List of Famous people who born in 1980
Shela
Shela (シェラ) is a Japanese pop singer and actress made a debut under Avex Trax label. Before her career started, Shela was the lead vocalist and saxophonist of the three-member band FBI from 1997 to 1998. In 1999 she signed with Avex Trax, and embarked on a solo career. In 2004 she joined the band, Sunny-side Up, and split with the original line-up in 2005. As of 2009 Shela has made her comeback currently signed to the indie label Rosso Records.
David Otunga
David Daniel Otunga is an American actor, lawyer, and former professional wrestler currently signed with WWE as a panelist and color commentator. He was the runner-up on the first season of NXT. He is also an original member of The Nexus and The New Nexus, being the only member present through the entire duration of the stable in every incarnation. As part of the faction, he became a two-time WWE Tag Team Champion, having one reign each with fellow Nexus members John Cena and Michael McGillicutty.
Naoki Matayoshi
Naoki Matayoshi is a Japanese comedian, screenwriter, and novelist who won the Akutagawa Prize in 2015 for his book Hibana , which was adapted into the Netflix series Hibana: Spark.
Jason Schwartzman
Jason Francesco Schwartzman is an American actor. He frequently collaborates with Wes Anderson, such as Rushmore (1998), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Isle of Dogs (2018). His other film roles include Slackers (2002), Spun (2003), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Shopgirl (2005), Marie Antoinette (2006), Funny People (2009), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), and Klaus (2019). He also starred as a writer who moonlights as an unlicensed private detective in the HBO series Bored to Death (2009–2011), and as crime boss Josto Fadda in the fourth season of the FX anthology series Fargo (2020).
Kate Richardson-Walsh
Kate Louise Richardson-Walsh, is an Olympic Gold and Bronze Medal winning English field hockey player. She was capped a record 375 times for her country and was the England and Great Britain Captain for 13 years.
Hanno Koffler
Hanno Koffler is a German actor and musician. His most famous films include Summer Storm (2004), alongside Robert Stadlober and Krabat (2008), alongside Daniel Brühl and Tom Wlaschiha. Both films by German film director Marco Kreuzpaintner. His most outstanding work was in the movie Free Fall (2013), alongside Max Riemelt and Katharina Schüttler, directed by Stephan Lacant. He then starred in an Oscar-nominated film, Never Look Away (2018), directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and starring alongside Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, and Saskia Rosendahl.
Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under his real name and is a member of the Blackpool Combat Club stable, led by William Regal. Castagnoli is best known for his 11-year tenure in WWE from 2011 to 2022, where he performed under the ring name Cesaro. He’s also performed for Ring of Honor (ROH) and various independent promotions, including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), and Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH).
Eiko Koike
Eiko Koike is a Japanese actress.
Mike Comrie
Michael William Comrie is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. During his 13-year National Hockey League (NHL) career he played with the Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders, and the Pittsburgh Penguins. He retired in early 2012 after undergoing hip surgery for the third time.
Christine Theiss
Christine Anna Maria Theiss, maiden name Hennig, born February 22, 1980 in Greiz, Germany, is a German female kickboxer. Since 2007, she is the world champion in professional full contact kickboxing in the World Kickboxing Association (WKA). On December 7, 2012, she became the Super lightweight world champion in full contact kickboxing of the International Sport Karate Association (ISKA) and World Kickboxing and Karate Union (WKU). She lost her WKU championship in a title fight to Olga Stavrova on June 7, 2013, but regained the title on December 13, 2013 by defeating Olga Stavrova in a closely contested 10-round decision in what was announced to be her last fight.