* 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 – Matthew Lawrence, American actor

* 1980 – Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer

* 1980 – Matthew Felker, American writer, producer and actor

For their next album, Alibi, released in August 1980, Beckley and Bunnell sought fresh personnel in the form of producers Matthew McCauley and Fred Mollin.

This person was Matthew Lewis, formerly known as Matthew Butler, who performed his unique rendition of the song back in 1980 on Tiswas when he was aged five.

* Matthew Ghent ( born 1980 ), English footballer

Paterson married Rose Ridley, the daughter of Matthew Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley and sister of Matt Ridley in 1980.

* Matthew Bullock ( footballer ) ( born 1980 ), retired English footballer

* Matthew Clarke ( footballer born 1980 ), English footballer who has played for Darlington F. C.

His Tony Award winning performance as Big Daddy in the 1989 revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Matthew Harrison Brady to George C. Scott's Henry Drummond in the Tony Randall produced revival of Inherit the Wind in 1997, and Charley in the 1980 revival of Death of a Salesman also starring Dustin Hoffman and Kate Reid.

Matthew William Lawrence ( born February 11, 1980 ) is an American actor known for his leading role in the movie Cheats with Trevor Fehrman and his role of Jack Hunter on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World from 1997 to 2000, and his roles in movies such as The Hot Chick, The Comebacks, and Mrs. Doubtfire.

Josh Matthew Lomberger ( born November 25, 1980 ) is an American presenter, announcer, and former pro wrestler, better known by his ring name Josh Mathews.

Matthew David Crawford ( born August 20, 1980 in Durham, North Carolina ) is an American soccer midfielder who last played for the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.

Matthew Frederic Metzger ( born March 24, 1980 ) is an American actor.

* Matthew Kemp ( born 1980 ), Australian footballer

Scott Matthew Parker ( born 13 October 1980 ) is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.

Matthew Arnold Thiessen ( born August 12, 1980 ) is a Canadian-American musician, known for being co-founder, lead singer, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter for the Christian rock band Relient K. With Relient K, he has released six full-length albums, including three that were certified Gold, and three that peaked in the top twenty on the Billboard 200.

Introduced by Harry Corbett in the early 1970s, but withdrawn by Matthew in 1980 returning to play the part of a villain.

Edward Matthew Drummond ( born April 12, 1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ) is an American football wide receiver and return specialist.

Charles Matthew " Charlie " Hunnam ( born 10 April 1980 ) is an English actor and screenwriter.

In 1978, he moved to the Department of Genetics, at the University of Cambridge, and in 1980 began his collaboration with Matthew Kaufman.

Matthew " Matt " Capiccioni ( born December 31, 1980 ) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names M-Dogg 20 and Matt Cross.

* William Matthew Lawrence ( born 1980 ), American television and film actor