* 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

General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan Qizilbash, ( Urdu: آغا محمد یحیی خان قزلباش ; February 4, 1917 – August 10, 1980 ), was the senior Army Commander who was the third President of Pakistan, and the military dictator from 1969 until the dissolution of East-Pakistan, in December 16, 1971.

Yahya Khan died on August 10, 1980 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

** Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan ( d. 1980 )

In 1980, Egyptian born-Iraqi nuclear scientist dr. Yahya El Mashad, head of the Iraqi nuclear program, was assassinated by Mossad.

He was also active for Military service in Kurdistan from 1980 to 1985 in the Iran-Iraq War and was appointed Head of Saad by Yahya Rahim Safavi in 1995.

Khan was finally released after Bhutto's death in 1979, by General Fazle Haq, and died on August 10, 1980 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

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 ).

Count Nikolai Tolstoy-Miloslavsky joined in late 1975, and Prince Moshin Ali Khan of Hyderabad and Lord Sudeley ( Vice-Chancellor from 1985 ) were both announced as new members in 1980.

Of the 41 awards so far, there has been one award to a naturalised Indian citizen, Mother Teresa ( 1980 ), and to two non-Indians, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ( 1987 ) and Nelson Mandela ( 1990 ).

* " Moscow " ( 1980 ) (# 1 ) ( as Genghis Khan )

He starred alongside Rajesh Khanna in Naukri ( 1979 ) and played the title role alongside Sanjay Khan in Abdullah ( 1980 ).

In 1980, Jamali joined the military governorship of Lieutenant-General Rahimuddin Khan and subsequently rose to national prominence.

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi () ( born 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan ), popularly known as Shahid Afridi (), is a Pakistani cricketer.

Fathy was recognized with the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Chairman's Award in 1980.

The German disco group Dschinghis Khan also released a song entitled " Hadschi Halef Omar " on their 1980 album " Rom.

District councilmembers elected to the Houston City Council have been past presidents of the Sharpstown Civic Association-John Goodner ( 1980 – 1993 ), Ray Driscoll ( 1994 – 1999 ), Mark Ellis ( 2000 – 2003 ), M. J. Khan ( 2004 – 2010 ), and Aloysius Hoang ( 2010 – present ).

Khan went to work at the United Nations in 1980.

Kuwait Towers were, together with the Kuwait Water Towers, awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture ( 1980 Cycle ).

* 6 Sardar 1980 Asiya, Yousuf Khan, Iqbal Hassan, Anjuman, Rangeela, Talish

General Mohammad Iqbal Khan served as a joint chief from 1980 to 1984 and was the Chief Martial Law Officer during that time.

Zayed Abbas Khan (,, born 5 July 1980 ) is an Indian actor.

* Azzouz, Intisar ( 1980 ) " Ghadames, Libya " In Safran, Linda ( ed ) ( 1980 ) Places of Public Gathering in Islam: proceedings of seminar five in the series Architectural transformations in the Islamic world, held in Amman, Jordan, May 4 – 7 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Philadelphia, OCLC 7208199 ; photographs of Ghadames.

* Iqbal Khan ( born 1980 ), actor

Habibulla Khan of INC was elected MLA from Nowrangpur Assembly Constituency in 2004, 2000, 1995, 1990, 1985, 1980 and 1977.