List of Famous people who died at 80

Paul Delouvrier was a French civil servant who was awarded the Erasmus Prize in 1985. He was born in Remiremont, Vosges and died in Provins.

Lamoraal Ulbo de Sitter was a Dutch sociologist and Professor of business administration at the Radboud University Nijmegen, known for his seminal work in the field of sociotechnical system in the Netherlands.

Sergey Mergelyan was a Soviet Armenian mathematician, who made major contributions to the Approximation Theory. The modern Complex Approximation Theory is based on Mergelyan's classical work. Corresponding Member Academy of Sciences of USSR, member of NAS ASSR.

Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano was a Spanish engineer and Roman Catholic bishop. He served as the prelate of Opus Dei between 1982 and 1994 as the successor to Josemaría Escrivá.

Walter Elliott (November 19, 1903 – August 10, 1984 was an American sound editor who won Best Sound Editing at the 1963 Academy Awards. He was the first person to win this award. He won for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo, GCMG, GCSK, QC, was a Mauritian politician, minister and Governor-General of Mauritius.