* 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

* 1980 – Lee Suggs, American football player

A July 8, 1980 New York Times Article titled " What George Steinbrenner is to the American League, Lee Eisenberg is to the Rotisseries League " set off a media storm that led to stories about the league on CBS TV and other publications.

" Beginning with the Permanent Waves album in 1980, Lee gradually changed his vocal style to a more restrained sound.

* 1980 – Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor

* 1980 – Lee Jin, South Korean actress

( Twidale, 1980 ) In cross section, the Lee side is the eastern slope with an incline of 34-38 degrees, while the Stoss side is the western slope with a incline of only 10-20 degrees.

A similar twist was incorporated into a 1980 Australian production at the Bondi Pavilion Theatre in Sydney, where Lady Bracknell was played by female impersonator Tracey Lee.

Bevan's widow, Jennie Lee, published My Life with Nye, in 1980.

Film critic Roger Ebert, who had given negative reviews to all three of Curtis's 1980 films, said that Curtis " is to the current horror film glut what Christopher Lee was to the last one-or Boris Karloff was in the 1930s ".

* Hollander, Lee Milton ( 1980 ).

The film was remade in 1949 as Sorrowful Jones with Bob Hope and Lucille Ball and again as Little Miss Marker in 1980 with Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart, Brian Dennehy, and Lee Grant.

* Nana I Ke Kumu ( Look to the source ), by Mary K. Pukui, E. W. Haertig, Catharine A. Lee ; # Publisher: Hui Hanai ; ( May 1, 1980 ); ISBN 0-9616738-2-6

* Hollander, Lee Milton ( 1980 ).

* 1980 – 1982: Lee M. Talbot

* Oral history interview with J. Kenneth Lee by Eugene Pfaff, circa 1980

His children from the first marriage were John Stephen Chennault ( 1913 – 1977 ), Max Thompson Chennault ( 1914 – 2001 ), Charles Lee Chennault ( 1918 – 1967 ), Peggy Sue Chennault Lee ( born 1919 ), Claire Patterson Chennault ( November 24, 1920 – October 3, 2011 ), David Wallace Chennault ( 1923 – 1980 ), Robert Kenneth Chennault ( 1925 – 2006 ), and Rosemary Louise Chennault Simrall ( born 1928 ).

At the end of 1980, Glenn O ' Brien cast Freddy, along with fellow Lower East Side graffiti writer Lee Quinones, in the film New York Beat ( later released as Downtown 81 ).

Stray Cats are an American rockabilly band formed in 1980 by guitarist / vocalist Brian Setzer ( Bloodless Pharaohs / Brian Setzer Orchestra ), upright bassist Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom ( drums ) in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York.

A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

Her best-selling 1976 autobiography was made into an Academy Award-winning film, Coal Miner's Daughter, starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones, in 1980.

Ronnie and Reggie Kray were born on 24 October 1933 in Hoxton, East London, to Charles David " Charlie " Kray, Sr, ( 10 March 1907 – 8 March 1980 ), a scrap gold dealer, and Violet Lee ( 5 August 1909 – 7 August 1982 ).

* Douglas W Lee, Chinese American history and historiography: The musings of a Jook-Sing, 1980.

Lee Ritenour mentioned in Guitar Player Magazine January 1980 that in reference to Randy playing with Richard Greene And Zone at the Whisky a Go-Go in 1974.