), the October Surprise controversy of the 1980 election, the Nicaraguan contra-cocaine investigation, the efforts to impeach President Clinton, right-wing terrorism in Latin America, the political influence of Sun Myung Moon, mainstream American media imbalance, United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, the presidency of Barack Obama, the influence of Sarah Palin, efforts to rewrite history as well as international stories.

* Verdi: Il trovatore ( under Sir Colin Davis, 1980 ) ( Philips )