List of Famous people who died in 1980

Hilde Goldschmidt was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. Facing persecution under the Nazi regime she sought refuge in Britain during the Second World War before establishing herself in Austria in the 1950s.

Walter Ladengast was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1928 and 1979. He was born in Vienna, Austria and died in Munich, Germany, aged 80.

Ole Bjørn Kraft (1893–1980) was a Danish journalist and politician who was the leader of the Conservative People's Party. He also served as the minister of foreign affairs.

Heikki Liimatainen was a Finnish male athlete who competed mainly in the Cross Country Team.

Richard Gavin "Dick" Reid was a Canadian politician who served as the sixth premier of Alberta from 1934 to 1935. He was the last member of the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) to hold the office, and that party's defeat at the hands of the upstart Social Credit League in the 1935 election made him the shortest serving premier to that point in Alberta's history.

Jørgen Stubberud was a Norwegian polar explorer who participated in the Amundsen Antarctica Expedition between 1910 and 1912.

Major-General Dr. Walter Robert Dornberger was a German Army artillery officer whose career spanned World War I and World War II. He was a leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket programme and other projects at the Peenemünde Army Research Centre.

Tom Fadden was an American actor. He performed on the legitimate stage, vaudeville, in films and on television during his long career.