* 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

In 1980 Jeff Lynne was asked to write for the soundtrack of the musical film Xanadu, with the other half written by John Farrar and performed by the film's star Olivia Newton-John.

Gary Desmond's Candy's Room, coming from Liverpool, was the first in 1980, quickly followed by Dan French's Point Blank, Dave Percival's The Fever, Jeff Matthews ' Rendezvous, and Paul Limbrick's Jackson Cage.

* Jeff Nelson – drums ( 1980 – 1983 )

* 1980 – Jeff Roehl, American football player

Newton-John is the youngest of three children, following brother Hugh, a doctor, and sister Rona, an actress who was married to Grease co-star Jeff Conaway from 1980 until their divorce in 1985.

This home viewing release, under the title The Godfather Trilogy 1901 – 1980, had a total run time of 583 minutes ( 9 hours, 43 minutes ), not including the set's bonus documentary by Jeff Werner on the making of the films, " The Godfather Family: A Look Inside ".

* Most rides without winning: 15 ( Jeff King, 1964 – 1980 )

* Jeff Roehl ( born 1980 ), offensive lineman who played for the New York Giants.

Gene Palmer, Randle Walker ; 1971, Mike Buchanan, Lindsey Roberts ; 1972, Rueben Bussey, Bobby Price, Avery Downing ; 1973, Maurice Jones ; 1974, Coach Ben Pannel, Roy Green, Bobby Hunt, Stanley Lawrence ; 1975, James Brack, Bobby Mowrey, Jerry Malone ; 1976, Pres Young, Rex Scroggins, Dick Ford ; 1977, Robert Knight ; 1979, Jackie Walker, Gregg McNeal ; 1980, Windy Haggard, Syd Keasler, Zell Roberts, Wilber Ingram ; 1981, Kenny Rowe, Martin Luther King Jr, Danny Malone ; 1982, Jimmy Killion, Gene Grammer ; 1983, David Powell, Jerry Bunt ; 1984, Doug Floyd, Ken Jones ; 1985, Mike Trice, Scooter Taylor ; 1986, Brian Koechel, Bryon Lawrence ; 1987, Donald Taylor ; 1988, Jimmie Tallant ; 1989, Tommy Roberts ; 1990, Chris Shafer, Larry Gideon ; 1991, Randy Clark, Clifford Shaw ; 1992, Jimmy Lynn Grimes, Ricky Lawrence ; 1993, Linty Ingram ; 1995, Jeff Brownlee, Ron Gideon ; 1996, John Martin ; 1997, Rob Floyd ; 1998, Steve Green, Patrick Gill ; 1999, J. B. Rodgers ; 2000, Les Langley ; 2001, Rodney Flake ; 2002, Donnie Muckleroy

As with Alibi ( 1980 ), Beckley and Bunnell brought in a number of high-profile musicians, including the Beach Boys ' Carl Wilson, Toto's Jeff Porcaro, Christopher Cross and Dean Parks.

The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release Minor Disturbance by The Teen Idles.

In 1980 he broke Wilhelm's record of 227 saves, and eventually finished with 341, a record that stood until Jeff Reardon passed it in 1992.

* Jeff's book: A chronology of Jeff Beck's career 1965 – 1980: from the Yardbirds to Jazz-Rock.

Smith continued to draw Mutt and Jeff until 1980, two years before it ceased publication.

Donny & Marie ( 1976 ), The Krofft Supershow ( 1976 ), The Brady Bunch Hour ( 1977 ), The Krofft Superstar Hour ( 1978 ), Pink Lady and Jeff ( 1980 ), Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters ( 1980 ), and their syndicated sitcom D. C. Follies ( 1987 ) were taped before live audiences, but the studios were relatively small, resulting in a small audience.

* Big John Duncan aka Jeff le Rennais ( 1980 – 1983 )

This was acceptable to BL, however, which according to Jeff Daniels ' book — British Leyland, The Truth About The Cars, published in 1980 — wanted to follow the Citroën approach of combining advanced technology with styling that eschewed mainstream trends to create long-lasting " timeless " models.

* Jeff Cross, 1980, former NBA player

Also in 1978, he wrote and performed on three songs for Jeff Beck's next album, There and Back which was released in 1980.

In January, guitarist Jeff Wilson came in to replace Bolin and the band's 1980 release, " Firin ' Up ", spawned the hits " Let Me Love You Tonight " and " I'm Almost Ready " both sung by Gill, with saxophone accompaniment by David Sanborn.

* A 1980 made-for-TV adaption of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, starring Jeff Goldblum, was produced by Hallmark.

Only in recent decades ( after Saunders retired ) has the strip centered more on the title character, along with a regular cast of her closest friends, most of whom were introduced to the strip after 1980: Professor Ian Cameron and his younger wife Toby, advice columnist Wilbur Weston and his college student daughter Dawn, and Dr. Jeff Cory, Mary's perennial beau, and his son, Dr. Drew Cory.

* Jeff Smith ( footballer ) ( born 1980 ), English footballer