* 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

Essendon appointed former Richmond player Kevin Sheedy as head coach in October 1980.

Notable made-for-television productions of Hamlet include those starring Christopher Plummer ( 1964 ), Richard Chamberlain ( 1970 ; Hallmark Hall of Fame ), Derek Jacobi ( 1980 ; Royal Shakespeare Company, BBC ), Kevin Kline ( 1990 ), Campbell Scott ( 2000 ) and David Tennant ( 2009 ; Royal Shakespeare Company, BBC ).

A watershed event in this context was Kevin Brownlow's 1980 restoration of Abel Gance's Napoléon ( 1927 ), featuring a score by Carl Davis.

* 1980 – Kevin Sinfield, English rugby player

* Kevin Clash as the puppet character Artie ( 1980 – 1984 ) and as himself and acted in many of the sketches

Since 1980, the Hawks have drafted a grand total of three players who have ever been chosen to play in an All-Star game ( Doc Rivers, Kevin Willis, and Al Horford ; Dominique Wilkins was actually selected by the Utah Jazz and traded to the Hawks a few months after the draft ).

Parish was traded to the Boston Celtics in 1980, along with the draft pick that would become Kevin McHale, for the pick used to draft Carroll.

In 1980, McMenemy made his finest signing, capturing the " European Footballer of the Year " Kevin Keegan.

He made his Second Division debut for them in a 1 – 0 home win over Shrewsbury Town on 22 October 1980 and quickly established himself as an effective attacking midfielder, playing alongside Kevin Keegan and Peter Beardsley as Newcastle won promotion to the First Division at the end of 1983 – 84 season.

* Kevin M. Goodwin ( 1980 )-President & CEO of Sonosite, Inc.

* Kevin J. Boyle ( born 1980 ), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

In 1980, Routledge played Ruth in the Joseph Papp production of The Pirates of Penzance co-starring American actor Kevin Kline and pop vocalist Linda Ronstadt, at the Delacorte Theatre in New York City's Central Park, one of the series of Shakespeare in the Park summer events.

* 1980 — Mike Parr, Tony Coleing, Kevin Mortensen

ASV Records is a London-based record label set up by Harley Usill, founder of Argo Records, Decca producer and former Argo General Manager, Kevin Daly, and producer Jack Boyce, after Argo's parent company Decca was bought by Polygram in 1980.

The group expanded from the original quintet — Harris, Pettus, and the Wiley brothers — with newcomers Kevin Kendrick, Eric Fearman, Pierre DeMudd, Sennie " Skip " Martin, They had their first hit with " Shake It Up " in 1980.

* Kevin Pietersen ( born 1980 ), South African-born English cricketer who played for Cannock Cricket Club in 2000

In the fall of 1980, the four members caravaned west with Phil and Kevin arriving the day after Thanksgiving.

* Kevin Shelley ( 1980 ) – 28th California Secretary of State

Other notable players to utilize a modified batting helmet include Gary Roenicke ( 1979 ), Ellis Valentine ( 1980 ), Terry Steinbach, Charlie Hayes, David Justice, Kevin Seitzer, Terrence Long, and Tony Roth.

In 1980, she appeared in the television documentary series Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film, produced by Kevin Brownlow, in which she discussed her roles during the silent film period.

On 31 May 1980, he began co-presenting the children's television show Fun Factory with his LBC co-star Therese Birch, Kevin Day and Billy Boyle.

On September 13, 1980, Lyle was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later ( Kevin Saucier ).

* Kevin Mitchell ( ice hockey ) ( born 1980 ), American professional ice hockey player

# King of Moomba ( 1967 to 1987 ): British actor Robert Morley ( 1967 ), British actor Alfred Marks ( 1968 ), Italian opera singer Tito Gobbi ( 1969 ), featherweight boxing champion Johnny Famechon ( 1970 ), Russian clown Oleg Popov ( 1971 ), pop singer Johnny Farnham ( 1972 ) with Collingwood footballer Lou Richards as his Jester, indigenous Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls ( 1973 ), ballet dancer Sir Robert Helpmann ( 1974 ), entertainer Rolf Harris ( 1975 ), entertainer Barry Crocker ( 1976 ), Disney character Mickey Mouse as King of Moomba and TV Personality Ugly Dave Gray as a Jester ( 1977 ), first Melbourne born king, entertainer Bert Newton ( 1978 ), entertainer Graham Kennedy ( 1979 ), TV actor Paul Cronin ( 1980 ), Richards again but this time as King ( 1981 ), film, TV and stage actor Frank Thring ( 1982 ), TV Personality Daryl Somers ( 1983 ), footballer Kevin Bartlett ( 1984 ), TV Personality Ian " Molly " Meldrum ( 1985 ), motor racing driver Peter Brock ( 1986 ) and champion doubles tennis player Paul McNamee ( 1987 ).