List of Famous people who died at 80

Alain Bombard was a French biologist, physician and politician famous for sailing in a small boat across the Atlantic Ocean without provision. He theorized that a human being could very well survive the trip across the ocean without provisions and decided to test his theory himself in order to save thousands of lives of people lost at sea.

William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany, MC PC was a Scottish Unionist Party politician.

Latif Nassif Jassim was an Iraqi politician and leader of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.

Gyula Horn was a Hungarian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary from 1994 to 1998.

Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier was a Roman Catholic bishop.

Thea Altaras was a Croatian-German architect who was known by her research and publications on Jewish monuments in Hesse, Germany.

Julia Warhola was the mother of the American artist Andy Warhol.