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 ).

Lindley with Ry Cooder, Brisbane, 1980

The song is also performed in the Long Riders ( 1980 ), with music produced by Cooder.

Cooder won the Best Music award in 1980 from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for this soundtrack.

* Johntá Austin ( born 1980 ), American singer-songwriter

* Austin Nichols ( born 1980 ), American actor

* 1980 – Matthew Carey, American actor

* 1980 – Kyle Lowder, American actor

* 1980 – Charles McCarthy, American mixed martial artist

* 1980 – Seneca Wallace, American football player

* 1980 – Texas Battle, American actor

* 1980 – Nadia Bjorlin, American actress

* Nedelkovh, Aleksandar B. British and American Science Fiction Novel 1950 – 1980 with the Theme of Alternative History ( an Axiological Approach ).

* 1980 – Tony Pashos, American football player

* 1980 – Brandan Schieppati, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Bleeding Through, Eighteen Visions, and Throwdown )

* 1907 – Albert Kotin, American painter ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Shayna Baszler, American mixed martial artist

* 1980 – Craig Breslow, American baseball player

* 1980 – Mike Hindert, American singer and bass player ( The Bravery )

* 1980 – Pat Noonan, American soccer player

* 1980 – Tatum Reed, American porn actress and producer

* 1980 – Michael Urie, American actor and director

* 1980 – Paul London, American wrestler

* 1980 – Roy Williams, American football player

* 1980 – Brandon Harrod, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

* 1894 – George Meany, American labor leader ( d. 1980 )

* 1929 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Vanessa Carlton, American singer-songwriter and pianist

* 1980 – The Montevideo Treaty, establishing the Latin American Integration Association, is signed.

* 1980 – Win Butler, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and musician ( Arcade Fire )

* 1980 – Kieran Mahon, English musician ( The Cooper Temple Clause )

* 1980 – Danny Gokey, American singer and musician

* 1980 – John Lennon, an English musician ( former member of The Beatles ), and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.

* 1980 – Roger Peterson, Aruban-Dutch musician

* 1980 – Tomas Kalnoky, Czech musician ( Streetlight Manifesto )

* 1980 – Chris Conley, American musician ( Saves the Day and Two Tongues )

* 1980 – Brian Fallon, American musician ( The Gaslight Anthem )

* 1942 – Carl Radle, American musician and producer ( Delaney & Bonnie and Derek and the Dominos ) ( d. 1980 )

John Ono Lennon, MBE, born John Winston Lennon ( 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980 ) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member

* 1980 – Jason Wade, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Lifehouse )

* 1946 – Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and musician ( AC / DC, Fraternity, The Valentines, and The Spektors ) ( d. 1980 )

* 1949 – Steve Peregrin Took, English singer-songwriter and musician ( T. Rex and Shagrat ) ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Petri Lindroos, Finnish musician ( Ensiferum and Norther )

* 1980 – Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer-songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and director

* 1980 – Laura Jane Grace ( born Tom Gabel ), American punk rock musician ( Against Me!

* 1980 – Isaac Hanson, American musician ( Hanson )

* 1980 – Niall Breslin, Irish musician

* Tomasz Wróblewski ( born 1980 ), Polish musician, stage name Orion

* 1940 – John Lennon, British musician and songwriter ( The Beatles ) ( d. 1980 )

In November 2003 Staind attempted to sue Ohio musician Jon Stainbrook in New York Federal Court over his 1980 trademark of " The Stain ".

** Tim Hardin, American musician ( d. 1980 )

** Ian Curtis, English rock musician ( Joy Division ) ( d. 1980 )

* October 9 – John Lennon, British musician and singer ( The Beatles ) ( d. 1980 )

Benjamin Sherman " Scatman " Crothers ( May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986 ) was an American actor, singer, dancer and musician known for his work as Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and as Dick Hallorann in The Shining in 1980.