1980 deaths

American physicist (1907-1980)

English artist (1903–1980)

Russian mathematician (1900-1980)

French footballer (1908-1980)

Guyanese Marxist, Pan-Afrianist, and historian (1942-1980)

Finnish politician and lawyer (1929–1980)

American economist (1928-1980)

British writer (1913–1980)

Hungarian-American film director (1908—1980)

German general (1894-1980)

American actress and director (1932–1980)

Polish film director (1908–1980)

German jurist, soldier, and member of the resistance against Adolf Hitler (1907-1980)

Spanish politician (1898-1980)

American-Estonian opera singer and actress (1909-1980)

Finnish middle distance runner (1906–1980)

French cyclist (1921–1980)

Cuban revolutionary (1920-1980)

German-American philosopher (1921–1980)

American playwright (1890-1980)

Japanese director, screenwriter, producer, actor (1905–1980)

Canadian Playmate and actress (1960–1980)

German prince, head of the Electoral House of Hesse and member of the Nazi Party (1896-1980)

South Korean military officer (1926-1980)

German rocket scientist (1900–1980)

Spanish politician (1915-1980)

Finnish decathlete (1902–1980)

British statistician (1895-1980)

Soviet chemist specializing in organometallic chemistry

Swiss botanist (1884–1980)

Soviet mathematician (1890–1980)

Italian footballer (1925–1980)

Indian actor, director and producer (1926–1980)

British film director (1904–1980)

Laotian politician (1912–1980)

Cuban footballer (1912-1980)

Spanish footballer (1911-1980)

German general (1892-1980)

German actress (1891–1967)

Lithuanian journalist (1899-1980)

actor (1904–1980)

Icelandic politician (1915-1980)

Brazilian footballer (1940-1980)

dictator of Uruguay (1896-1980)

operatic soprano and pedagogue (1891–1980)

French film director, screenwriter and actor

Polish singer (1950-1980)

American writer and socialite (1884–1980)

American athlete (1906–1980)

American actress, singer (1910-1980)

Croatian footballer (1937-1980)

Soviet shipbuilder (1916-1980)

German writer, Thomas Mann's wife and Alfred Pringsheim's daughter

Argentinian actor and singer (1918–1980)

American artist (1904-1980)

Georgian artist (1896-1980)

historian of Modern Age, political scientist, pedagogue, penman, university teacher (1916-1980)

actress (1899-1980)

film director (1896-1980)

Soviet actor, film and theatre director, screenwriter (1902-1980)