List of Famous people who died at 80

Li Jingquan was a Chinese Hakka politician and the first Party Committee Secretary (governor) of Sichuan following the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. He supported many of Mao Zedong's policies including the Great Leap Forward.

Xiao Jun, born Liu Honglin (劉鴻霖), was a Chinese author and intellectual from Linghai, Liaoning, China. Of Manchu ethnicity, Xiao's most famous work in China is his 1934 novel Village in August (八月的鄉村) which gained both popular and critical praise as anti-Japanese literature. He, along with Xiao Hong, is considered one of the most representative authors of the left-wing Northeast Authors Group (東北作家群). The names Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun were chosen by each author so that when put together they would be xiao xiao hongjun.

Zhang Dazhi was a Chinese military officer and politician, lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army. He served, most notably, as Commander of the Lanzhou Military Region from 1955 to 1969, and Commander of the PLA Artillery Forces from 1969 to 1977.

Xu Shiyou was a general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Abderrahmane Farès was the Chairman of the Provisional Executive of Algeria from 13 April 1962 to 20 September 1962.

Dadang Hawari was an Indonesian psychiatrist.

Moran Mor Paul II Peter Meouchi, was the 74th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1955 until his death in 1975 and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Ezer Weizman listen (help·info) was the seventh President of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Air Force and Minister of Defense.

Police Brigadier General Jeanne Mandagi was the first Indonesian woman to become a general in the Indonesian National Police. She also served as an expert consultant at the Indonesian National Narcotics Agency and was active in dealing with drug eradication in Indonesia.