* 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

* Regina Spektor ( born 1980 ), singer.

* Regina Spektor ( born 1980 ), singer / songwriter grew up in Riverdale and graduated from SAR Academy

* The Teatro Arena Elis Regina, or the Elis Regina Arena Theater ( named after the greatest female Brazilian singer who died in 1980 ) was built in 1981 and became a venue for various artists.

Prior to becoming a coach, Trotz played for the WHL's Regina Pats from 1979 to 1982 winning the WHL Championship in 1980.

In 1980, Andersen joined the New York City Ballet on George Balanchine ’ s invitation and plunged into the task of learning thirty-five ballets within the first three months of his tenure there, including the intricate choreography of Balanchine's Symphony in C ( first movement ) and Ballo della Regina.

Juliana Renée Thiessen-Day ( born 1980 in Regina, Saskatchewan ) is a former Miss Universe Canada and the Canadian representative to the Miss Universe pageant in 1998.

The other original members included Nanette Licari ( born 24 May 1947 ), Regina Gallagher, and Anne Fitzgerald, but they were soon replaced by Sheila Reilly, Carol Drobnicki ( 13 February 1947-December 1980 ), and Kathy Romeo.

* Canadian federal election, 1980, Regina East, 39 votes, seventh out of seven candidates ( winner: Simon de Jong, NDP )

* 1980 – Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist ( b. 1894 )

* 1931 – Felix Berezin, Russian mathematician ( d. 1980 )

* 1902 – Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter ( d. 1980 )

Springer-Verlag ( Berlin – Heidelberg – New York ), ISBN 3-540-06556-3 ; translated into Russian ( 1980 ) and Chinese ( 1980 ).

* 1980 – Roman Sloudnov, Russian swimmer

* 1938 – Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Marat Safin, Russian tennis player

( It is a measure of KGB distrust that the Russian version of this book was not published until 1980.

* 1980 – Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater

* 1980 – Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian athlete

* 1900 – Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian scientist ( d. 1980 )

In 1980, Powell described the boycott of the Moscow Olympics, following the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, as ' pathetic to the point of farce '.

He was also a founder of the Institute of Hydrodynamics of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences which since 1980 has been named after Lavrentiev.

* Olga Chekhova ( 1897 – 1980 ), Russian actress, wife of Mikhail

* Olga Romanova ( athlete ) ( born 1980 ), Russian long distance runner

* Russian translation: E. I Brerezkina: Mathematika V Devyati Knigah, Moscow Science Press 1980.

* Dietrich Neufeld, translated from the German and Edited by Al Reimer, A Russian Dance of Death ; Revolution and Civil War in the Ukraine ( 1980 Hyperion Press Limited, Winnipeg, Canada )

Marat Mubinovich Safin (, ) ( born January 27, 1980 ) is a Russian politician and retired tennis player of Tatar ethnicity.

Dmitry Anatolyevich Afanasenkov (; born May 12, 1980 ) is a Russian professional ice hockey player currently playing for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the Swiss National League A ( NLA ).

* Stepan Suvorov ( born 1980 ), Russian footballer

Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980 ) was a Soviet singer, songwriter, poet, and actor whose career had an immense and enduring effect on Russian culture.

* Russian: (" Planet of Exile "), 1980, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006

The following are notable: International symposia of psychologists ( 1979, 1986 ), symposia on Georgian art ( II-1977, IV-1983, VI-1989 ), international symposia on the teaching of the Russian language and literature ( 1980, 1984, 1988 ), problems of German literature ( 1983, 1989 ), Classical philology ( 1969, 1975, 1980, 1990, 1995, 1996 ), religion and ethics ( 1907, international private law ( 1985 ), international symposia on Kartvelian Studies ( I-1987, II-1988, III-1995 ).