Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1980

Y G Parthasarathy was a Tamil playwright, drama troupe owner and film actor who founded the drama troupe United Amateur Artistes (UAA) along with his friend Padmanabhan in 1952. His wife Y G Rajalakshmi was a popular educationist while his son Y G Mahendra is a film actor.Veteran Actress Vyjayanthimala is his Niece

Robert Edward "Bo" Rein was an American football and baseball player and football coach. He was a two-sport athlete at Ohio State University and served as the head football coach at North Carolina State University from 1976 to 1979, compiling a record of 27–18–1. Following the 1979 season, Rein had assumed the role as head coach at Louisiana State University, but was killed in an aircraft accident in January 1980 before he ever coached a game for the Tigers. Rein is the namesake of football player awards at Ohio State and NC State.

Roland Barthes fue un filósofo, escritor, ensayista y semiólogo francés.

Ellen Jane Froman fue una cantante y actriz estadounidense.

Cosmé McMunn, who used the name Cosmé McMoon, was an Irish-Mexican-American pianist and composer, best known as the accompanist to notably tone-deaf soprano Florence Foster Jenkins.

Eugene Willford "Gene" Markey was an American author, producer, screenwriter, and highly decorated naval officer.

Nelson Rodrigues fue un importante e influyente periodista, escritor y dramaturgo brasileño. La obra de Rodrigues es extensa y se caracteriza por su crítica ácida a las costumbres de la sociedad brasileña, sobre todo la moralidad contradictoria de la burguesía y clase media carioca.

Katharina "Katia" Hedwig Pringsheim.

Joy Adamson fue una naturalista austriaca conocida por su libro Born free , en el que narra las experiencias que vivió para salvar a una leona llamada Elsa.La novela alcanzó popularidad gracias a una serie televisiva del mismo título.

İlhan Erdost was a Turkish publisher.