List of Famous people who died in 1980

Elisabeth Wendt was a German film actress. After making her debut in Georg Wilhelm Pabst's Comradeship (1931), she appeared mostly in supporting roles during the Nazi era and immediate post-Second World War years.

Sergio Pignedoli was a prominent Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a top candidate for Pope. He served as deputy to Pope Paul VI, and as President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians from 1973 to 1980. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973.

Stephen Gould Fisher was an American author best known for his pulp stories, novels and screenplays. He is one of the few pulp authors to go on to enjoy success as both an author in "slick" magazines, such as the Saturday Evening Post, and as an in-demand writer in Hollywood.

Sol Lesser was an American film producer. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1961.

Sarah Elizabeth Selby was an American actress.

Jakob Rosenberg was a German-American art historian and Rembrandt scholar.

Philip MacDonald was a British writer of fiction and screenplays, best known for thrillers.

Carla Mignone, known by her stage name Milly, was an Italian singer, actress and cabaret performer.