List of Famous people who died at 80

Sir Joscelyn Ambrose Cramer Coghill, 7th Baronet was an Anglo-Irish actor and aristocrat, being the 7th Baronet Coghill (1981–1983).

Mary Kendall Browne was an American professional tennis player and an amateur golfer. She was born in Ventura County, California.

André Zimmermann was a French cyclist.

Inge Danielsson was a Swedish footballer who played as a forward. He played for Ifö/Bromölla IF, Helsingborgs IF, AFC Ajax and IFK Norrköping. Danielsson also played 17 international games for Sweden, scoring 8 goals.

Diki Tsering was the mother of three reincarnated Rinpoches/Lamas: Lhamo Thondup, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th reincarnated Dalai Lama; Thubten Jigme Norbu, the 6th reincarnated Taktser Rinpoche; and Tendzin Choegyal, the 16th reincarnated Ngari Rinpoche. In the article The Discourse of Lama, Qianlong Emperor condemned families with multiple reincarnated Rinpoches/Lamas, and reincarnated lamas including the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama.

Vergílio António Ferreira, JOSE was a Portuguese writer, essayist, professor and a key figure in Portuguese-language literature. His prolific literary output, comprising works of fiction, philosophical essays and literary diaries, are generally divided into neorealism, dominant in Portuguese fiction at the time, and existentialism.

Márta Antal-Rudas was a javelin thrower from Hungary. She competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and finished in ninth, second and fourth place, respectively.

Madeleine Ozeray, was a French stage and film actress. She appeared in many films between 1932 and 1980. She is the godmother of theater actor, dancer and singer Frédéric Norbert.

Caitlin Thomas was an author and the wife of the poet and writer Dylan Thomas. Their marriage was a stormy affair, fuelled by alcohol and infidelity, though the couple remained together until Dylan's death in 1953. After his death, she wrote the book Leftover Life to Kill, an account of her self-exile to Italy. She paints a portrait of a grieving widow seeking solace in distance, a younger lover, and alcohol.

Jean Nohain (1900–1981) was a French playwright, lyricist, and screenwriter, as well as a noted radio and television producer and presenter. He was the son of the librettist Franc-Nohain and the brother of the actor Claude Dauphin.