John Lennon (1940-1980)
Rock Singer
1
Colonel Sanders (1890-1980)
Entrepreneur
2
Steve McQueen (1930-1980)
Movie Actor
3
Otto Frank (1889-1980)
4
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)
Director
5
Jesse Owens (1913-1980)
Runner
6
Bon Scott (1946-1980)
7
Sara García (1895-1980)
Movie Actress
8
Josip Tito (1892-1980)
Politician
9
John Bonham (1948-1980)
Drummer
10
Ian Curtis (1956-1980)
Punk Singer
11
Mae West (1893-1980)
12
Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980)
Model
13
Peter Sellers (1925-1980)
14
Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1980)
Non-Fiction Author
15
Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
Family Member
16
Jimmy Francis Durante (1893-1980)
Comedian
17
Oswald Mosley (1896-1980)
18
Dixie Dean (1907-1980)
Soccer Player
19
Vance Randolph (1892-1980)
Novelist
20
Wilhelmina Cooper (1939-1980)
21
Joe Dassin (1938-1980)
Pop Singer
22
Darby Crash (1958-1980)
23
David A. Johnston (1949-1980)
Geologist
24
Bill Evans (1929-1980)
Pianist
25
Jacob Miller (1952-1980)
Reggae Singer
26
Sohrab Sepehri (1928-1980)
Poet
27
John Howard Griffin (1920-1980)
Memoirist
28
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
Philosopher
29
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980)
World Leader
30
Keith Godchaux (1948-1980)
31
Jack Bailey (1907-1980)
Game Show Host
32
Barbara O'Neil (1910-1980)
33
Óscar Romero (1917-1980)
Religious Leader
34
Emmett Ashford (1914-1980)
Umpire
35
Gareth Evans (1946-1980)
36
Elston Howard (1929-1980)
Baseball Player
37
Hans Asperger (1906-1980)
Neurologist
38
Lillian Roth (1910-1980)
39
Bert Kaempfert (1923-1980)
Jazz Singer
40
Karl Dönitz (1891-1980)
41
Vinicius de Moraes (1913-1980)
42
Uttam Kumar (1926-1980)
43
Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Civil Rights Leader
44
Boun Oum (1912-1980)
45
Tex Avery (1908-1980)
Cartoonist
46
GS Fraser (1915-1980)
47
Rachel Fuller Brown (1898-1980)
Inventor
48
Celebrities Born in 1980
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