List of Famous people who died at 80

Fredrik Skagen was a Norwegian writer.

Ralph Waldo Ellison was an American novelist, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953. He also wrote Shadow and Act (1964), a collection of political, social and critical essays, and Going to the Territory (1986). For The New York Times, the best of these essays in addition to the novel put him "among the gods of America's literary Parnassus." A posthumous novel, Juneteenth, was published after being assembled from voluminous notes he left upon his death.

Sir Siegmund George Warburg was a German-born English banker. He was a member of the prominent Warburg family. He played a prominent role in the development of merchant banking.

Esmat Bagherpour Baboli, also known as Delkash, was an Iranian diva singer and occasional actress with a rare and unique voice.

Claude Winter

Bolesław Woytowicz was a Polish pianist and composer.

Erland Kops was a badminton player from Denmark who won numerous major international singles and doubles titles from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.

Julio San Emeterio was a Spanish professional racing cyclist. He rode in five editions of the Tour de France.