List of Famous people who died in 1980

Kustaa Rafael Paasio was a prominent Finnish politician and editor from Social Democratic Party. He served as Prime Minister of Finland twice.

Hans Joachim Morgenthau was one of the major twentieth-century figures in the study of international relations. Morgenthau's works belong to the tradition of realism in international relations theory, and he is usually considered, along with George F. Kennan and Reinhold Niebuhr, one of the three leading American realists of the post-World War II period. Morgenthau made landmark contributions to international relations theory and the study of international law. His Politics Among Nations, first published in 1948, went through five editions during his lifetime.

Edith Clara Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill, was a British physician, feminist, Labour politician and writer. She was appointed to the Privy Council in 1949.

William Prager, Willy Prager, was a German-born US applied mathematician. In the field of mechanics he is well known for the Drucker–Prager yield criterion.

Youra Guller was a French classical pianist.

James Timothy Hardin was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hit "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Bobby Darin, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, The Four Tops, Robert Plant, Small Faces, Johnny Rivers, and Bert Jansch; his song "Reason to Believe" has also been covered by many artists, notably Rod Stewart, Neil Young, and The Carpenters. The Nice also recorded and performed live a popular version of Hardin's song "Hang On To A Dream" based on a piano arrangement by Keith Emerson. Hardin is also known for his own recording career.

Jan Walter Susskind was a Czech-born British conductor, teacher and pianist. He began his career in his native Prague, and fled to Britain when Germany invaded the city in 1939. He worked for substantial periods in Australia, Canada and the United States, as a conductor and teacher.