1980 suicides

French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)

British musician (1956–1980)

British actress (1927-1980)

Australian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (1900-1980)

Holocaust perpetrator (1911-1980)

American serial killer, cannibal and necrophiliac (1950–1980)

Polish film director (1908–1980)

American singer (1935–1980)

Cuban rebel & civil servant (1923–1980)

American actor (1912-1980)

Mahalakshmi Menon, known by her stagename Shobha (23 September 1962 – 1 May 1980), was an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam and Tamil films. At the age of 17, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1979 Tamil film Pasi. She also received three Kerala State Film Awards: for Best Actress (1978), Best Supporting Actress (1977) and Best Child Artist (1971); and two Filmfare Awards South for Best Actress in Kannada (1978) and Tamil (1979) films. Considered one of the finest talents to have emerged in the Indian film world, her promising career was cut

Ukrainian writer (1931–1980)

English actress (1942-1980)

American racecar driver (1940–1980)

Croatian painter (1910–1980)

American musician (1958–1980)

film actor and director (1938-1980)

French theoretical physicist (1946-1980)

painter (1919-1980)

German writer (1914–1980)

Indian actress

Canadian murderer (1951–1980)

Scottish historian and biographer (1946-1980)

American football player (1939-1980)

Italian historian and politician (1892–1980)