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1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar.
Events
- January 20 – The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams to win their 4th Super Bowl championship. They hold the record for most wins by one team until 1995.
- April 12 – Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope in Canada.
- April 30 – Beatrix of the Netherlands crowned
- May 18 – Mount St. Helens erupts.
- August 1 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir becomes the 4th President of Iceland. She is the first female ever elected as a head of state in a democratic election.
- August – Rising Solidarity a Polish trade union which make for fallen communism in East Europe
- September 1 – Terry Fox ends his Marathon of Hope, after his cancer resurfaces.
- September 22 – War begins between Iran and Iraq.
- November 4 – Ronald Reagan defeats Jimmy Carter during the presidential elections.
- December 8 – John Lennon of The Beatles is shot and killed outside of his apartment in New York City by Mark David Chapman.
- Pictures taken by the Voyager 1 probe lead to the discovery of Saturn's moon, Atlas.
Births
January
- January 1
- Richie Faulkner, British rock guitarist
- Karina Jacobsgaard, Danish tennis player
- Mark Nichols, Canadian curler
- Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
- January 4 – Greg Cipes, American actor
- January 7 – Hele Kõrve, Estonian actress and singer
- January 8
- Adam Goodes, Australian rules footballer
- Rachel Nichols, American actress
- January 9 – Sergio García, 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
- Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Costa Rican politician, 48th President of Costa Rica
- Ossama Haidar, Lebanese footballer
- Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor, model and singer
- Cory Gibbs, American footballer
- Monika Kuszyńska, Polish singer and songwriter
- Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
- Yūko Kaida, Japanese voice actress
- January 16
- Albert Pujols, Dominican Major League Baseball player
- Michelle Wild, Hungarian actress
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, Puerto Rican-American actor, composer, and writer
- January 17
- Zooey Deschanel, American actress, singer and musician
- Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian-American dance champion, choreographer and instructor
- January 18
- Estelle, British singer and actress
- Julius Peppers, American football player
- Jason Segel, American actor and comedian
- January 19
- Jenson Button, British racecar driver
- Arvydas Macijauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
- January 20
- Philippe Cousteau Jr., American-French oceanographer
- Philippe Gagnon, Canadian Paralympic swimmer
- Kim Jeong-hoon, South Korean singer and actor
- Brigitte Olivier, Belgian martial artist
- Petra Rampre, Slovenian tennis player
- Matthew Tuck, Welsh singer and guitarist
- January 21
- Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Kevin McKenna, Canadian footballer
- January 22
- Jake Grove, American football player
- Christopher Masterson, American actor
- January 24
- Nyncke Beekhuyzen, Dutch actress
- Suzy, Portuguese singer
- January 25
- Christian Olsson, Swedish athlete
- Xavi, Spanish footballer
- Michelle McCool, American professional wrestler
- 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
- Yael Bar Zohar, Israeli actress and model
- Jason James Richter, American actor
- January 30
- Josh Kelley, American singer-songwriter
- Wilmer Valderrama, American actor
February
- February 2
- Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actress
- Nina Zilli, Italian singer-songwriter
- February 5
- Jo Swinson, British MP
- Robin Vik, Czech tennis player
- Paul DelVecchio, American reality show personality
- February 6
- Kim Poirier, Canadian actress
- Luke Ravenstahl, American mayor of Pittsburgh
- Mamiko Noto, Japanese voice actress
- February 8 – Yang Wei, Chinese gymnast
- February 9 – Manu Raju, American journalist
- February 10
- César Izturis, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- Steve Tully, English footballer
- February 11 – Matthew Lawrence, American actor
- February 12
- Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
- Christina Ricci, American actress
- Gucci Mane, American rapper
- February 14 – Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress
- February 15
- Conor Oberst, American singer-songwriter
- Petr Elfimov, Belarusian singer
- February 16 – Ashley Lelie, American football player
- February 17
- Jason Ritter, American actor
- Vahe Tilbian, Ethiopian singer of Armenian descent
- February 18
- Cezar, Romanian opera singer and pianist
- Regina Spektor, Russian-American singer-songwriter
- February 19
- Mike Miller, American basketball player
- Ma Lin, Chinese table-tennis player
- February 20
- Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby player
- Artur Boruc, Polish football (soccer) goalkeeper
- Yuichi Nakamura, Japanese voice actor
- February 21
- Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player
- Justin Roiland, American actor
- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
- February 22 – Jeanette Biedermann, German singer and actress
- February 24
- Emma Johnson, Australian swimmer
- Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese professional wrestler
- February 25 – Chris and Christy Knowings, American actors
- February 26 – Júlio César da Silva e Souza, Brazilian footballer
- February 27
- Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
- Don Diablo, Dutch DJ and producer
- February 28
- Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player
- Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
- February 29
- Simon Gagné, Canadian hockey player
- Peter Scanavino, American actor
March
- March 1 – Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
- March 2
- Chris Barker, English footballer
- Julia Chantrey, Canadian actress
- Lance Cade, American professional wrestler (d. 2010)
- March 4
- Jung Da-bin, Korean actress (d. 2007)
- Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
- Jack Hannahan, American baseball infielder
- March 5 – Jessica Boehrs, German singer and actress
- March 7
- Murat Boz, Turkish singer and actor
- Laura Prepon, American actress
- Mart Toome, Estonian actor
- March 9
- Chingy, American rapper, singer and actor
- Matthew Gray Gubler, American actor and director
- March 11 – Gabriela Pichler, Swedish film director and screenwriter
- March 13
- Caron Butler, American basketball player
- Nick Barua, British Corporate executive
- March 14
- Aaron Brown, English footballer
- Hiro Matsushita, Formar Japanese Race car Driver and Businessman
- 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
- Agnes Pihlava, Finnish pop singer
- Johan Olsson, Swedish cross country skier
- March 20
- Hamada Helal, Egyptian singer
- Jamal Crawford, American basketball player
- Mikey Day, American actor, comedian and writer
- March 21
- Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian cross-country skier
- Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer
- Deryck Whibley, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (Sum 41)
- 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
- Kate Micucci, American actress and voice artist
- Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese Major League Baseball player
April
- April 1
- Randy Orton, American professional wrestler
- Bijou Phillips, American actress
- Yūko Takeuchi, Japanese actress
- April 4 – Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver
- April 7 – Michael Bellisario, American actor
- April 8
- Ben Freeman, British actor
- Carrie Savage, American actress and voice actress
- April 9
- Rachel Specter, American actress
- Arlen Escarpeta, Belizean actor
- April 10
- Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player
- Kasey Kahne, American race car driver
- Charlie Hunnam, English actor
- April 11 – Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
- April 12 – Brian McFadden, Irish rock singer
- April 13 – Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress
- April 14
- Ayumi Ito, Japanese actress
- Tom Franco, American actor
- April 15 – Natalie Casey, English actress
- April 16
- Reeyot Alemu, Ethiopian journalist
- Samir Javadzadeh, Azerbaijani singer
- Paul London, American professional wrestler
- April 17
- Brenda Villa, American water polo player
- Lee Hyun-il, South Korean badminton player
- Alaina Huffman, Canadian film and television actress
- April 18 – Justin Amash, American politician
- April 20
- Jasmin Wagner, German singer
- Waylon, Dutch singer
- April 21
- Tony Romo, American football player
- Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian hockey player
- April 22 – Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
- April 24
- Austin Nichols, American actor
- Karen Asrian, Armenian chess Grandmaster (d. 2008)
- Reagan Gomez-Preston, American actress and voice actress
- April 25
- April 26
- Jordana Brewster, American actress
- Marlon King, Jamaican footballer
- Channing Tatum, American actor and model
- April 27 – Zayed Khan, Indian actor
- April 28 – Josh Howard, American basketball player
- April 29
- Kian Egan, Irish singer
- Emmad Irfani, Pakistani model and TV actor
- April 30 – Luis Scola, Argentine basketball player
May
- May 1 – Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress
- May 2
- Tim Borowski, German footballer
- Ellie Kemper, American actress and comedian
- Zat Knight, English footballer
- May 3 – Marcel Vigneron, American chef
- May 5
- Maia Hirasawa, Swedish pop singer
- Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer
- Hank Green, American entrepreneur, musician, educator, producer and vlogger
- May 6
- Kelly van der Veer, Dutch reality TV star
- Dimitris Diamantidis, Greek basketball player
- May 7 – Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
- May 8 – Benny Yau, Canadian entertainer
- May 9
- Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
- Carolin Kebekus, German comedian and actress
- Norihiro Nishi, Japanese footballer
- 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
- Drew Fuller, American actor and model
- Dean Heffernan, Australian footballer
- May 21 – Gotye, Belgian-Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
- May 22
- Lucy Gordon, British actress (d. 2009)
- Evelin Võigemast, Estonian actress and singer
- May 24 – Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress
- May 28
- Mark Feehily, Irish singer
- Jørgen Strickert, Norwegian comedian
- May 29 – Michael Stasko, Canadian actor
- May 30 – Steven Gerrard, English footballer
- May 31 – Andy Hurley, American drummer
June
- June 1
- Oliver James, British actor
- Damien Fahey, American MTV VJ, television host and drummer
- June 2 – Lindsey Yamasaki, Japanese-American basketball player
- June 3 – Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar
- June 5 – Mike Fisher, Canadian hockey player
- June 6 – Mmusi Maimane, South African politician
- June 7 – Henkka Seppälä, Finnish bassist
- June 8 – David Holoubek, Czech football manager
- June 10
- Jessica DiCicco, American actress
- Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
- Wang Yuegu, Singaporean Olympic table tennis player
- June 13
- Sarah Connor, German singer
- Juan Carlos Navarro, Spanish basketball player
- June 16
- Brad Gushue, Canadian curler
- Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
- June 17
- Kimeru, Japanese singer
- Venus Williams, American tennis player
- Jeph Jacques, American webcomic writer
- June 19 – Jason White, American football player
- June 22 – Ilya Bryzgalov, Russian ice hockey player
- June 23
- Erick Elías, Mexican actor
- Mark Greaney, Irish singer and guitarist
- Ramnaresh Sarwan, West Indian cricketer
- Manus Boonjumnong, Thai boxer
- Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player
- Jessica Taylor, English singer
- Melissa Rauch, American actress
- June 24
- Liane Balaban, Canadian actress
- Minka Kelly, American actress
- June 25
- Nozomi Takeuchi, Japanese actress
- Philippe Lacheau, French actor, director and writer
- June 26
- Michael Vick, American football player
- Michael Jackson, English footballer
- Rafiz Abu Bakar, Malaysian footballer
- June 27 – Kevin Pietersen, South African-English former cricketer
- June 29
- James Courtney, Australian race car driver
- Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano
- Martin Truex Jr., American race car driver
- June 30
- Adil Annani, Moroccan long-distance runner
- Ryan ten Doeschate, Dutch cricketer
- Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Iranian footballer
- Nelbert Omolon, Filipino professional basketball player
- Rade Prica, Swedish footballer
- Sayuti, Indonesian footballer
July
- July 1
- Mizz Nina, Malaysian fashion designer, a host, humanitarian
- Nelson Cruz, Dominican baseball player
- Shon Seung-mo, South Korean badminton player
- July 2 – Brian Drolet, American actor, producer and writer
- July 3
- Roland Schoeman, South African swimmer
- Olivia Munn, American actress and model
- Harbhajan Singh, Indian international cricketer
- July 5
- Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio, American reality TV star
- Eva Green, French actress and model
- Zayed Khan, Indian actor and producer
- Fabián Ríos, Colombian actor and model
- Jason Wade, American singer and guitarist
- July 6 – Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- July 7
- Marika Domińczyk, Polish American actress
- Jim McMahon, British politician
- Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
- Dr Malinga, South African record producer and musician
- July 8
- Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
- Chetan Anand, Indian badminton player
- Yang Tae-Young, South Korean gymnast
- 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
- Cláudia Leitte, Brazilian singer
- July 11
- Mathias Boe, Danish badminton player
- Alvent Yulianto, Indonesian badminton player
- July 12
- Kristen Connolly, American actress
- Eny Widiowati, Indonesian badminton player
- July 13 – Pejman Nouri, Iranian football player
- July 15
- July 16
- Svetlana Feofanova, Russian pole-vaulter
- Adam Scott, Australian golfer
- July 17
- Rashid Ramzi, Moroccan-Bahraini athlete
- Masato Yoshino, Japanese professional wrestler
- Ryan Miller, American ice hockey goaltender
- July 18 – Kristen Bell, American actress
- July 19
- Yeoh Kay Bin, Malaysian badminton player
- Michelle Heaton, English singer (Liberty X)
- Mark Webber, American actor
- July 20
- Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian supermodel
- Jin Goo, South Korean actor
- July 21 – CC Sabathia, American baseball player
- July 22
- 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
- Rachel Miner, American actress
- Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
August
- August 2 – Dingdong Dantes, Filipino actor
- August 3
- Nadia Ali, Pakistani-American singer-songwriter
- Hannah Simone, British-Canadian actress
- Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
- 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
- Charlie David, Canadian actor
- Dominic Tabuna, Nauruan politician
- 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
- Julien Absalon, French mountain biker
- Vanessa Carlton, American singer
- August 17
- David Legwand, American ice hockey player
- Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer and musician
- August 18 – Damion Stewart, Jamaican footballer
- August 19
- Darius Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter
- Adrian Lulgjuraj, Albanian singer
- August 21
- Jon Lajoie, Canadian comedian
- Paul Menard, American race car driver
- August 23
- Rex Grossman, American football player
- Joanne Froggatt, British voice artist
- August 24 – Rachael Carpani, Australian actress
- August 26
- Macaulay Culkin, American actor
- Chris Pine, American actor
- August 27 – Derrick Strait, American football player
- August 28 – Debra Lafave, American teacher
- August 29
- William Levy, Cuban-American actor
- David West, American basketball player
September
- September 2 – Dany Sabourin, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- September 3
- Jennie Finch, American softball player
- Polina Smolova, Belarusian singer
- September 4 – Max Greenfield, American actor
- September 5 – Kevin Simm, English singer (Liberty X)
- September 6
- Kerry Katona, English TV presenter and former pop star (Atomic Kitten)
- Samuel Peter, Nigerian boxer and heavyweight champion
- Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
- September 7
- Nigar Jamal, Azerbaijani singer, Eurovision Song Contest 2011 winner
- Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
- Mark Prior, American baseball player
- September 8
- Eric Hutchinson, American singer-songwriter
- Neferteri Shepherd, African-American model and actress
- September 9
- Denise Quiñones, Puerto Rican actress, Miss Universe 2001
- Michelle Williams, American actress
- September 10 – Mikey Way, British musician (My Chemical Romance)
- September 11 – Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
- September 12
- Sean Burroughs, American baseball player
- Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
- Hiroyuki Sawano, Japanese composer
- September 13
- Ben Savage, American actor
- Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player
- September 15
- Ben Wolff, American actor (d. 2015)
- Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese singer
- Faiz Khaleed, Malaysian astronaut
- September 21
- Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
- Autumn Reeser, American actress
- 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
- Patrick Agyemang, Ghanaian footballer
- Dallas Green, musician
- Zachary Levi, American actor and singer
- September 30
- Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
- Emily Kokal, vocalist, guitarist
- Arisa Ogasawara, Japanese voice actress
- Guillermo Rigondeaux, Cuban boxer
October
- October 1 – Sarah Drew, American actress
- October 3 – Daniel DeSanto, Canadian actor and voice actor
- October 4
- Me'Lisa Barber, American athlete
- Joe Kennedy III, American lawyer
- Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer
- Ben Whishaw, English actor
- October 5
- James Toseland, English motorcycle racer
- Ti West, American film director
- October 8
- Michael Mizanin, American professional wrestler
- Nick Cannon, African-American actor, comedian, rapper, entrepreneur, record producer and broadcast personality
- October 10
- Sherine, Egyptian singer
- Lynn Hung, Hong Kong actress
- October 11
- Tomokazu Sugita, Japanese voice actor
- October 12
- Ledley King, English footballer
- Nadzeya Ostapchuk, Belarusian athlete
- October 13
- Ashanti, African-American singer
- Scott Parker, English footballer
- October 14
- Terrence McGee, American football player
- Ben Whishaw, English actor
- October 15 – Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
- October 16
- Sue Bird, Israeli-American basketball player
- Timana Tahu, Australian Rugby League player
- October 17
- Angel Parker, American actress
- Justin Shenkarow, American actor
- Yekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player
- October 18
- Erin Dean, American actress
- Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Indian cricket player
- October 19 – José Bautista, Dominican baseball player
- October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American socialite and television personality
- October 23 – Robert Belushi, American actor
- October 24
- Monica, African-American singer
- Casey Wilson, American actress and comedian
- October 28
- Alan Smith, English footballer
- Christy Hemme, American professional wrestler
- October 29 – Ben Foster, American actor
- October 31 – Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor and comedian
November
- November 4 – Sabrina Colie, Jamaican actress
- November 5
- Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
- Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
- Essaï Altounian, French-Armenian actor, singer-songwriter, keyboardist and music producer
- 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
- Denny Hamlin, American race car driver
- Dustin Kensrue, Canadian singer
- François Duval, Belgian rally driver
- Junichi Okada, Japanese singer
- Luke Chadwick, English footballer
- Mathew Baynton, English actor and writer
- Minori Chihara, Japanese voice actress and singer
- November 19 – Adele Silva, English actress and model
- November 21
- Hank Blalock, American baseball player
- Hiroyuki Tomita, Japanese gymnast
- Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong actress
- November 22 – David Artell, English footballer
- November 23 – Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
- November 24 – Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
- November 25
- Rowly Dennis, English actor
- John-Michael Liles, American hockey player
- Nick Swisher, American baseball player
- November 26 – Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer
- November 28 – Lisa Middelhauve, German singer (Xandria)
- November 29
- Jason Griffith, American actor and voice actor
- Janina Gavankar, American actress and musician
- Ilias Kasidiaris, Greek politician
December
- December 1
- Angelique Bates, American actress, comedian, and rapper
- Joel A. Sutherland, Canadian author
- December 3
- Anna Chlumsky, American actress
- Jenna Dewan, American actress
- Jim Sorgi, American football player
- December 5 – Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese-born French trumpeter
- Shizuka Itō, Japanese voice actress
- December 6
- Steve Lovell, English footballer
- Kei Yasuda, Japanese singer
- December 7 – John Terry, English footballer
- December 9
- Simon Helberg, American actor and comedian
- Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian professional cyclist
- December 10 – Sarah Chang, American violinist
- December 13
- Satoshi Tsumabuki, Japanese actor
- Bosco Wong, Hong Kong actor
- December 15
- Neil McDermott, English actor
- Sergio Pizzorno, English guitarist and songwriter
- December 16 – Axle Whitehead, Australian actor and singer-songwriter
- December 18
- Baron Vaughn, American actor and comedian
- Christina Aguilera, American singer
- December 19
- Marla Sokoloff, American actress
- Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
- December 20
- Ashley Cole, English footballer
- Chris Edwards, English musician
- Fitz Hall, English footballer
- December 22
- Chris Carmack, American actor
- Matt Parker, Australian author
- December 23 – Cody Ross, American baseball player
- December 25 – Laura Sadler, English actress (d. 2003)
- December 27
- Bernard Berrian, American football player
- Cesaro, Swiss professional wrestler
- December 30 – Eliza Dushku, American actress
- December 31 – Richie McCaw, New Zealand rugby player
Deaths
January
- 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
- Maria Bolognesi, Italian Roman Catholic laywoman, mystic and blessed (b. 1924)
- Professor Longhair, American musician (b. 1918)
- January 31 – Eduardo Cáceres, Guatemalan politician (b. 1906)
February
- February 1 – Jack Bailey, American actor (b. 1907)
- February 2
- Hanna Rovina, Russian-born Israeli actress (b. 1889)
- William Howard Stein, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- 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
- Jerry Fielding, American conductor and music director (b. 1922)
- Graham Sutherland, English artist (b. 1903)
- February 18 – Gale Robbins, American singer and actress (b. 1921)
- February 19
- February 20
- Joseph Banks Rhine, American parapsychologist (b. 1895)
- Alice Longworth, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's daughter, wife of Nicholas Longworth (b. 1884)
- February 21 – Aldo Andreotti, Italian mathematician (b. 1924)
- February 22 – Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter and poet (b. 1886)
- February 23
- Enrico Celio, Swiss politician, 49th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1889)
- Robert Hayden, American poet (b. 1913)
- February 24
- Michael Browne, Irish Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1895)
- Clement Martyn Doke, South African linguist (b. 1893)
- 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
- Gil Elvgren, American pin-up artist (b. 1914)
- Yigal Allon, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1918)
March
- March 1
- Dixie Dean, English football player (b. 1907)
- Daniil Khrabrovitsky, Soviet film director (b. 1923)
- Wilhelmina, Dutch-born American high-fashion model and owner of model agency (b. 1940)
- 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
- Anna Jantar, Polish singer (b. 1950)
- Mohammad Hatta, Indonesia's first vice president (b. 1902)
- Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish naturalist and television presenter (b. 1928)
- 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
- John Barrie, Welsh actor (b. 1917)
- Pierre Etchebaster, French real tennis player (b. 1893)
- Óscar Romero, Salvadorian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1917)
- March 25
- March 28
- Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová, Czechoslovak illustrator (b. 1894)
- James Hayes, American-born Filipino Roman Catholic, Jesuit archbishop, missionary and servant of God (b. 1889)
- Dick Haymes, Argentine actor and singer (b. 1918)
- March 29 – Mantovani, Italian-born conductor and arranger (b. 1905)
- March 30
- David Sharpe, American actor (b. 1910)
- Tôn Đức Thắng, 2nd President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) (b. 1888)
- March 31
- Vladimír Holan, Czech poet (b. 1905)
- Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete (b. 1913)
April
- 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 – Ümit Kaftancıoğlu, Turkish writer (b. 1935)
- April 12
- Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker and billiards player (b. 1895)
- William R. Tolbert Jr., 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913)
- April 13 – Karl Stegger, Danish actor (b. 1913)
- April 15
- Raymond Bailey, American actor (b. 1904)
- Marshall Reed, American film and television actor (b. 1917)
- Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
- April 18 – Antonio Caponigro, American gangster (b. 1912)
- April 19
- April 20
- April 21 – Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (b. 1928)
- April 22
- Jane Froman, American singer and actress (b. 1907)
- Fritz Strassmann, German chemist (b. 1902)
- 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 Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician (b. 1898)
May
- May 1 – Henry Levin, American film director and actor (b. 1909)
- May 2
- George Pal, Hungarian-born animator and producer (b. 1904)
- Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-born cricketer (b. 1891)
- May 4
- Kay Hammond, English actress (b. 1909)
- Josip Broz Tito, Croatian-born Yugoslav communist military and political leader, 19th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and 1st President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
- 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
- Carl Ebert, German theatre and opera director (b. 1887)
- Fatmawati, First Lady of Indonesia (b. 1923)
- Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (b. 1912)
- May 16
- May 18
- David A. Johnston, American volcanologist (b. 1949) (killed by eruption of Mount St. Helens)
- Ian Curtis, English musician and singer (b. 1956)
- Reid Blackburn, photojournalist for National Geographic (b. 1952; also killed by eruption of Mount St. Helens)
- Harry R. Truman, Owner/Operator of Mt. St. Helens Lodge (b. 1896; killed by eruption of Mount St. Helens)
- May 20 – Jack Walsh, Australian cricketer (b. 1912)
- May 21 – Ida Kamińska, 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
- June 1 – Rube Marquard, American baseball player (New York Giants) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1886)
- June 7
- Richard Bonelli, American opera baritone (b. 1889)
- Henry Miller, American writer (b. 1891)
- Elizabeth Craig, British chef and writer (b. 1883)
- Salvator Gotta, Italian writer (b. 1887)
- Philip Guston, American painter (b. 1912)
- Marian Spychalski, Polish architect and politician, former head of State (b. 1908)
- June 8
- Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900)
- Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Brazilian football player (b. 1904)
- June 9 – Shyam Kumari Khan, Indian lawyer (b. 1904)
- June 12
- Billy Butlin, South African-born Canadian founder of Butlins Holiday Camps (b. 1899)
- Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1910)
- Milburn Stone, American actor (b. 1904)
- 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
- Clyfford Still, American painter (b. 1904)
- John Laurie, Scottish actor (b. 1897)
- V. V. Giri, Indian politician and 4th President of India (b. 1894)
- 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 – José Iturbi, Spanish conductor and musician (b. 1895)
July
- July – Robert Brackman, American painter (b. 1898)
- July 1 – C. P. Snow, British physicist and novelist (b. 1905)
- July 3
- Deng Hua, Chinese general (b. 1910)
- Abdelhamid Sharaf, 51st Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1939)
- 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 Bürger, 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
- Tony Catalano, American football player (b. 1895)
- Vladimir Vysotsky, Soviet singer-songwriter, poet and actor (b. 1938)
- 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
- August 1
- August 2 – Donald Ogden Stewart, American writer (b. 1894)
- August 9
- August 10
- Gareth Evans, British philosopher (b. 1946)
- Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and statesman, 3rd President of Pakistan (b. 1917)
- 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
- 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
- Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (b. 1896)
- Julio Franco Arango, Colombian Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1914)
- 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 Fouché, 5th President of South Africa (b. 1898)
- September 25
- John Bonham, British rock drummer (Led Zeppelin) (b. 1948)
- Lewis Milestone, American film director (b. 1895)
- Marie Under, Estonian poet (b. 1883)
- September 30
October
- 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
- Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician after whom Asperger syndrome was named (b. 1906)
- Valko Chervenkov, Bulgarian politician, 34th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1900)
- Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Argentine general, 28th President of Argentina (d. 1887)
- October 23 – Mariano Suárez, 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
- Steve Peregrin Took, British rock musician (b. 1949)
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
- October 29 – Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese politician and statesman, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1911)
- October 31 – Elizebeth Smith Friedman, American cryptographer (b. 1892)
November
- November 4
- Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (b. 1904)
- Johnny Owen, Welsh professional boxer (b. 1956)
- November 7 – Steve McQueen, American actor (b. 1930)
- November 9
- November 16
- Boris Aronson, Russian set designer (b. 1898)
- Imogen Hassall, English actress (b. 1942)
- November 18 – Conn Smythe, Canadian NHL coach (b. 1895)
- November 19 – E. J. Bowen, English chemist (b. 1898)
- November 20
- Avtandil Gogoberidze, Soviet football player (b. 1922)
- John McEwen, Australian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)
- November 21 – Sara García, Mexican actress (b. 1895)
- November 22
- November 24 – George Raft, American actor (b. 1901)
- November 26 – Rachel Roberts, British actress (b. 1927)
- November 27 – F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (b. 1882)
- November 29
- Dorothy Day, American journalist, activist, Roman Catholic convert and Servant of God (b. 1897)
- Babe London, American actress and comedian (b. 1901)
December
- December 2
- Jean Donovan, American Roman Catholic missionary (b. 1953)
- Murder of the Three American Roman Catholic fellow missionaries by Salvadorian military:
- Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born writer (b. 1914)
- December 3 – Sir Oswald Mosley, British fascist leader (b. 1896)
- December 4
- Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer, 109th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
- Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-born runner (b. 1911)
- 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
- Colonel Sanders, American fast-food entrepreneur (b. 1890)
- Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (b. 1900)
- Peter Collinson, British film director (b. 1936)
- December 17 – Chiang Kuei, Chinese novelist (b. 1908)
- December 18
- Frances Fuller, American actress (b. 1907)
- Alexei Kosygin, Soviet politician, Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1904)
- Sir Albert Margai, 2nd Prime Minister of Sierra Leone (b. 1910)
- December 19 – Héctor José Cámpora, 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
- Karl Dönitz, German admiral and 4th President of Germany (b. 1891)
- Heikki Liimatainen, Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1894)
- Siggie Nordstrom, American model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer (b. 1893)
- 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
- Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and professor (b. 1911)
- Raoul Walsh, American film director (b. 1887)
Date Unknown
- Nureddine Rifai, 25th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1899)
Movies released
- Airplane!
- The Blue Lagoon
- The Blues Brothers
- The Gods Must Be Crazy
- The Island
- Popeye
- Stir Crazy
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Used Cars
- 9 to 5
TV Series
- Gumby Adventures – The first Gumby in 1980's. Gumby episode is "The Music Ball", "Shrink-a-Dink" and "Hatching Out" in November 1, 1980 first aired.
Hit Songs
- "A Forest" – The Cure
- "All Out of Love" – Air Supply
- "Any Way You Want It" – Journey
- "Another One Bites The Dust"-Queen
- "Ashes To Ashes" – David Bowie
- "Babe" – Styx
- "Back Together Again" – Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
- "Borrowed Time" – Styx
- "Breaking the Law" – Judas Priest
- "Cheap Wine" – Cold Chisel
- "Fool in the Rain" – Led Zeppelin
- "Freewill" – Rush
- "Good Morning Girl" – Journey
- "Hungry Heart" – Bruce Springsteen
- "I Can't Tell You Why" – The Eagles
- "I Hope I Never – Split Enz
- "Living After Midnight" – Judas Priest
- "London Calling" – The Clash
- "Love The World Away" – Kenny Rogers
- "Metal Gods" – Judas Priest
- "On And On And On" – ABBA
- "People – Mi-Sex
- "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" – Aerosmith
- "Sexy Eyes" – Dr. Hook
- "Stay Awhile" – Journey
- "Suddenly" – Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard
- "Super Trouper" – ABBA
- "The Winner Takes It All" – ABBA
- "Too Late" – Journey
- "Train in Vain" – The Clash
- "Tulsa Time" – Eric Clapton
- "Turn It On Again" – Genesis
- "Why Me" – Styx
- "You May Be Right" – Billy Joel
- (Just Like) Starting Over – John Lennon
- Another Brick In The Wall, Part II – Pink Floyd
- Another One Bites The Dust- Queen
- Call Me – Blondie
- Coming Up – Paul McCartney & Wings
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
- It's Still Rock And Roll To Me – Billy Joel
- Lady – Kenny Rogers
- Magic -Olivia Newton-John
- Rock With You – Michael Jackson
- Upside Down – Diana Ross
- Woman In Love – Barbra Streisand
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