List of Famous people who died in 1980

Komninos Pyromaglou, was a Greek teacher and politician, and one of the driving forces behind the foundation of the National Republican Greek League (EDES), the second-largest Resistance organization in Axis-occupied Greece during World War II. Drifting to the Left after the war, he became elected to Parliament and wrote extensively on his experiences during the Occupation and the Resistance.

Harold V. Brown was an American professional basketball player.

Gladys Hill was a screenwriter and film executive. She is best known as co-writer of the screenplay for The Man Who Would Be King for which she received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. She also co-wrote screenplays for The Kremlin Letter and Reflections in a Golden Eye.

Sir Charles Drummond Ellis was an English physicist and scientific administrator. His work on the magnetic spectrum of the beta-rays helped to develop a better understanding of nuclear structure.

Robert George Stokes, was an American animator who worked for diverse studios between 1932 and 1941, including Harman-Ising Pictures, Iwerks Studio (1933-34), Walt Disney Productions (1937-39) and Leon Schlesinger Productions (1939-41).