* Sire, James W. Scripture Twisting: Twenty Ways the Cults Misread the Bible, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, 1980.

* Blevins, James L. 1980.

* 1901 – Roddy Connolly, Irish politician, son of James Connolly ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Oliver James, English actor and singer

* 1980 – Tailor James, American model

Following Labour's 1979 general election defeat by Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan remained party leader for the next 18 months before he resigned and Foot was elected Labour leader on 4 November 1980, beating Denis Healey in the second round of the leadership election ( the last leadership contest to involve only Labour MPs ).

She starred in Whose Life Is It Anyway with James Naughton, which opened on Broadway at the Royale Theatre on February 24, 1980, and ran for 96 performances, and in Sweet Sue, which opened at the Music Box Theatre ( transferred to the Royale Theatre ) on Jan. 8, 1988, and ran for 164 performances.

* 1980 – James Harper, English footballer

* 1980 – James Chambers, English footballer

* 1980 – James Franklin, New Zealand cricketer

* 1980 – James Jones, American basketball player

* Animal Factories ( co-author with James Mason ), Crown, New York, 1980

Due to structural weakness, the spire of St James church was demolished in 1980.

* 1980 – James R. Killian, Jr.

* December 13 – James Wright, American poet ( d. 1980 )

* James W. Keyes, MBA 1980, Chairman and CEO of Blockbuster Inc., former President and CEO 7-Eleven

Tharp collaborated with film directors Milos Forman on Hair ( 1978 ), Ragtime ( 1980 ) and Amadeus ( 1984 ); Taylor Hackford on White Nights ( 1985 ) and James Brooks on I'll Do Anything ( 1994 ).

* James D. Watson, 1980 ( 1968 ).

Jane Seymour, OBE ( born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg ; 15 February 1951 ) is an English actress best known for her performances in the James Bond film Live and Let Die ( 1973 ), Somewhere In Time ( 1980 ), East of Eden ( 1982 ), Onassis: The Richest Man in the World ( 1988 ), War and Remembrance ( 1988 ), the ill-fated queen Marie Antoinette in the 1989 political thriller La Révolution française, Wedding Crashers ( 2005 ), and the American television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ( 1993 – 1998 ).

A huge air shower experiment called the Auger Project is currently operated at a site on the pampas of Argentina by an international consortium of physicists, led by James Cronin, 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics of the University of Chicago and Alan Watson of the University of Leeds.

* James Frank Dobie, The Longhorns ( Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1980 ) ( ISBN 029274627X ).

* 1980 – James Cronin and Val Logsdon Fitch – CP-violation

Prince was also the opening act for Rick James ' 1980 Fire it Up tour.

* Jesse James Hollywood ( born 1980 ), convicted murderer

* 1980 – Troy Murphy, American basketball player

* John Murphy ( later of SPK and Death In June )-drums ( 1980 – 81 )

* Peter Murphy ( footballer born 1980 ), Irish international footballer with Carlisle United

* Troy Murphy ( born 1980 ), NBA basketball player.

Murphy was principal military assistant to successive Secretaries of Defense Melvin R. Laird and Elliot Richardson, deputy director of the CIA in 1976 and 1977, and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon from 1977 to 1980 under Jimmy Carter.

Murphy switched to the outfield in 1980, a move that would help initiate a decade of highly productive play in the National League.

# Dwayne Murphy: 507 ( 1980 )

He started his legal career in 1974 as an apprentice solicitor with the firm James Campbell & Co. On qualifying in 1976 he became an assistant solicitor with Ross, Harper and Murphy, and was promoted to partner in 1980.

After Jack Murphy's passing in 1980, San Diego Stadium was renamed San Diego-Jack Murphy Stadium or simply Jack Murphy Stadium.

Two related influences – centrality bias, and leniency bias — have been documented ( Landy and Farr 1980, Murphy and Cleveland 1991 ).

In 1980 after the end of his playing career, he wrote an autobiography with the BBC's Pat Murphy, titled Time to Declare.

Entering 1980, Cox made one of the unusual moves for which he is known, moving power-hitting first baseman-catcher Dale Murphy, who had developed a throwing block as a catcher that hindered his ability to play, to center field.

* Don Murphy, 1980, motion picture producer

In 1980, former president and chairman of the MIT Corporation Paul Gray presented Mr. Murphy with the Henry Laurence Gantt Memorial Medal.

Roly Meates was national coach from 1975 to 1977 and Noel Murphy from 1977 to 1980.

After a stellar junior career with the Peterborough Petes and representing Canada at the 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Murphy was drafted 4th overall in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings.

In his 21-season career ( 1980 – 2001 ), Murphy would eventually play for six different NHL teams.

In September 1980, talent coordinator Neil Levy received a telephone call from 19-year old Eddie Murphy, who had begged the producer to " give him a shot " on the show, but was rejected since " the black cast member had already been chosen.

At the end of the season, he would eliminate the rest of the 1980 cast except for Murphy and Piscopo ; he had wanted to fire Dillon as soon as he took over, but could not afford a replacement for her.

* Eddie Murphy ( debut: November 22, 1980 )

The term first appeared in film critic Roger Ebert's 1980 book " Little Movie Glossary ", and had been submitted by Jim Murphy of New York.

In 1980, he was elected to the House of Representative, unseating nine-term Democrat John M. Murphy.