# 1980

1980 in other calendars| Gregorian calendar | 1980 *MCMLXXX* |
| Ab urbe condita | 2733 |
| Armenian calendar | 1429 ԹՎ ՌՆԻԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6730 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 136–137 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1901–1902 |
| Bengali calendar | 1387 |
| Berber calendar | 2930 |
| British Regnal year | 28 Eliz. 2 – 29 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2524 |
| Burmese calendar | 1342 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7488–7489 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4676 or 4616     *— to —* 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4677 or 4617 |
| Coptic calendar | 1696–1697 |
| Discordian calendar | 3146 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1972–1973 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5740–5741 |
| Hindu calendars |  |
|  - *Vikram Samvat* | 2036–2037 |
|  - *Shaka Samvat* | 1901–1902 |
|  - *Kali Yuga* | 5080–5081 |
| Holocene calendar | 11980 |
| Igbo calendar | 980–981 |
| Iranian calendar | 1358–1359 |
| Islamic calendar | 1400–1401 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōwa 55 (昭和５５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1912–1913 |
| Juche calendar | 69 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4313 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 69 民國69年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 512 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2523 |
| Tibetan calendar | ས་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Earth-Sheep) 2106 or 1725 or 953     *— to —* ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Monkey) 2107 or 1726 or 954 |
| Unix time | 315532800 – 347155199 |

**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

Greg Cipes
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Zooey Deschanel
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Estelle
Jason Segel
Xavi
Marat Safin
Nick Carter
Josh Kelley
Wilmer Valderrama
* 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

Matthew Lawrence
Christina Ricci
Jason Ritter
Justin Roiland
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Chelsea Clinton
* 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

Laura Prepon
Johan Olsson
Ronaldinho
Kate Micucci
* 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

Randy Orton
Charlie Hunnam
Waylon
Reagan Gomez-Preston
Daniel MacPherson
Jordana Brewster
Channing Tatum
* 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
	+ Lee Spick, English snooker player (d. 2015)
	+ Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor
	+ Kazuhito Tadano, Japanese baseball player
* 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

Ellie Kemper
Gotye
Steven Gerrard
* 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

Mike Fisher
Sarah Connor
Jessica DiCicco
Melissa Rauch
* 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

Olivia Munn
Harbhajan Singh
Eva Green
Michelle Kwan
Jessica Simpson
Kristen Bell
Jacinda Ardern
* 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
	+ Reggie Abercrombie, American baseball player
	+ BxB Hulk, Japanese professional wrestler
	+ JW-Jones, Canadian blues musician
	+ Jasper Pääkkönen, Finnish actor and film producer
	+ Julia Perez, Indonesian singer and actress (d. 2017)
* 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
	+ Mark Webber, American actor
* July 20
	+ Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian supermodel
	+ Jin Goo, South Korean actor
* 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 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

Macaulay Culkin
Chris Pine
William Levy
Joanne Froggatt
* 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

Nigar Jamal
Michelle Williams
Mike Comrie
Yao Ming
Zachary Levi
* 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

Joe Kennedy III
Nick Cannon
Kim Kardashian
Monica
Ben Foster
* 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

Luke Hemsworth
Ryan Gosling
Monique Coleman
Isaac Hanson
Nick Swisher
* 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

Simon Helberg
Christina Aguilera
Jake Gyllenhaal
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Eliza Dushku
* 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

Jimmy Durante
* January 1
	+ Adolph Deutsch, American composer (b. 1897)
	+ Frank Wykoff, American Olympic athlete (b. 1909)
* 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
	+ Bo Rein, American football coach (b. 1945)
	+ George Meany, American labor leader (b. 1894)
* 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
	+ Walter Pym, Australian actor (b. 1905)
	+ Teresa Noce, Italian labor leader, activist, and journalist (b. 1900)
* 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
	+ Hans Aeschbacher, Swiss sculptor (b. 1906)
	+ Peppino De Filippo, Italian actor (b. 1903)
	+ Eric Wyndham White, British administrator and economist, first Director-General of the GATT (b. 1913)
* 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

Oskar Kokoschka
Yigal Allon
* 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
	+ Isadora Bennett, American publicity agent (b. 1900)
	+ Nikos Xilouris, Greek pop singer (b. 1936)
	+ Francesco Zucchetti, French Olympic cyclist (b. 1902)
* 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
	+ Robert Morrison, British Olympic rower (b. 1902)
	+ Bon Scott, Scottish-born Australian rock singer (b. 1946)
* 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
	+ George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901)
	+ Shin'ichi Hisamatsu, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889)
* 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

Mohammad Hatta
Óscar Romero
Tôn Đức Thắng
Jesse Owens
* 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
	+ Jessica Dragonette, American singer (b. 1900)
	+ Elsa Goveia, Guyanese-born Jamaican scholar (b. 1925)
	+ Erich Fromm, German-born psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
	+ Louise Lovely, Australian actress (b. 1895)
	+ Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (b. 1898)
* 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
	+ Roland Barthes, French literary critic and writer (b. 1915)
	+ Erminio Macario, Italian actor (b. 1902)
	+ Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
	+ James Wright, American poet (b. 1927)
	+ Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (b.1901)
* 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

William R. Tolbert Jr.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Mario Bava
Alfred Hitchcock
* 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
	+ John Collier, English writer (b. 1901)
	+ Nils Ericson, Swedish actor (b. 1906)
* 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
	+ Charles Seel, American actor (b. 1897)
	+ Tony Beckley, English character actor (b. 1927)
* April 20
	+ Katherine Kennicott Davis, American composer (b. 1892)
	+ Helmut Käutner, German director (b. 1908)
* 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
	+ Mario Bava, Italian director (b. 1914)
	+ John Culshaw, British recording producer and musicologist (b. 1924)
* 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

Josip Broz Tito
* 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
	+ Isla Cameron, British actress (b. 1930)
	+ Margaret Cole, British politician (b. 1893)
* May 8 – Geoffrey Baker, English field marshal (b. 1912)
* May 9
	+ Prince Himalaya of Nepal (b. 1921)
	+ Kate Molale, South African anti-apartheid activist (b. 1928)
* 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
	+ José Calvo, Spanish actor (b. 1916)
	+ Marin Preda, Romanian writer (b. 1922)
* 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

Masayoshi Ōhira
* 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

Peter Sellers
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
* 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
	+ Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia (b. 1901)
	+ Reginald Gardiner, English actor (b. 1903)
	+ Dore Schary, American film writer, director and producer (b. 1905)
	+ Dan White, American actor (b. 1908)
* 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
	+ Red Barry, American actor (b. 1912)
	+ Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician (b. 1890)
* 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
	+ Allen Hoskins, American actor (b. 1920)
	+ Kenneth Tynan, English theatre critic (b. 1927)
* 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
	+ Pascual Jordan, German physicist (b. 1902)
	+ Bobby Van, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1928)

### August

Yahya Khan
* August 1
	+ Patrick Depailler, French racing driver (b. 1944)
	+ Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)
* August 2 – Donald Ogden Stewart, American writer (b. 1894)
* August 9
	+ Harry Bell, Australian footballer (b. 1897)
	+ Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906)
	+ Elliott Nugent, American actor (b. 1896)
* 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

Jean Piaget
John Bonham
* September 3
	+ Barbara O'Neil, American actress (b. 1909)
	+ Dirch Passer, Danish actor (b. 1926)
	+ Duncan Renaldo, American actor (b. 1904)
* September 4
	+ Pepe Abad, Spanish-born Chilean television presenter and radio host (b. 1932)
	+ George Murray Burnett, British mathematician and chemist (b. 1921)
* 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
	+ John McGuire, American actor (b. 1929)
	+ Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1922)

### October

Edelmiro Julián Farrell
* 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
	+ Virgil Fox, American organist (b. 1912)
	+ Víctor Galíndez, Argentine boxer (race car accident) (b. 1948)
	+ Sahir Ludhianvi, Urdu/Hindustani poet and Hindi film lyricist (b. 1921)
* 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

Steve McQueen
John McEwen
Sara García
Mae West
* 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
	+ Gloria Guinness, Mexican-born American fashion icon (b. 1912)
	+ Carmel Myers, American actress (b. 1899)
	+ Victor Sen Yung, American actor (b. 1915)
* 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
	+ Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1901)
	+ Mae West, American actress (b. 1893)
* 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

John Lennon
Colonel Sanders
Alexei Kosygin
Héctor José Cámpora
Karl Dönitz
* December 2
	+ Jean Donovan, American Roman Catholic missionary (b. 1953)
	+ Murder of the Three American Roman Catholic fellow missionaries by Salvadorian military:
		- Maura Clarke (b. 1931)
		- Ita Ford (b. 1940)
		- Dorothy Kazel (b. 1939)
	+ 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
	+ Bruno Bartolozzi, Italian composer (b. 1911)
	+ Erich Jantsch, Austrian astrophysicist (b. 1929)
	+ Severino Montano, Filipino actor, director and playwright (b. 1915)
* 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
	+ Alfredo Barrera Vásquez, Mexican anthropologist (b. 1900)
	+ Sam Levene, American actor (b. 1905)
* 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