* 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 – Nick Groff, English-American paranormal investigator

* Nicky Benz, a. k. a. for Nick Berk ( b. 1980 ), American wrestler

* 1980 – Nick Swisher, American baseball player

* 1980 – Nick Cannon, American actor

In 1980, Australia's Boys Next Door moved to London and changed their name to The Birthday Party, which evolved into Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

* Nick Carter ( musician ) ( born 1980 ), member of the band The Backstreet Boys

Haircut One Hundred are a British pop group formed in 1980 by Nick Heyward.

Nick Lowe playing in 1980

Nicholas Scott " Nick " Cannon ( born October 8, 1980 ) is an American actor, comedian, rapper, and radio / television personality.

Atkins played Nick Castle in The Fog ( 1980 ) and Rehme in Escape from New York ( 1981 ).

*( 1980 -) From age 9 Nick Carter

* Kaleidoscope of Shelvoke and Drewry, Nick Baldwin & William Negus ( 1980 )

In his 1980 appearance at age 54, Miñoso became the third-oldest player ever to play in the majors, behind Nick Altrock, who pinch-hit in 1933 at the age of 57, and Satchel Paige, who, at 59, pitched three shutout innings in his one game in 1965.

Sansom missed only a handful of England matches between 1980 and 1988, with only the odd rest given to him in friendly matches so that coaches Ron Greenwood and then Bobby Robson could check on potential replacements ( Derek Statham, Alan Kennedy, Nick Pickering ) in the event of Sansom suffering from either serious injury or chronic loss of form.

* Nick Hornby ( artist ) ( born 1980 ), a British artist

He started his career on stage in Nick Taylor ’ s musical “ Christian ” at His Majesty ’ s theatre in 1980.

* Joe Mercer – Nick La Rocca ( 1953, dead-heat ), Grey of Falloden ( 1964 ), The Accuser ( 1968 ), Biskrah ( 1972 ), Sea Anchor ( 1976 ), Buckskin ( 1978 ), Le Moss ( 1979, 1980 )

In the sixth ( 1980 – 81 ) season, Ann leaves her advertising job, rather than relocate to another city, and starts a freelance business with Nick Handris ( Ron Rifkin ).

Also taking part in the cast reunion is Glenn Scarpelli, who joined the series in 1980 as the son of Ann's boyfriend, Nick.

Having taken in an early concert by The Church, which were at that time performing as a three-piece, Willson-Piper soon joined Steve Kilbey, Peter Koppes and Nick Ward in 1980, expanding the band's lineup and broadening its sound.

MacDonald was instrumental in popularising Nick Drake during the late 1970s and early 1980, a period during which Drake was largely forgotten.

Nikos Xylouris (; 7 July 1936 – 8 February 1980 ), nicknamed Psaronikos (, ' Gray-haired Nick '), was a Greek composer and singer from the

* Nicky Jam, stage name of reggaeton artist Nick Rivera Caminero ( born 1980 )

In 2005, Welling appeared as Nick Castle in The Fog, a remake of John Carpenter's 1980 film of the same name, as a character originally played by Tom Atkins, and he reprised his role as Charlie Baker in Cheaper by the Dozen 2.