List of Famous people who died at 80

Herbert Harold Read FRS, FRSE, FGS, was a British geologist and Professor of Geology at Imperial College. From 1947-1948 he was president of the Geological Society.

Vasily Alexandrovich Starodubtsev was a Soviet and Russian politician and governor of Tula Oblast from 1997 to 2005. He was also one of the GKChP members during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt and was a leader of the Agrarian Party of Russia.

George D. Barrows was an American actor known for playing Ro-Man in the film Robot Monster. He was the son of actor Henry A. Barrows. He often wore a gorilla suit for his film roles. Excluding his gorilla roles, Barrows usually played bit parts in films and was rarely credited for his work.

Tom Kristensen, was a Danish poet, novelist, literary critic and journalist.

Gavin Lambert was a British-born screenwriter, novelist and biographer who lived for part of his life in Hollywood. His writing was mainly fiction and nonfiction about the film industry.