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1980
(
MCMLXXX
) was a
leap year
starting on Tuesday
of the
Gregorian calendar
, the 1980th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 980th year of the
2nd millennium
, the 80th year of the
20th century
, and the 1st year of the
1980s
decade.
- January 1
- January 4
?
Greg Cipes
, American actor
- January 7
?
Hele Korve
, Estonian actress and singer
- January 8
- January 9
?
Sergio Garcia
, Spanish golfer
- January 10
?
Sarah Shahi
, American actress
- January 11
?
Lovieanne Jung
, American softball player
- January 12
?
Ameriie
, American singer
- January 13
?
LaKisha Jones
, American singer
- January 14
- January 16
- January 17
- January 18
- January 19
- January 20
- January 21
- January 22
- January 24
- January 25
- January 26
?
Sanae Kobayashi
, Japanese voice actress
- January 27
?
Marat Safin
, Russian tennis player
- January 28
?
Nick Carter
, American pop singer (
Backstreet Boys
)
- January 29
- January 30
- March 1
?
Shahid Afridi
, Pakistani cricketer
- March 2
- March 4
- March 5
?
Jessica Boehrs
, German singer and actress
- March 7
- March 9
- March 11
?
Gabriela Pichler
, Swedish film director and screenwriter
- March 13
- March 14
- March 16
?
Todd Heap
, American football player
- March 17
?
Katie Morgan
, American porn actress and radio host
- March 18
?
Alexei Yagudin
, Russian figure skater
- March 19
- March 20
- March 21
- March 23
?
Russell Howard
, English comedian
- March 26
?
Rosendo Rodriguez
, American convicted serial killer (d.
2018
)
- March 27
?
Greg Puciato
, American heavy metal musician
- March 29
?
Andy Scott-Lee
, British singer
- March 30
?
Yalın
, Turkish pop singer and songwriter
- March 31
- April 1
- April 4
?
Bjorn Wirdheim
, Swedish race car driver
- April 7
?
Michael Bellisario
, American actor
- April 8
- April 9
- April 10
- April 11
?
Mark Teixeira
, American baseball player
- April 12
?
Brian McFadden
, Irish rock singer
- April 13
?
Colleen Clinkenbeard
, American voice actress
- April 14
- April 15
?
Natalie Casey
, English actress
- April 16
- April 17
- April 18
?
Justin Amash
, American politician
- April 20
- April 21
- April 22
?
Nicolas Douchez
, French footballer
- April 24
- April 25
- April 26
- April 27
?
Zayed Khan
, Indian actor
- April 28
?
Josh Howard
, American basketball player
- April 29
- April 30
?
Luis Scola
, Argentine basketball player
- May 1
?
Ana Claudia Talancon
, Mexican actress
- May 2
- May 3
?
Marcel Vigneron
, American chef
- May 5
- May 6
- May 7
?
Johan Kenkhuis
, Dutch swimmer
- May 8
?
Benny Yau
, Canadian entertainer
- May 9
- May 10
?
Pete Gray
, Australian environmental activist (d.
2011
)
- May 15
?
Josh Beckett
, American baseball player
- May 17
?
Alistair Overeem
, Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer
- May 18
?
Ali Zafar
, Pakistani music composer, singer-songwriter, painter and actor
- May 19
- May 21
?
Gotye
, Belgian-Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
- May 22
- May 24
?
Cecilia Cheung
, Hong Kong actress
- May 28
- May 29
?
Michael Stasko
, Canadian actor
- May 30
?
Steven Gerrard
, English footballer
- May 31
?
Andy Hurley
, American drummer
- July 1
- July 2
?
Brian Drolet
, American actor, producer and writer
- July 3
- July 5
- July 6
?
Pau Gasol
, Spanish basketball player
- July 7
- July 8
- July 10
- Thomas Ian Nicholas
, American film actor, singer, musician, producer, director and writer
- Adam Petty
, American race car driver (d.
2000
)
- Jessica Simpson
, American singer
- Jeremy Ray Valdez
, American actor
- James Rolfe
, American director, actor and writer
- Claudia Leitte
, Brazilian singer
- July 11
- July 12
- July 13
–
Pejman Nouri
, Iranian football player
- July 15
- July 16
- July 17
- July 18
?
Kristen Bell
, American actress
- July 19
- July 20
- July 21
?
CC Sabathia
, American baseball player
- July 22
- Tablo
, South Korean-Canadian rapper, songwriter, record producer, and author
- Dirk Kuyt
, Dutch footballer
- Kate Ryan
, Belgian singer
- July 23
?
Michelle Williams
, American singer and actress
- July 25
?
Rebeka Dremelj
, Slovenian singer
- July 26
?
Jacinda Ardern
, 40th
Prime Minister of New Zealand
- July 27
?
Nick Nemeth
, American professional wrestler
- July 29
- August 2
?
Dingdong Dantes
, Filipino actor
- August 3
- August 5
?
Wayne Bridge
, English footballer
- August 6
?
Will Pan
, American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
- August 8
?
Craig Breslow
, American baseball pitcher
- August 9
- August 10
?
Pua Magasiva
, Samoan actor
- August 11
?
Monika Pyrek
, Polish pole vaulter
- August 12
?
Maggie Lawson
, American actress
- August 14
?
Roy Williams
, American football player
- August 16
- August 17
- August 18
?
Damion Stewart
, Jamaican footballer
- August 19
- August 21
- August 23
- August 24
?
Rachael Carpani
, Australian actress
- August 26
- August 27
?
Derrick Strait
, American football player
- August 28
?
Debra Lafave
, American teacher
- August 29
- September 2
?
Dany Sabourin
, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- September 3
- September 4
?
Max Greenfield
, American actor
- September 5
?
Kevin Simm
, English singer (
Liberty X
)
- September 6
- September 7
- September 8
- September 9
- September 10
?
Mikey Way
, British musician (
My Chemical Romance
)
- September 11
?
Mike Comrie
, Canadian ice hockey player
- September 12
- September 13
- September 15
- September 21
- September 24
?
Victoria Pendleton
, English cyclist
- September 25
?
T.I.
, African-American rap artist, film and music producer, actor and author
- September 26
?
Daniel
and
Henrik Sedin
, Swedish ice hockey players
- September 29
- September 30
- October 1
?
Sarah Drew
, American actress
- October 3
?
Daniel DeSanto
, Canadian actor and voice actor
- October 4
- October 5
- October 8
- Michael Mizanin
, American professional wrestler
- Nick Cannon
, African-American actor, comedian, rapper, entrepreneur, record producer and broadcast personality
- October 10
- October 11
- October 12
- October 13
- October 14
- October 15
?
Tom Boonen
, Belgian cyclist
- October 16
- October 17
- October 18
- October 19
?
Jose Bautista
, Dominican baseball player
- October 21
?
Kim Kardashian
, American socialite and television personality
- October 23
?
Robert Belushi
, American actor
- October 24
- October 28
- October 29
?
Ben Foster
, American actor
- October 31
?
Eddie Kaye Thomas
, American actor and comedian
- November 4
?
Sabrina Colie
, Jamaican actress
- November 5
- November 6
?
Anri Jokhadze
, Georgian pop singer
- November 7
?
Gervasio Deferr
, Spanish gymnast
- November 10
?
Calvin Chen
, Taiwanese pop singer
- November 11
?
Willie Parker
, American football player
- November 12
?
Ryan Gosling
, Canadian actor and musician
- November 13
?
Monique Coleman
, American actress
- November 15
?
Kevin Staut
, French equestrian
- November 16
?
Kayte Christensen
, American basketball player
- November 17
?
Isaac Hanson
, American musician
- November 18
- November 19
?
Adele Silva
, English actress and model
- November 21
- November 22
?
David Artell
, English footballer
- November 23
?
Jonathan Papelbon
, American baseball player
- November 24
?
Beth Phoenix
, American professional wrestler
- November 25
- November 26
?
Satoshi Ohno
, Japanese singer
- November 28
?
Lisa Middelhauve
, German singer (
Xandria
)
- November 29
- January 1
- January 2
?
Alessandro Bruschetti
, Italian artist (b.
1910
)
- January 3
?
Joy Adamson
, Austrian-born conservationist and author (b.
1910
)
- January 7
?
Simonne Mathieu
, French tennis champion (b.
1908
)
- January 8
?
John Mauchly
, American physicist and inventor (b.
1907
)
- January 10
- January 11
?
Barbara Pym
, English novelist (b.
1913
)
- January 13
?
Andre Kostelanetz
, Russian conductor and arranger (b.
1901
)
- January 17
?
Barbara Britton
, American actress (b.
1919
)
- January 18
? Sir
Cecil Beaton
, English photographer (b.
1904
)
- January 19
?
William O. Douglas
, American
Supreme Court
Justice (b.
1898
)
- January 21
?
Georges Painvin
, French cryptographer (b.
1886
)
- January 22
- January 23
?
Leonard Strong
, American actor (b.
1908
)
- January 24
?
Lil Dagover
, German actress (b.
1887
)
- January 25
?
David Newell
, American actor (b.
1905
)
- January 27
- January 28
?
Franco Evangelisti
, Italian composer (b.
1926
)
- January 29
?
Jimmy Durante
, American actor, singer and comedian (b.
1893
)
- January 30
- January 31
?
Eduardo Caceres
, Guatemalan politician (b.
1906
)
- February 1
?
Jack Bailey
, American actor (b.
1907
)
- February 2
- February 6
?
Albert Kotin
, American
abstract expressionist
painter (b.
1907
)
- February 7
?
Richard Williams
,
Royal Australian Air Force
officer (b.
1890
)
- February 8
- February 9
?
Tom Macdonald
, British journalist and novelist (b.
1900
)
- February 10
?
Wels Eicke
, Australian rules football player (b.
1893
)
- February 11
?
R. C. Majumdar
, Indian historian (b.
1884
)
- February 12
?
Muriel Rukeyser
, American poet (b.
1913
)
- February 13
?
David Janssen
, American actor (b.
1931
)
- February 14
?
Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah
,
Assamese
composer and actor (b.
1926
)
- February 17
- February 18
?
Gale Robbins
, American singer and actress (b.
1921
)
- February 19
- February 20
- February 21
?
Aldo Andreotti
, Italian mathematician (b.
1924
)
- February 22
?
Oskar Kokoschka
, Austrian painter and poet (b.
1886
)
- February 23
- February 24
- February 26
?
Mario Mattoli
, Italian director and screenwriter (b.
1898
)
- February 27
- February 28
?
James Goff
, American football and basketball head coach (b.
1912
)
- February 29
- March 1
- March 3
?
Roger Davis
, American actor (b.
1884
)
- March 5
?
Jay Silverheels
, American actor (b.
1912
)
- March 6
?
Barbara Brukalska
, Polish architect (b.
1899
)
- March 9
?
Nikolay Bogolybov
, Russian actor (b.
1899
)
- March 10
?
Herman Tarnower
, American medical doctor and diet guru (b.
1910
)
- March 11
?
Maud Hart Lovelace
, American author (b.
1892
)
- March 13
?
Roland Symonette
, 1st
Premier of the Bahamas
(b.
1898
)
- March 14
- March 17
?
Boun Oum
, 4th
Prime Minister of Laos
(b.
1911
)
- March 18
- March 21
?
Peter Stoner
, American mathematician, astronomer and Christian apologist (b.
1888
)
- March 24
- March 25
- March 28
- March 29
?
Mantovani
, Italian-born conductor and arranger (b.
1905
)
- March 30
- March 31
- April 2
?
Stanley Forman Reed
, American Supreme Court Justice (b.
1884
)
- April 4
?
Red Sovine
, American country and folk singer-songwriter (b.
1917
)
- April 6
- April 8
?
Bill Eastman
, British army officer (b.
1911
)
- April 10
?
Kay Medford
, American actress and singer (b.
1919
)
- April 11
?
Umit Kaftancıo?lu
, Turkish writer (b.
1935
)
- April 12
- April 13
?
Karl Stegger
, Danish actor (b.
1913
)
- April 15
- April 18
?
Antonio Caponigro
, American gangster (b.
1912
)
- April 19
- April 20
- April 21
?
Sohrab Sepehri
, Persian poet and painter (b.
1928
)
- April 22
- April 24
?
Alejo Carpentier
, Cuban writer (b.
1904
)
- April 26
?
Cicely Courtneidge
, British actress (b.
1893
)
- April 27
- April 28
?
Thomas G. W. Settle
, American record-setting balloonist and admiral (b.
1895
)
- April 29
?
Alfred Hitchcock
, British suspense film director (b.
1899
)
- April 30
?
Luis Munoz Marin
, Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician (b.
1898
)
- May 1
?
Henry Levin
, American film director and actor (b.
1909
)
- May 2
- May 4
- May 5
?
Isabel Briggs Myers
, American psychological theorist and co-creator of the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(b.
1897
)
- May 7
- May 8
?
Geoffrey Baker
, English
field marshal
(b.
1912
)
- May 9
- May 12
?
Lillian Roth
, American actress (b.
1910
)
- May 14
- May 16
- May 18
- May 20
?
Jack Walsh
, Australian cricketer (b.
1912
)
- May 21
?
Ida Kami?ska
, Polish-born Jewish actress, playwright and translator (b.
1899
)
- May 25
?
George West
, British
Anglican
missionary (b.
1893
)
- May 28
?
Rolf Nevanlinna
, Finnish mathematician (b.
1895
)
- May 30
?
Carl Radle
, American bassist (b.
1942
)
- June 1
?
Rube Marquard
, American baseball player (
New York Giants
) and a member of the
MLB Hall of Fame
(b.
1886
)
- June 7
- June 8
- June 9
?
Shyam Kumari Khan
, Indian lawyer (b.
1904
)
- June 12
- June 13
?
Walter Rodney
, Guyanese historian and political figure (b.
1942
)
- June 14
?
Sante Spessotto
, Italian
Roman Catholic
priest and saint (b.
1923
)
- June 18
?
Terence Fisher
, British director (b.
1904
)
- June 20
?
Amy Key Clarke
, English mystical poet (b.
1892
)
- June 21
?
Bert Kaempfert
, German orchestra leader and songwriter (b.
1923
)
- June 23
- June 24
?
Boris Kaufman
, Russian cinematographer (b.
1897
)
- June 26
?
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
Ignatius Jacob III
(b.
1912
)
- June 27
?
Carey McWilliams
, American author, editor and lawyer (b.
1905
)
- June 28
?
Jose Iturbi
, Spanish conductor and musician (b.
1895
)
- July ?
Robert Brackman
, American painter (b.
1898
)
- July 1
?
C. P. Snow
, British physicist and novelist (b.
1905
)
- July 3
- July 4
?
Gregory Bateson
, British anthropologist,
anthropologist
,
social scientist
,
linguist
,
semiotician
and
cyberneticist
(b.
1904
)
- July 6
?
Gail Patrick
, American actress (b.
1911
)
- July 7
- July 8
?
Rudolf Creutz
, Austrian criminal (b.
1896
)
- July 9
?
Vinicius de Moraes
, Brazilian writer, poet and diplomat (b.
1913
)
- July 13
?
Seretse Khama
, 1st
President of Botswana
(b.
1921
)
- July 15
?
Ben Selvin
, American orchestra leader and recording artist (b.
1898
)
- July 17
- July 19
?
Nihat Erim
, Turkish politician and jurist, 30th
Prime Minister of Turkey
(b.
1912
)
- July 20
?
Lado Gudiashvili
, Soviet painter (b.
1896
)
- July 21
?
Salah al-Din al-Bitar
, Syrian politician, 2-time
Prime Minister of Syria
(b.
1912
)
- July 22
?
Hans-Georg Burger
, German racing driver (b.
1952
)
- July 23
?
Keith Godchaux
, American musician (b.
1948
)
- July 24
?
Peter Sellers
, British comedian and actor (b.
1925
)
- July 25
- July 26
- July 27
?
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
,
Shah of Iran
(b.
1919
)
- July 28
?
Maria Luisa Monteiro da Cunha
, Brazilian librarian (b.
1908
)
- July 30
?
Lucien Dalsace
, French actor (b.
1893
)
- July 31
- August 1
- August 2
?
Donald Ogden Stewart
, American writer (b.
1894
)
- August 9
- August 10
- August 14
?
Dorothy Stratten
, Canadian actress and model (murdered) (b.
1960
)
- August 15
?
William Hood Simpson
, American general (b.
1888
)
- August 18
?
Arman
, Iranian-born Soviet actor (b.
1921
)
- August 19
?
Otto Frank
, German father of Jewish diarist
Anne Frank
(b.
1889
)
- August 20
?
Joe Dassin
, American-born French singer-songwriter (b.
1938
)
- August 22
?
Norman Shelley
, British actor (b.
1903
)
- August 24
?
Yootha Joyce
, British actress (b.
1927
)
- August 25
?
Gower Champion
, American theatre director, choreographer and dancer (b.
1919
)
- August 26
?
Tex Avery
, American cartoonist (b.
1908
)
- September 3
- September 4
- September 8
?
Willard Libby
, American chemist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b.
1908
)
- September 9
?
Manzoor Ali Khan
, Pakistani classical singer (b.
1922
)
- September 12
?
Lillian Randolph
, American actress (b.
1898
)
- September 14
?
Domingo Acedo
, Spanish football player (b.
1898
)
- September 15
?
Bill Evans
, American jazz pianist (b.
1929
)
- September 16
- September 17
?
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
, Nicataguan politician,
President of Nicaragua
(b.
1925
)
- September 18
?
Katherine Anne Porter
, American author (b.
1890
)
- September 19
?
Sol Lesser
, American film producer (b.
1890
)
- September 23
?
Jacobus Johannes Fouche
, 5th
President of South Africa
(b.
1898
)
- September 25
- September 30
- October 2
?
John Kotelawala
, Sri Lanka soldier and politician, 3rd
Prime Minister of Ceylon
(b.
1895
)
- October 6
?
Hattie Jacques
, British actress (b.
1922
)
- October 7
?
Sydney Gordon Russell
, English designer and craftsman (b.
1892
)
- October 10
?
Billie Thomas
, American actor (b.
1931
)
- October 12
?
Alberto Demicheli
, Uruguayan political figure,
President of Uruguay
("
de facto
") (b.
1896
)
- October 15
?
Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark
(b.
1908
)
- October 18
?
Hans Ehard
, German lawyer and politician (b.
1887
)
- October 21
- October 23
?
Mariano Suarez
, Ecuadorian politician, 27th
President of Ecuador
(b.
1897
)
- October 25
- October 26
?
Marcelo Caetano
, Portuguese politician and scholar, 101st
Prime Minister of Portugal
(b.
1906
)
- October 27
- October 29
?
Giorgio Bor? Olivier
, Maltese politician and statesman, 7th
Prime Minister of Malta
(b.
1911
)
- October 31
?
Elizebeth Smith Friedman
, American cryptographer (b.
1892
)
- December 2
- December 3
? Sir
Oswald Mosley
, British fascist leader (b.
1896
)
- December 4
- December 7
?
Darby Crash
, American rock songwriter, singer (b.
1958
)
- December 8
?
John Lennon
, British singer-songwriter and guitarist (b.
1940
)
- December 9
? Patriarch
Benedict I of Jerusalem
(b.
1892
)
- December 11
?
Dorothy West
, American actress (b.
1891
)
- December 12
- December 14
?
Elston Howard
, American baseball player (b.
1929
)
- December 16
- December 17
?
Chiang Kuei
, Chinese novelist (b.
1908
)
- December 18
- December 19
?
Hector Jose Campora
, Argentine Peronist politician, 38th
President of Argentina
(b.
1909
)
- December 21
?
Marc Connelly
, American playwright (b.
1890
)
- December 23
?
Frank Norman
, English novelist, playwright and autobiographer (b.
1930
)
- December 24
- December 25
?
Victoria Drummond
, first woman marine engineer in Britain (b.
1894
)
- December 28
- December 29
?
Tim Hardin
, American musician (b.
1941
)
- December 30
?
Giuseppe Carraro
, Italian
Roman Catholic
bishop and venerable (b.
1899
)
- December 31
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