* 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, Boztepe was attracted to Wing Chun when he saw a demonstration by Keith R. Kernspecht who was teaching in Kiel, Germany.

* 1948 – Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player ( Grateful Dead and Heart of Gold Band ) ( d. 1980 )

Slasher films of the 1970s and 80s such as John Carpenter's Halloween ( 1978 ), Sean S. Cunningham's Friday the 13th ( 1980 ), and Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street ( 1984 ) " owe much to the original Night of the Living Dead ", according to author Barry Keith Grant.

Keith S. Chambers and Doug Munro ( 1980 ) identify Niutao as the island that Francisco Antonio Mourelle named on May 5, 1781 thus solving what Europeans had called The Mystery of Gran Cocal.

Townshend's solo breakthrough, following the death of Who drummer Keith Moon, was the 1980 release Empty Glass, which included a top-10 single, " Let My Love Open the Door ".

Gurdjieff Sacred Hymns, by Keith Jarrett, ECM, 1980

After Keith Duckworth decided he didn't want to be involved with the day-to-day business of running a growing company, he sold out to United Engineering Industries ( UEI ) in 1980, retaining his life presidency and day-to-day technical involvement with Cosworth, and becoming a UEI board director ; UEI was a group of small to medium-sized technology companies which was taken over by Carlton Communications in 1988-Carlton was primarily interested in some of the audio-visual companies in the UEI portfolio and Cosworth was a poor fit with these ; a new buyer for the company in the engineering / automotive sector was sought and the traditional engineering company Vickers plc bought Cosworth in 1990.

* Inferno ( soundtrack ), a soundtrack album by Keith Emerson, from the 1980 film ( see below )

Keith Wright ( born June 8, 1980 ) is a former NFL football defensive tackle.

* Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Williamson 1980 – 1982

Due to their large cult following, The Meteors made a short film in late 1980 with comedian Keith Allen called Meteor Madness.

He was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives in 1980 to succeed 1st District Congressman Keith Sebelius, for whom he had worked.

On October 11, 1980, Keith Jackson called an Oklahoma-Texas college football game for ABC in the afternoon, then flew to Houston to call Game 4 of the NLCS between the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies.

Keith Richard Godchaux ( July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980 ) was a musician best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead.

In early 1980, he called for Keith Joseph to launch an inquiry into certain pages on the Post Office ’ s Prestel viewdata service, calling it a " buyer's guide to dirty books ".

* Keith Haynes, Nigel Drumm, Robin Folland, Tim Horsely ( 1980 )

Keith Bell was the manager until 1980 when he was jailed for four and a half years for arson.

However, there are some artists that were profiled on both Behind The Music and Legends, including Tina Turner, Elton John, The Who ( although their Behind the Music exclusively focused on their drummer Keith Moon ), John Lennon ( although Behind The Music exclusively focused on the months and days leading to his murder in 1980 ) and Pink Floyd ( although their Behind the Music was the U. S. airing of the BBC produced documentary Behind the Wall in June 2000 ).

" Henry Frapp ( Brian Keith ) is scalped offscreen in the 1980 film The Mountain Men and survives the experience.

* Keith " Bert " Zurbrigg-bass ( 1974 – 1980 )

Three life peers have taken the title Baron Keith in United Kingdom, two Law Lords under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876: Baron Keith of Avonholm ( 1953 ), Baron Keith of Kinkel ( 1977 ) and a third life peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958, Baron Keith of Castleacre ( 1980 ).