List of persons deceased in 1980

This is a list of persons deceased in 1980 .

January 1 [ edit ]

 * Pietro Nenni (88), Italian politician

January 3 [ edit ]

 * Joy Adamson (69), British nature researcher and writer
 * Lucien Buysse (87), Belgian cyclist

January 4 [ edit ]

 * Tobie Goedewaagen (84), Dutch philosopher and politician

January 6 [ edit ]

 * Piersanti Mattarella (44), Italian politician

January 7 [ edit ]

 * Frants Edvard X (75), Dutch architect

January 9 [ edit ]

 * Gaetano Belloni (87) Italian cyclist

January 10 [ edit ]

 * Louis Bagpipes (75), Surinamese union official

January 12 [ edit ]

 * Finn Ronne (80), U.S. explorer

January 13 [ edit ]

 * Andre Kostelanetz (78), American conductor

January 15 [ edit ]

 * José Van Gucht (66), Belgian painter

January 16 [ edit ]

 * Carel Blazer (68), Dutch photographer and resistance fighter
 * Annie Salomons (94), Dutch writer and poet

January 17 [ edit ]

 * Alexander Nesmeyanov (80), Russian chemist
 * Agustín Yáñez (75), Mexican writer and politician

January 18 [ edit ]

 * Carel Frederik Kellenbach (82), Dutch amateur painter

January 22 [ edit ]

 * Gerhardus Dieters (77), Dutch politician
 * Camille Verfaillie (87), Belgian cleric

January 23 [ edit ]

 * Giovanni Michelotti (68), Italian car designer

January 24 [ edit ]

 * Lil Dagover (92), German actress

January 25 [ edit ]

 * Sepp Schwindhackl (70), Austrian composer
 * Frans Wildenhain (74), German sculptor

January 26 [ edit ]

 * Dolly Rudeman (77), Dutch graphic designer

January 27 [ edit ]

 * Hans Aeschbacher (74), Swiss painter and sculptor
 * Tore Ljungqvist (74), Swedish water polo player

January 28 [ edit ]

 * Kroger Babb (73), American film producer

January 29 [ edit ]

 * Jimmy Durante (86), American comedian
 * Antonio Molina (85), Filipino composer and conductor

January 30 [ edit ]

 * William Peden (73), Canadian cyclist
 * Professor Longhair (61), American pianist and singer

February 1 [ edit ]

 * Gastone Nencini (49) Italian cyclist

February 2 [ edit ]

 * William Stein (68), American biochemist

February 3 [ edit ]

 * Kurt Harald Isenstein (81), Danish sculptor
 * Pedro Sabido (85), Filipino politician and diplomat

February 4 [ edit ]

 * Edith Summerskill (78), British politician

February 6 [ edit ]

 * Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (54), German princess

February 8 [ edit ]

 * Hans Herbert (51), Dutch footballer
 * Zezé Procopio (66), Brazilian footballer

February 9 [ edit ]

 * Antoine Pompe (106) Belgian architect

February 11 [ edit ]

 * Paavo Yrjölä (77), Finnish athlete

February 13 [ edit ]

 * David Janssen (48), American actor
 * Maurits Kiek (70) Dutch resistance fighter
 * Jo Meynen (78), Dutch politician
 * Marian Rejewski (74), Polish cryptologist

February 16 [ edit ]

 * Erich Hückel (83), German physicist

February 17 [ edit ]

 * Graham Sutherland (76), British painter

February 19 [ edit ]

 * Bon Scott (33), British-Australian singer ( AC / DC )

February 20 [ edit ]

 * JB Rhine (84), American parapsychologist

February 21 [ edit ]

 * Alfred Andersch (66), German writer

February 22 [ edit ]

 * Enrico Celio (90), Swiss politician
 * Oskar Kokoschka (93), Austrian-British painter

February 23 [ edit ]

 * Hans Hüttig (85), German war criminal
 * Robert Vandekerckhove (62) Belgian politician

February 24 [ edit ]

 * Emile Joly (75), Belgian cyclist

February 28 [ edit ]

 * Piero Bargellini (82), Italian writer and politician
 * Raymond Broger (63), Swiss politician

February 29 [ edit ]

 * Yigal Allon (62), Israeli politician

March 4 [ edit ]

 * John Martin mugwort (88), Dutch chemist

March 5 [ edit ]

 * Adolf Bodmer (76), Swiss politician

March 6 [ edit ]

 * Willem de Vries Lentsch (93), Dutch sailor

March 8 [ edit ]

 * Max Miedinger (69) Swiss type designer
 * Henry Steel (84), Dutch police officer

March 9 [ edit ]

 * Jan Buskes (80), Dutch theologian

March 11 [ edit ]

 * Obbo John Sharp House (88) Dutch mayor

March 12 [ edit ]

 * Ernő Gerő (81), Hungarian politician

March 14 [ edit ]

 * Henk Blom Vliet (69), Dutch footballer
 * Manlio Brosio (82), Italian politician
 * Muhammad Hatta (77), Indonesian politician
 * Anna Jantar (29), Polish singer

March 16 [ edit ]

 * José Guadalupe Zuno (88), Mexican politician

March 17 [ edit ]

 * Rudolf Escher (68), Dutch composer
 * Boun Oum (67), Laotian politician
 * Rafael Paasio (76), Finnish politician

March 18 [ edit ]

 * Jerzy Bulanow (76), Polish footballer
 * Jessica Dragonette (80), American singer and actress
 * Erich Fromm (79), German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst and philosopher
 * Ludwig Guttmann (80), German neurologist and sports director
 * Tamara de Lempicka (82), Polish painter

March 22 [ edit ]

 * Hélio Oiticica (42), Brazilian artist

March 23 [ edit ]

 * Jacob Miller (27), Jamaican reggae artist
 * Arthur Okun (51), American economist
 * Gil Puyat (72), Filipino politician

March 24 [ edit ]

 * Óscar Romero (62), archbishop of San Salvador

March 25 [ edit ]

 * Roland Barthes (64), French literary critic and philosopher
 * Milton H. Erickson (78), American psychiatrist
 * Walter Susskind (66), British composer

March 29 [ edit ]

 * Vicente López Carril (37), Spanish cyclist
 * Mantovani (74), Italian-British conductor

March 30 [ edit ]

 * Cor Gorter (72), Dutch physicist
 * Sally Noah (70) Dutch resistance fighter
 * Tôn Đức Thắng (91), President of Vietnam

March 31 [ edit ]

 * Jesse Owens (66), American athlete

April 2 [ edit ]

 * Valentin Denis (63), Belgian art historian

April 4 [ edit ]

 * Han Groenewegen (91), Dutch architect
 * Red Sovine (61), American country singer

April 5 [ edit ]

 * Johan Briede (94), Dutch graphic designer
 * Max Cetto (77), German-Mexican architect

April 6 [ edit ]

 * John Henry Collier (78), British writer

April 8 [ edit ]

 * Boy Edgar (65), Dutch jazz musician
 * Avil Geerinck (63) Belgian politician
 * Vera van Haeften (83), Dutch actress

April 11 [ edit ]

 * Maurice Blomme (63), Belgian cyclist

April 12 [ edit ]

 * William R. Tolbert, Jr. (66), President of Liberia

April 14 [ edit ]

 * Gianni Rodari (59), Italian writer

April 15 [ edit ]

 * Paul Langton (66), American actor
 * Frans van Lennep (90), Dutch historian
 * Jean-Paul Sartre (74), French writer and philosopher

April 20 [ edit ]

 * Helmut Käutner (72), German film director

April 21 [ edit ]

 * Lee Jordan (94), Dutch film critic and cartoonist
 * Alexander Oparin (86), Russian biologist
 * Theo Rutten (80), Dutch politician
 * Sohrab Sepehri (51), Iranian poet and painter

April 22 [ edit ]

 * Henry Let (80), Dutch painter
 * Fritz Strassmann (78), German nuclear physicist

April 24 [ edit ]

 * Alejo Carpentier (75), Cuban writer

April 26 [ edit ]

 * Honoré Colsen (94), Dutch political activist
 * Cicely Courtneidge (87), British actress

April 27 [ edit ]

 * Mario Bava (64), Italian film director

April 28 [ edit ]

 * Andrija Anković (42), Yugoslavian-Croatian footballer

April 29 [ edit ]

 * Alfred Hitchcock (80), British film director

April 30 [ edit ]

 * Luis Muñoz Marín (82), Puerto Rican politician
 * Léon-Eli Troclet (77), Belgian politician

May 1 [ edit ]

 * Fred Ormskerk (57), Surinamese military

May 2 [ edit ]

 * George Pal (72), Hungarian-American film director

May 3 [ edit ]

 * Marcel Slootmaeckers (76), Belgian composer and musician

May 4 [ edit ]

 * Josip Broz Tito (87), President of Yugoslavia

May 6 [ edit ]

 * Lola Cornero (88), German actress and singer

May 7 [ edit ]

 * Jetty Riecker (85), Dutch actress

May 10 [ edit ]

 * Emiel Faignaert (60), Belgian cyclist

May 12 [ edit ]

 * Lillian Roth (69), American singer and actress
 * Ulbo de Sitter (78), Dutch geologist

May 13 [ edit ]

 * Umbo (78), German photographer

May 14 [ edit ]

 * Hugh Griffith (67), British actor
 * Fatmawati Soekarno (57) Indonesian first lady

May 15 [ edit ]

 * Len Lye (78), New Zealand film director, sculptor, author and poet

May 16 [ edit ]

 * Pita Grilk (74), Dutch poet

May 17 [ edit ]

 * Gündüz Kılıç (61), Turkish footballer and football coach
 * Joop Lücker (66), Dutch journalist
 * Amaury de Merode (77), member of Belgian nobility

May 18 [ edit ]

 * Ian Curtis (23), British singer ( Joy Division )
 * David Johnston (30), U.S. volcanologist
 * Johan to Garner (73), Dutch actor

May 21 [ edit ]

 * Ida Kaminska (80), Polish actress
 * Cyril Ryckaert (81), Belgian politician and physician

May 25 [ edit ]

 * Gerarda Hurenkamp-Bosgoed (110), the oldest resident of the Netherlands

June 2 [ edit ]

 * Vasja Pirc (72) Slovenian chess

June 5 [ edit ]

 * Antoine Delfosse (84), Belgian politician
 * Jean Tarride (79), French film director and actor

June 7 [ edit ]

 * Philip Guston (66), American painter and draftsman
 * Henry Miller (88), American writer

June 8 [ edit ]

 * Guus Albregts (79), Dutch politician
 * Ernst Busch (80), German singer, actor and director

June 9 [ edit ]

 * Leonhard Huizinga (73), Dutch writer

June 11 [ edit ]

 * Ruth Aarons (70), American tennis player
 * Arie Pieter Minderhoud (78), Dutch driver
 * Han Surink (54), Dutch actor

June 12 [ edit ]

 * Masayoshi Ohira (70), Japanese politician
 * Milburn Stone (75), American actor

June 13 [ edit ]

 * Frederick Koopman (92), Dutch rower
 * Walter Rodney (38) Guyaans activist and historian

June 15 [ edit ]

 * Sergio Pignedoli (70), Italian cleric

June 17 [ edit ]

 * Eduard Büchsel (63), German organist
 * Lazaro Francisco (82), Filipino writer

June 18 [ edit ]

 * Kazimierz Kuratowski (84), Polish mathematician
 * André Leducq (76), French cyclist

June 19 [ edit ]

 * Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (64), Spanish politician
 * Jijé (66), Belgian cartoonist

June 20 [ edit ]

 * William Emanuel Juglall (81), Surinamese politician
 * Allan Pettersson (68), Swedish composer

June 21 [ edit ]

 * Bert Kaempfert (56), German composer and conductor

June 22 [ edit ]

 * Dick Wama (63), Dutch comedian

June 23 [ edit ]

 * Ite Boerema (77), Dutch physician
 * Sanjay Gandhi (33), Indian politician, son of Indira Gandhi
 * John Laurie (83), British actor
 * Jan Smeekens (59), Dutch weightlifter
 * Clyfford Still (75), American painter

June 26 [ edit ]

 * Ignatius Jacob III (67), Patriarch of Antioch

June 28 [ edit ]

 * José Iturbi (84), Spanish conductor

June 30 [ edit ]

 * Virginia Brown Faire (76), American actress

July 1 [ edit ]

 * Walter Bresseleers (52) Belgian architect
 * CP Snow (74), British politician and writer

July 2 [ edit ]

 * Tonnie Foletta (75), Dutch actor

July 4 [ edit ]

 * Gregory Bateson (76), British anthropologist and linguist
 * Maurice Grévisse (84), Belgian linguist

July 5 [ edit ]

 * A. J. Potter (61), Irish composer

July 9 [ edit ]

 * Arend Heyting (82), Dutch mathematician
 * Vinicius de Moraes (66), Brazilian poet and composer

July 10 [ edit ]

 * Joseph Nachtergaele (51), Belgian composer

July 12 [ edit ]

 * Pieter Biesiot (90), Dutch sculptor
 * Arsène Mersch (66), Luxembourg cyclist

July 13 [ edit ]

 * Seretse Khama (59), President of Botswana

July 15 [ edit ]

 * Ben Selvin (82), American bandleader

July 18 [ edit ]

 * Pierre Falize (53) Belgian politician
 * Sligte Ger (65), Dutch illustrator, painter and designer bookbinding

July 19 [ edit ]

 * Hans Morgenthau (76), American political scientist

July 20 [ edit ]

 * Piet Bouman (87), Dutch footballer
 * Gerard Croiset (71), Dutch psychic

July 21 [ edit ]

 * Rostislav Petera (70), Czech-Slovak politician

July 23 [ edit ]

 * Keith Godchaux (32), U.S. pianist
 * Fred Kaps (54), Dutch magician
 * Olivia Manning (72), British writer

July 24 [ edit ]

 * Peter Sellers (54), British actor

July 25 [ edit ]

 * Vladimir Vysotsky (42), Russian singer, actor and poet

July 26 [ edit ]

 * Allen "Farina" Hoskins (59), American actor

July 27 [ edit ]

 * Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (60), Shah of Iran
 * Gerard van Walsum (80), Dutch politician

July 28 [ edit ]

 * Dimo Kazasov (93) Bulgarian politician
 * Haydée Santamaría (58) Cuban revolution fighter

July 29 [ edit ]

 * Joop van der Heide (63), Dutch footballer
 * Age Scheffer (79), Dutch journalist

July 30 [ edit ]

 * Pascal Jardin (46), French writer
 * Elli Schmidt (71), East German politician

July 31 [ edit ]

 * Pascual Jordan (78), German physicist
 * Mohammed Rafi (55), Indian singer

August 1 [ edit ]

 * Patrick Depailler (35), French race car driver
 * Strother Martin (61), American actor

August 3 [ edit ]

 * Dionýz Ilkovič (73), Slovak physical chemist

August 4 [ edit ]

 * Vicente de la Mata (62), Argentine footballer

August 6 [ edit ]

 * Marino Marini (79), Italian sculptor
 * Charles Urbanus sr. (66), Dutch baseball player

August 9 [ edit ]

 * Elliott Nugent (83), American actor and film director

August 10 [ edit ]

 * Yahya Khan (63), President of Pakistan
 * Patrick Pons (27), French motorcycle racer

August 12 [ edit ]

 * Siegfried Borries (68), German violinist

August 13 [ edit ]

 * Langdün Kunga Wangchug (64) Tibetan politician

August 14 [ edit ]

 * Dorothy Stratten (20), American model

August 19 [ edit ]

 * Otto Frank (91), father of Anne Frank

August 20 [ edit ]

 * Joe Dassin (41), French singer
 * Wolfgang Gröbner (81), Austrian mathematician

August 22 [ edit ]

 * Colin Gordon (72) Guyaans athlete
 * Norman Shelley (77), British actor

August 23 [ edit ]

 * Gerhard Hanappi (51), Austrian football player and architect
 * Wim Steyn (66), Dutch painter

August 24 [ edit ]

 * Yootha Joyce (53), British actress

August 26 [ edit ]

 * Rosa Albach-Retty (105), Austrian actress
 * Tex Avery (72), U.S. animator
 * Jimmy Forrest (60), American jazz saxophonist
 * John White (66), Dutch clergyman, poet and lyricist

August 27 [ edit ]

 * Gene Kardos (81), American violinist and big band leader

August 29 [ edit ]

 * Louis Darquier de Pellepoix (82), French politician and collaborator

September 3 [ edit ]

 * Barbara O'Neil (70), U.S. actress

September 8 [ edit ]

 * Willard Libby (71), American chemist

September 10 [ edit ]

 * Friedrich Hossbach (85), German General

September 12 [ edit ]

 * Gerard van Krevelen (71), Dutch composer
 * Dušan Matić (82), Yugoslavian poet

September 14 [ edit ]

 * José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones (81), Spanish politician
 * Are Walrecht (69), Dutch painter

September 15 [ edit ]

 * Bill Evans (51), U.S. pianist

September 16 [ edit ]

 * Peter Moors (74) Dutch bishop
 * Jean Piaget (84), Swiss psychologist

September 17 [ edit ]

 * Anastasio Somoza Debayle (54), President of Nicaragua

September 18 [ edit ]

 * Jan van No (57), Dutch footballer

September 20 [ edit ]

 * Frits van Alphen (85), Dutch artist
 * Josias Braun-Blanquet (96), Swiss botanist

September 21 [ edit ]

 * Valdir Azevedo (57), Brazilian composer
 * Gerhard Wilhelm Julius Gelderman (76) Dutch military
 * Willem Ravelli (88), Dutch opera singer

September 25 [ edit ]

 * John Bonham (32), British drummer ( Led Zeppelin )
 * Lewis Milestone (84), American film director
 * Marie Under (97), Estonian poet

September 26 [ edit ]

 * Anne Bowes-Lyon (62), member of British nobility and Danish royal family
 * Pieter van der Hoeven (68), Dutch philosopher, organist, physicist and mathematician

September 27 [ edit ]

 * Dietrich von Saucken (88), German General

September 30 [ edit ]

 * Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (58), member of German nobility

October 2 [ edit ]

 * Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (65), member Prussian nobility

October 3 [ edit ]

 * Albéric O'Kelly de Galway (69) Belgian chess
 * Armand Swartenbroeks (88), Belgian footballer
 * Gustav Wagner (69), Austrian war criminal

October 4 [ edit ]

 * Ernst Ehlers (70), German war criminal
 * Salah Tarazi (62), Syrian diplomat and right

October 6 [ edit ]

 * Jean Robic (59), French cyclist

October 7 [ edit ]

 * Jan Cox (61), Belgian painter

October 9 [ edit ]

 * Leo Gloss (69), Surinamese artist

October 15 [ edit ]

 * Albert Descamps (64), Belgian cleric and driver
 * Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (71), Greek prince, anthropologist and tibetoloog

October 16 [ edit ]

 * Carl Romme (83), Dutch politician

October 17 [ edit ]

 * Richard Gavin Reid (101), Canadian politician

October 20 [ edit ]

 * Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (86), Icelandic politician
 * Robert Whittaker (59), American ecologist and taxonomist

October 21 [ edit ]

 * Hans Asperger (74), Austrian physician
 * Valko Chervenkov (80) Bulgarian politician

October 25 [ edit ]

 * Philip of Hesse-Kassel (83), German politician

October 26 [ edit ]

 * Marcelo Caetano (74), Portuguese politician

October 27 [ edit ]

 * Steve Peregrin Took (31), British drummer
 * John van Vleck (81), American physicist

October 29 [ edit ]

 * George Borg Olivier (69), Maltese politician

October 31 [ edit ]

 * Krijn of Dijke (70), Dutch artist
 * Jan Werich (75), Czech-Slovak actor

November 1 [ edit ]

 * French Detiège (70) Belgian politician
 * Lammert Wiersma (98), Dutch poet

November 2 [ edit ]

 * Bernard Kemp (54), Belgian writer
 * Angel Nakpil (66), Filipino architect

November 3 [ edit ]

 * Harry Bordon (59), Dutch singer

November 4 [ edit ]

 * Peter Broeker (51), Canadian racing driver

November 7 [ edit ]

 * Steve McQueen (50), American film actor

November 8 [ edit ]

 * Maurice Thöni (83), Swiss composer

November 10 [ edit ]

 * Lucien Van Nuffel (66), Belgian athlete, soccer and football referee

November 11 [ edit ]

 * Henry Waalkens jr., (82) Dutch mayor

November 12 [ edit ]

 * Andrei Amalric (42), Soviet Russian writer and dissident
 * Haya van Someren (54), Dutch politician
 * Alexander Voormolen (85), Dutch composer

November 17 [ edit ]

 * Jan De Spot (68), Belgian journalist and director

November 19 [ edit ]

 * Jan Broeksz (74), Dutch journalist, politician and director
 * Friedrich Weller (91), German linguist

November 20 [ edit ]

 * John McEwen (80), Australian politician

November 21 [ edit ]

 * Henriette van Eyk (83), Dutch writer
 * Lucas Wensing (82), Dutch actor

November 22 [ edit ]

 * Arie "Malando" Maasland (72), Dutch conductor
 * Mae West (87), American actress

November 23 [ edit ]

 * Jan Boots (68), Dutch radio presenter

November 24 [ edit ]

 * George Raft (79), American actor

November 26 [ edit ]

 * Pete DePaolo (82), American race car driver
 * Rachel Roberts (53), British actress

November 28 [ edit ]

 * Amedee Verbruggen (94), Belgian politician

December [ Edit ]
December 3 [ edit ]
 * Oswald Mosley (84), British politician

December 4 [ edit ]

 * Adelino Amaro da Costa (37), Portuguese politician
 * Jenő Brandi (67), Hungarian water polo player
 * Francisco Sá Carneiro (46), Portuguese politician
 * Stanisława Walasiewicz (69), Polish athlete

December 5 [ edit ]

 * Gerrit Keizer (70), Dutch footballer

December 8 [ edit ]

 * John Lennon (40), British singer
 * Petar Trifunović (70), Croatian chess

December 11 [ edit ]

 * Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (88), member of German nobility
 * Hawayo Takata (79), Japanese Reiki master

December 13 [ edit ]

 * Hans Richter Haaser (68), German pianist
 * Harm van Riel (73), Dutch politician

December 15 [ edit ]

 * Rudolph Cleveringa (86), Dutch jurist

December 16 [ edit ]

 * Colonel Sanders (90), American businessman

December 18 [ edit ]

 * Alexei Kosygin (76) Soviet-Russian politician
 * Albert Margai (70), Sierra Leoons politician

December 23 [ edit ]

 * Henry Adams (80), Dutch politician
 * Jan Vaerten (71), Belgian artist

December 24 [ edit ]

 * Karl Doenitz (89), German admiral and politician
 * Alec Wilder (73), American composer

December 25 [ edit ]

 * Louis Neefs (43), Belgian singer

December 26 [ edit ]

 * Richard Chase (30), American serial killer
 * Tony Smith (68), U.S. sculptor
 * Egidio Vagnozzi (74), Italian Cardinal

December 27 [ edit ]

 * Peet Petersen (39), Dutch footballer

December 29 [ edit ]

 * Tim Hardin (39), American singer
 * Nadezhda Mandelstam (81), Russian writer

December 30 [ edit ]

 * Fernand Alexander (53), Belgian physician

December 31 [ edit ]

 * Kenny Eaton (64), American race car driver
 * Marshall McLuhan (69), Canadian media scholar

Date unknown [ edit ]

 * Gerritdina Benders-Letteboer (app. 70) Dutch resistance fighter