* 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

* Dimitrios Tsaldaris (* 1980 ), Greek basketball player

* 1980 – Panagiotis Markouizos, Greek figure skater

Alexios is a character in the historical novel Agnes of France ( 1980 ) by Greek writer Kostas Kyriazis.

He is among the main characters of the historical novel Agnes of France ( 1980 ) by Greek writer Kostas Kyriazis ( b. 1920 ).

* 1980 – Kostas Biris, Greek architect, city planner and folklorist ( b. 1899 )

* 1980 – Komninos Pyromaglou, Greek educator and politician ( b. 1899 )

* 1980 – Roza Eskenazi, Greek singer ( b. 1890s )

* 1980 – Michail Mouroutsos, Greek Olympic taekwondo gold medalist

* 1980 – Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer

* Hector is the name of the cyborg robot in the science fiction movie Saturn 3 ( 1980 ); actor Kirk Douglas mentions the Greek myth of Hector after a violent encounter with the robot.

* 1980 – Georgios Vakouftsis, Greek footballer

* 1980 – Giorgos Theodoridis, Greek footballer

* 1980 – Lazaros Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player

* 1980 – Eirini Kavarnou, Greek swimmer

* 1936 – Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer and composer ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Mike Zambidis, Greek kick-boxer

* 1980 – Panagiotis Kafkis, Greek basketball player

* 1980 – Dimitris Diamantidis, Greek basketball player

* 1980 – Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer

* 1980 – Tassos Venetis, Greek footballer

* 1980 – Gus G, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Firewind, Dream Evil, and Mystic Prophecy )

* 1980 – Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer

In 2000, the touring exhibition ' Scythian Gold ' introduced the North American public to the objects made for Scythian nomads by Greek craftsmen north of the Black Sea, and buried with their Scythian owners under burial mounds on the flat plains of present-day Ukraine, most of them unearthed after 1980.

* Gail Holst: Myth & Politics in Modern Greek Music, Adolf M. Hakkert, Amsterdam, 1980

Outstanding Greek public figures in the 20th century include Cretan-born Eleutherios Venizelos, prominent statesman of the interwar period ; Ioannis Metaxas, dictator from 1936 until his death ; Constantine Karamanlis, prime minister ( 1955 – 63, 1974 – 80 ) and president ( 1980 – 85 ) of Greece ; George Papandreou, head of the Center Union Party and prime minister ( 1963 – 65 ); and his son Andreas Papandreou, the PASOK leader who became prime minister in 1981.