| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Harold Adamson |
Songwriter |
10-Dec-1906 |
17-Aug-1980 |
Time on My Hands |
| Joy Adamson |
Naturalist |
20-Jan-1910 |
3-Jan-1980 |
Born Free |
| Herbert Agar |
Journalist |
29-Sep-1897 |
24-Nov-1980 |
The People's Choice |
| Emmett Ashford |
Baseball |
23-Nov-1914 |
1-Mar-1980 |
Baseball's first black umpire |
| Hans Asperger |
Doctor |
18-Feb-1906 |
21-Oct-1980 |
Asperger's Syndrome |
| Tex Avery |
Cartoonist |
26-Feb-1908 |
26-Aug-1980 |
Creator of Porky Pig and Daffy Duck |
| Raymond Bailey |
Actor |
6-May-1904 |
15-Apr-1980 |
Milburn on Beverly Hillbillies |
| Roland Barthes |
Critic |
12-Nov-1915 |
23-Mar-1980 |
Structuralist literary critic, S/Z |
| Gregory Bateson |
Anthropologist |
9-May-1904 |
4-Jul-1980 |
Steps to an Ecology of Mind |
| Mario Bava |
Film Director |
31-Jul-1914 |
27-Apr-1980 |
Black Sunday |
| Samuel D. Berger |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1911 |
12-Feb-1980 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64 |
| Dana X. Bible |
Football |
8-Oct-1891 |
19-Jan-1980 |
Legendary Texas football coach |
| John Bonham |
Drummer |
31-May-1948 |
24-Sep-1980 |
Drummer for Led Zeppelin, 1968-80 |
| Barbara Britton |
Actor |
26-Sep-1919 |
17-Jan-1980 |
Mr. and Mrs. North |
| Manlio Brosio |
Diplomat |
10-Jul-1897 |
14-Mar-1980 |
NATO Secretary General, 1964-71 |
| Edward Bullard |
Physicist |
21-Sep-1907 |
3-Apr-1980 |
Continental drift, magnetic fields |
| Azaria Chamberlain |
Victim |
11-Jun-1980 |
17-Aug-1980 |
Reportedly eaten by dingoes |
| Gower Champion |
Theater Director |
22-Jun-1921 |
25-Aug-1980 |
Show Boat |
| Jackie Cochran |
Aviator |
11-May-1906 |
9-Aug-1980 |
First woman to break the sound barrier |
| Marc Connelly |
Playwright |
13-Dec-1890 |
21-Dec-1980 |
The Green Pastures |
| Cicely Courtneidge |
Actor |
1-Apr-1893 |
26-Apr-1980 |
The Ghost Train |
| Darby Crash |
Singer |
26-Sep-1958 |
7-Dec-1980 |
The Germs |
| Ian Curtis |
Singer |
15-Jul-1956 |
18-May-1980 |
Lead singer of Joy Division |
| Lil Dagover |
Actor |
30-Sep-1887 |
24-Jan-1980 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
| Dorothy Day |
Activist |
8-Nov-1897 |
29-Nov-1980 |
Founder of the Catholic Worker movement |
| Harold W. Dodds |
Educator |
28-Jun-1889 |
25-Oct-1980 |
President, Princeton University, 1932-57 |
| Karl Doenitz |
Military |
16-Sep-1891 |
2-Dec-1980 |
U-Boat admiral |
| Forrest C. Donnell |
Politician |
20-Aug-1884 |
3-Mar-1980 |
Governor and Senator from Missouri |
| William O. Douglas |
Judge |
16-Oct-1898 |
19-Jan-1980 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-75 |
| Jimmy Durante |
Comic |
10-Feb-1893 |
20-Jan-1980 |
Everybody wants ta get inta da act |
| Ray Eliot |
Football |
13-Jun-1905 |
24-Feb-1980 |
Illini Head Coach, 1942-59 |
| Bill Evans |
Jazz Musician |
16-Aug-1929 |
15-Sep-1980 |
Jazz pianist |
| George H. Fallon |
Politician |
24-Jul-1902 |
21-Mar-1980 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1945-71 |
| Herbie Faye |
Actor |
2-Feb-1899 |
28-Jun-1980 |
Cpl. Fender on The Phil Silvers Show |
| Terence Fisher |
Film Director |
23-Feb-1904 |
18-Jun-1980 |
Dracula, Prince of Darkness |
| Virgil Fox |
Organist |
3-May-1912 |
25-Oct-1980 |
Organist at the Riverside Church |
| Otto Frank |
Relative |
12-May-1889 |
19-Aug-1980 |
Father of Anne Frank |
| Elizebeth Friedman |
Scientist |
26-Aug-1892 |
31-Oct-1980 |
America's first female cryptanalyst |
| Jane Froman |
Singer |
10-Nov-1907 |
22-Apr-1980 |
The Jane Froman Show |
| Erich Fromm |
Psychologist |
23-Mar-1900 |
18-Mar-1980 |
Psychoanalyst, Humanist |
| Helen Gahagan |
Actor |
25-Nov-1900 |
28-Jun-1980 |
Actress, California Congresswoman |
| Reginald Gardiner |
Actor |
27-Feb-1903 |
7-Jul-1980 |
English-American character actor |
| Romain Gary |
Novelist |
8-May-1914 |
2-Dec-1980 |
Roots of Heaven |
| E. Urner Goodman |
Administrator |
15-May-1891 |
13-Mar-1980 |
Cofounder, Order of the Arrow |
| Bette Nesmith Graham |
Inventor |
23-Mar-1924 |
12-May-1980 |
Correction fluid |
| C. Hartley Grattan |
Author |
19-Oct-1902 |
25-Jun-1980 |
The Southwest Pacific |
| John Howard Griffin |
Author |
16-Jul-1920 |
9-Sep-1980 |
Black Like Me |
| Hugh Griffith |
Actor |
30-May-1912 |
14-May-1980 |
Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur |
| Victor Gruen |
Architect |
18-Jul-1903 |
14-Feb-1980 |
Popularized the shopping mall |
| Tim Hardin |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Dec-1941 |
29-Dec-1980 |
If I Were a Carpenter |
| Robert Hayden |
Poet |
4-Aug-1913 |
25-Feb-1980 |
Words in the Mourning Time |
| Dick Haymes |
Singer |
13-Sep-1916 |
28-Mar-1980 |
State Fair |
| Alfred Hitchcock |
Film Director |
13-Aug-1899 |
29-Apr-1980 |
Master of Suspense |
| José Iturbi |
Pianist |
28-Nov-1895 |
28-Jun-1980 |
Spanish pianist, conductor at Rochester |
| Hattie Jacques |
Actor |
7-Feb-1922 |
6-Oct-1980 |
Carry on... |
| David Janssen |
Actor |
27-Mar-1931 |
13-Feb-1980 |
The Fugitive |
| Merrill Jensen |
Historian |
1905 |
30-Jan-1980 |
The Articles of Confederaton |
| John D. Jernegan |
Diplomat |
12-Jun-1911 |
7-Nov-1980 |
US Ambassador to Iraq, 1958-62 |
| Pascual Jordan |
Physicist |
18-Oct-1902 |
31-Jul-1980 |
Founder of Quantum Mechanics |
| Barnaby C. Keeney |
Educator |
17-Oct-1914 |
18-Jun-1980 |
President of Brown University, 1955-66 |
| Doug Kenney |
Comic |
10-Dec-1946 |
27-Aug-1980 |
National Lampoon cofounder |
| Erle C. Kenton |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1896 |
28-Jan-1980 |
House of Frankenstein |
| Yahya Khan |
Head of State |
4-Apr-1917 |
10-Aug-1980 |
President of Pakistan, ordered Bengali genocide |
| Oskar Kokoschka |
Painter |
1-Mar-1886 |
22-Feb-1980 |
Austrian expressionist painter |
| André Kostelanetz |
Conductor |
22-Dec-1901 |
13-Jan-1980 |
André Kostelanetz Presents |
| Alexei Kosygin |
Head of State |
20-Feb-1904 |
18-Dec-1980 |
Premier of the Soviet Union, 1964-80 |
| John Laurie |
Actor |
25-Mar-1897 |
23-Jun-1980 |
Pvt. James Frazer on Dad's Army |
| John Lennon |
Musician |
9-Oct-1940 |
8-Dec-1980 |
Beatle |
| Henry Levin |
Film Director |
5-Jun-1909 |
1-May-1980 |
The Lonely Man |
| Willard F. Libby |
Chemist |
17-Dec-1908 |
8-Sep-1980 |
Carbon-14 dating technique |
| James B. Longley |
Politician |
22-Apr-1924 |
16-Aug-1980 |
Governor of Maine, 1975-79 |
| Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
Socialite |
12-Feb-1884 |
20-Feb-1980 |
The Other Washington Monument |
| Allard Lowenstein |
Politician |
16-Jan-1929 |
14-Mar-1980 |
Congressman, New York 5th |
| Grace Lumpkin |
Novelist |
3-Mar-1891 |
1980 |
To Make My Bread |
| Olivia Manning |
Novelist |
2-Mar-1908 |
23-Jul-1980 |
Fortunes of War |
| Mantovani |
Conductor |
15-Nov-1905 |
29-Mar-1980 |
Popular light orchestral conductor |
| Strother Martin |
Actor |
26-Mar-1919 |
1-Aug-1980 |
Cool Hand Luke |
| John William Mauchly |
Physicist |
30-Aug-1907 |
8-Jan-1980 |
ENIAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I computers |
| John W. McCormack |
Politician |
21-Dec-1891 |
22-Nov-1980 |
Speaker of the House, 1962-70 |
| James S. McDonnell |
Business |
9-Apr-1899 |
22-Aug-1980 |
Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co. |
| John McEwen |
Head of State |
29-Mar-1900 |
20-Nov-1980 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1967-68 |
| Charles McGraw |
Actor |
10-May-1914 |
30-Jul-1980 |
Armored Car Robbery |
| Marshall McLuhan |
Author |
21-Jul-1911 |
31-Dec-1980 |
The medium is the message |
| Steve McQueen |
Actor |
24-Mar-1930 |
7-Nov-1980 |
The Great Escape |
| Carey McWilliams |
Journalist |
13-Dec-1905 |
27-Jun-1980 |
Editor of The Nation, 1955-75 |
| George Meany |
Labor Leader |
16-Aug-1894 |
10-Jan-1980 |
AFL-CIO President, 1955-79 |
| Kay Medford |
Actor |
14-Sep-1914 |
10-Apr-1980 |
Bye Bye Birdie |
| Kurt Mendelssohn |
Mathematician |
7-Jan-1906 |
18-Sep-1980 |
Cryogenics and pyramids |
| Max Miedinger |
Typographer |
24-Dec-1910 |
8-Mar-1980 |
Designed the Helvetica typeface |
| Lewis Milestone |
Film Director |
30-Sep-1895 |
25-Sep-1980 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Henry Miller |
Novelist |
26-Dec-1891 |
7-Jun-1980 |
Tropic of Cancer |
| Oswald Mosley |
Politician |
16-Nov-1896 |
3-Dec-1980 |
Founder of the British Union of Fascists |
| Carmel Myers |
Actor |
4-Apr-1899 |
9-Nov-1980 |
Ben-Hur |
| Arthur C. Nielsen |
Business |
5-Sep-1897 |
1-Jun-1980 |
Founder of A.C. Nielsen ratings company |
| Elliott Nugent |
Film Director |
20-Sep-1896 |
9-Aug-1980 |
My Favorite Brunette |
| Barbara O'Neil |
Actor |
17-Jul-1910 |
3-Sep-1980 |
Ellen O'Hara in Gone with the Wind |
| Arthur M. Okun |
Economist |
28-Nov-1928 |
23-Mar-1980 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-69 |
| Jesse Owens |
Track and Field |
12-Sep-1913 |
31-Mar-1980 |
Four track and field medals in 1936 Olympics |
| George Pal |
Film Director |
1-Feb-1908 |
2-May-1980 |
The Time Machine |
| Gail Patrick |
Actor |
20-Jun-1911 |
6-Jul-1980 |
Love Crazy |
| Lynn Patrick |
Hockey |
3-Feb-1912 |
26-Jan-1980 |
Bruins, St. Louis Blues GM |
| Jean Piaget |
Psychologist |
9-Aug-1896 |
17-Sep-1980 |
Elaborated the stages of childhood |
| Alexander M. Poniatoff |
Business |
1892 |
1980 |
Founder of Ampex |
| Katherine Anne Porter |
Author |
15-May-1890 |
18-Sep-1980 |
Ship of Fools |
| Barbara Pym |
Novelist |
2-Jun-1913 |
11-Jan-1980 |
Some Tame Gazelle |
| George Raft |
Actor |
26-Sep-1895 |
24-Nov-1980 |
Actor with Mafia ties |
| Lillian Randolph |
Actor |
14-Dec-1898 |
12-Sep-1980 |
Birdie on The Great Gildersleeve |
| Marshall Reed |
Actor |
28-May-1917 |
15-Apr-1980 |
Insp. Fred Asher on The Lineup |
| Stanley Reed |
Judge |
31-Dec-1884 |
2-Apr-1980 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1938-57 |
| Duncan Renaldo |
Actor |
23-Apr-1904 |
3-Sep-1980 |
The Cisco Kid |
| Joseph Banks Rhine |
Paranormal |
29-Sep-1885 |
20-Feb-1980 |
Father of modern parapsychology |
| Rachel Roberts |
Actor |
20-Sep-1927 |
26-Nov-1980 |
This Sporting Life |
| Lillian Roth |
Actor |
13-Dec-1910 |
12-May-1980 |
I'll Cry Tomorrow |
| Muriel Rukeyser |
Poet |
15-Dec-1913 |
12-Feb-1980 |
The Book of the Dead |
| Colonel Sanders |
Business |
9-Sep-1890 |
16-Dec-1980 |
Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| Jean-Paul Sartre |
Philosopher |
21-Jun-1905 |
15-Apr-1980 |
Nausea, No Exit |
| Gordon E. Sawyer |
unspecified |
27-Aug-1905 |
15-Mar-1980 |
Sound for West Side Story |
| Dore Schary |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Aug-1905 |
7-Jul-1980 |
President of MGM, 1951-56 |
| Bon Scott |
Musician |
9-Jul-1946 |
19-Feb-1980 |
Lead Singer for AC/DC |
| William J. Sebald |
Diplomat |
5-Nov-1901 |
Aug-1980 |
Chief US FSO in Japan, 1947-52 |
| Peter Sellers |
Actor |
8-Sep-1925 |
24-Jul-1980 |
Inspector Clouseau |
| Shah of Iran |
Royalty |
26-Oct-1919 |
27-Jul-1980 |
Last Shah of Iran |
| James C. Shannon |
Politician |
21-Jul-1896 |
6-Mar-1980 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1948-49 |
| Jay Silverheels |
Actor |
26-May-1912 |
5-Mar-1980 |
Tonto on The Lone Ranger |
| Jacques Singer |
Conductor |
9-May-1910 |
11-Aug-1980 |
Music Director, Oregon Symphony, 1962-72 |
| Conn Smythe |
Hockey |
1-Feb-1895 |
18-Nov-1980 |
Longtime owner, Toronto Maple Leafs |
| C. P. Snow |
Author |
15-Oct-1905 |
1-Jul-1980 |
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution |
| Anastasio Somoza |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1925 |
17-Sep-1980 |
Dictator of Nicaragua |
| Red Sovine |
Country Musician |
17-Jul-1918 |
4-Apr-1980 |
The Old Syrup Sopper |
| William H. Stein |
Chemist |
25-Jun-1911 |
2-Feb-1980 |
Amino-acid analyzer |
| Karel Stepanek |
Actor |
29-Oct-1899 |
25-Dec-1980 |
Czech-English actor, played Germans |
| Donald Ogden Stewart |
Author |
30-Nov-1894 |
2-Aug-1980 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| George R. Stewart |
Author |
31-May-1895 |
22-Aug-1980 |
Earth Abides |
| Clyfford Still |
Painter |
30-Nov-1904 |
23-Jun-1980 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Milburn Stone |
Actor |
5-Jul-1904 |
12-Jun-1980 |
Doc Adams on Gunsmoke |
| Dorothy Stratten |
Actor |
28-Feb-1960 |
14-Aug-1980 |
Actress, centerfold |
| Walter Susskind |
Conductor |
1-May-1913 |
25-Mar-1980 |
Director, Toronto Symphony, 1956-65 |
| Willie Sutton |
Criminal |
30-Jun-1901 |
2-Nov-1980 |
Because that's where the money is |
| Billie Thomas |
Actor |
12-Mar-1931 |
10-Oct-1980 |
Buckwheat on The Little Rascals |
| Melvin E. Thompson |
Politician |
1-May-1903 |
3-Oct-1980 |
Governor of Georgia, 1947-48 |
| Josip Broz Tito |
Head of State |
7-May-1892 |
4-May-1980 |
Communist dictator of Yugoslavia |
| George Tobias |
Actor |
14-Jul-1901 |
27-Feb-1980 |
Abner Kravitz on Bewitched |
| Ivan Triesault |
Actor |
14-Jul-1898 |
3-Jan-1980 |
The Amazing Transparent Man |
| Kenneth Tynan |
Critic |
2-Apr-1927 |
26-Jul-1980 |
British theatre critic |
| Romolo Valli |
Actor |
7-Feb-1925 |
1-Feb-1980 |
Il Gattopardo |
| John H. van Vleck |
Physicist |
13-Mar-1899 |
27-Oct-1980 |
Quantum theory of paramagnetism |
| Bobby Van |
Actor |
6-Dec-1928 |
31-Jul-1980 |
Broadway actor |
| Patrick Gordon Walker |
Politician |
7-Apr-1907 |
2-Dec-1980 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1964-66 |
| Raoul Walsh |
Film Director |
11-Mar-1887 |
31-Dec-1980 |
The Naked and the Dead |
| Stella Walsh |
Track and Field |
3-Apr-1911 |
4-Dec-1980 |
Olympic sprinter found to be actually male |
| Mae West |
Actor |
17-Aug-1893 |
22-Nov-1980 |
Go up and see her sometime |
| Larry Williams |
Musician |
10-May-1935 |
7-Jan-1980 |
Bony Moronie and Dizzy Miss Lizzie |
| James Wright |
Poet |
13-Dec-1927 |
25-Mar-1980 |
The Branch Will Not Break |
| O. V. Wright |
Singer |
9-Oct-1939 |
16-Nov-1980 |
Southern gospel and soul singer |
| Victor Sen Yung |
Actor |
18-Oct-1915 |
9-Nov-1980 |
Hop Sing on Bonanza |
