List of Famous people who are 80

Marco Bollesan was an Italian rugby union player, coach and manager.

Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne,, is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He previously held cabinet positions in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary of State for Employment, Secretary of State for the Environment and Home Secretary.

Thomas J. Kelly is an American cancer researcher whose work focuses on the molecular mechanisms of DNA replication. Kelly is director of the Sloan-Kettering Institute, the basic research arm of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He holds the Center's Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research.

Cassam Uteem, GCSK is a Mauritian political figure who served as President of Mauritius from 30 June 1992 to 15 February 2002 and is the longest serving President of Mauritius, having served for nine years.

Barbara Frischmuth is an Austrian writer of poetry and prose.

William Hughes Miller is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a leading researcher in the field of theoretical chemistry.