List of Famous people who died at 80

Anton Moortgat was a Belgian archaeologist. He was the first full professor for the archaeology of the ancient near east in Germany.

Rashad Pharaon (1912–1990) was a Syrian-born Saudi Arabian medical doctor who served as the personal physician of Ibn Saud, founder of Saudi Arabia. He also held various official posts during the reigns of three consecutive Saudi kings, King Saud, King Faisal and King Khalid.

Jules Frederic Humbert-Droz was a Swiss Communist and a founding member of the Communist Party of Switzerland. He held high Comintern office through the 1920s and also acted as Comintern emissary to several west European countries, and was involved in the Right Opposition in 1928. Prior to becoming a Communist, Humbert-Droz was a pastor. He became a social democrat in the 1940s and served as general secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland from 1946 to 1965.

K. C. Wu was a Chinese political figure and historian. Among other offices, he served as Mayor of Shanghai and as Chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government.