November 7, 1980

1980Sergio Almirón, Argentinian footballer^[†]

Sergio Bernardo Almirón is an Argentine former footballer who played as a central midfielder known for his passing and powerful shots.

1980Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast^[†]

Gervasio Deferr Ángel is a retired gymnast from Spain who competed at three Olympic Games. He became the Olympic champion in men's vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and repeated the feat at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Each of his ankles show a tattoo with the logo of one of these two Olympic Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he won the silver medal on the floor exercise with a score of 15.775.

1980James Franklin, New Zealand cricketer^[†]

James Edward Charles Franklin is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer, who played all forms of the game internationally.

1980Karthik, Indian singer-songwriter^[†]

Karthik is an Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung more than 8000 songs in 15+ Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Bengali, Marathi and Hindi.

1980İlhan Erdost, Turkish publisher (born 1944)^[†]

İlhan Erdost was a Turkish publisher. He was one of the leftist figures who were killed after the military coup in 1980.

1980Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (born 1930)^[†]

Terrence Stephen McQueen was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of 1960s counterculture, made him a top box office draw for his films of the late 1950s to the mid-1970s. He was nicknamed the "King of Cool" and used the alias "Harvey Mushman" when participating in motor races.