** **In the year 1980, Global Positioning System time epoch begins (Jan 4), the Rubik’s Cube (invented in 1974) makes its international debut at a hobby fair in London (Jan 29), The XIII Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York (Feb 13), Mount St. Helens in Washington erupts (May 18), CNN is officially launched (Jun 1), the Polish government recognizes Solidarity, lead by Lech Walesa (Oct 31), John Lennon is shot dead by Mark Chapman in the archway of the Dakota in New York City (Dec 8) - and all these fine people were born: 1980-0102 David Gyasi* actor/w Ghanaian heritage - Hammersmith, London, England 1980-0103 Kurt Vile* singer/ multi-instrumentalist/record producer - Landsdowne, PA USA 1980-0108 Sam Riley* actor / singer - Bradford, West Yorkshire, England 1980-0110 Dani Kind* actress - Toronto, ON Canada 1980-0115 1980-0118 Jason Segel* actor/ comedian/ writer - Santa Monica, CA USA 1980-0119 Jenson Button* racecar driver/WG - Frome, Somerset, England 1980-0120 Philippe Cousteau Jr.* oceanographer/ environmental activist/ grandson of Jacques Cousteau - Santa Monica, CA USA 1980-0130 Wilmer Valderrama* actor/ producer/singer - Miami, FL USA 1980-0131 1980-0201 1980-0206 Ben Lawson* actor - Brisbane, QLD Australia 1980-0212 Christina Ricci* actress - Santa Monica, CA USA 1980-0215 Conor Oberst* singer/songwriter - Omaha, NE USA 1980-0217 Linor Abargil* Miss World 1998/actress/lawyer - Netanya, Israel 1980-0217 Jason Ritter* actor/ producer/son of John Ritter - Los Angeles, CA USA 1980-0220 1980-0226 Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson* actor - Hafnarfjörður, Iceland 1980-0227 Chelsea Clinton* daughter of Bill Clinton - Little Rock, AR USA 1980-0229 Peter Scanavino* actor - Denver, CO USA 1980-0301 1980-0302 Ingrid Bolsø Berdal* actress - Utøy, Inderøy, Norway 1980-0302 Rebel Wilson* actress - Sydney, NSW Australia 1980-0307 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen* athlete/sledge - Töysä, Finland 1980-0307 Laura Prepon* actress - Watchung, NJ USA 1980-0310 1980-0315 Beth Bauer* professional golfer - Largo, FL USA 1980-0319 Johan Ohlsson* cross-country skier/OG - Sweden 1980-0320 Krista Guloien* rower/OSt - New Westminster, BC Canada 1980-0321 Marit Björgen* cross-country skier/OG - Trondheim, Norway 1980-0321 Ronaldinho* football player - Porto Alegre, Brazil 1980-0325 Hanno Koffler* actor/drummer - West-Berlin, West Germany 1980-0326 Niina Kelo* athlete (heptathlon)/m to Tero Pitkämäki - Järvenpää, Finland 1980-0328 Rod Ferrell* cult leader/convicted murderer - Murray, KY USA 1980-0328 Cho Seung-woo* actor - Seoul, South Korea 1980-0329 Robert Archibald* basketball player - Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (2020/39) 1980-0331 Edgars Masalskis* hockey goalie/coach - Riga, Latvia, Soviet Union 1980-0401 1980-0405 Janne Kataja* stand-up comedian/actor/host - Kuusankoski, Finland 1980-0406 Tommi Evilä* athlete/long jump - Tampere, Finland 1980-0406 Tanja Poutiainen* alpine skier/OS - Rovaniemi, Finland 1980-0407 1980-0408 Ben Freeman* actor (Emmerdale)  - England 1980-0408 Katee Sackhoff* actress (Battlestar Galactica) - Portland, OR USA 1980-0409 1980-0410 Charlie Hunnam* actor - Newcastle upon Tyne, England 1980-0410 Jasika Nicole* actress (Fringe)/illustrator - Birmingham, AL USA 1980-0413 Kelli Giddish* actress - Cumming, GA USA 1980-0414 Sandra Bergqvist* politician - Nauvo, Finland 1980-0414 Claire Coffee* actress - San Francisco, CA USA 1980-0414 Tom Franco* actor/ artist/brother of James Franco - Palo Alto, CA USA 1980-0415 1980-0418 Brianna Glenn* athlete (long jump)/model - Santa Ana, CA USA 1980-0420 Vibeke Skofteryd* cross-country skier/OG (Vasaloppet) - Askim, Norway (2018/38) 1980-0424 Austin Nichols* actor/director - Ann Arbor, MI USA 1980-0425 1980-0430 Sam Heughan* actor /producer/entrepreneur - Balmaclellan, Scotland 1980-0501 Eero Milonoff* actor - Helsinki, Finland 1980-0502 Ellie Kemper* actress/comedian - Kansas City, MO USA 1989-0503 Mozhan Marnò* Iranian-American actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1980-0505 Matthew Wolfenden* actor (Emmerdale) - Halifax, West Yorkshire, England 1980-0510 1980-0512 Rishi Sunak* politician/PM/of Indian descent - Southampton, Hampshire, England 1980-0518 Matt Long* actor - Winchester, KY USA 1980-0518 Felicia Pearson* convicted murderer/actress/rapper/published author - Baltimore, MD USA 1980-0520 Juliana Pasha* singer - Burrel, Albania 1980-0524 Arto Laatikainen* hockey player - Espoo, Finland 1980-0530 Steven Gerrard* football player - Whiston, Merseyside, England 1980-0531 Manjit Minhas* entrepreneur/television personality/venture capitalist - Calgary, AB Canada 1980-0601 Brent Lakatos* Paralympic athlete (wheelchair racer)/OG - Dorval, QC Canada 1980-0601 Marc Rissmann* actor - Berlin, West Germany 1980-0602 Abby Wambach* football player - Rochester, NY USA 1980-0603 Billy Slaughter* actor - New Orleans, LA USA 1980-0605 1980-0606 Pete Hegseth* television presenter/author/the United States secretary of defense  - Minneapolis, MN USA 1980-0610 1980-0613 Jonathan Strauss actor/ production assistant/director - Los Angeles, CA USA 1980-0617 Brittney McConn* figure skater - Largo, FL USA 1980-0617 Venus Williams* tennis player - Lynwood, CA USA 1980-0620 1980-0623 Francesca Schiavone* tennis player/coach - Milan, Lombardy, Italy 1980-0623 Matias Varela* actor of Spanish descent - Stockholm, Sweden 1980-0624 Minka Kelly* model/ actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1980-0625 Robert DeShaun Peace* scholar/ teacher/coach - Orange, NJ USA (2011/30) 1980-0630 1980-0701 1980-0705 1980-0710 Jessica Simpson* singer/actress/fashion designer - Abilene, TX USA 1980-0712 Irina Embrich* fencer/OG (team) - Tallinn, Estonia, Soviet Union 1980-0714 1980-0715 Jasper Pääkkönen* actor/ entrepreneur - Helsinki, Finland 1980-0716 1980-0717 Brett Goldstein* actor/ writer/podcaster - London, England 1980-0717 Ryan Miller* hockey goalie - East Lansing, MI USA 1980-0718 Kristen Bell* actress/ singer - Huntington Woods, MI USA 1980-0720 Gisele Bündchen* model/actress/ environmental activist - Horizontina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 1980-0724 David Leon* actor - Newcastle upon Tyne, England 1980-0725 1980-0726 Jacinda Ardern* politician/PM - Hamilton, New Zealand 1980-0726 Casey Moore* Am. football player/coach - Largo, FL USA 1980-0727 Jessi Combs* racer/metal fabricator/television personality - Rockerville, SD USA (2019/39) 1980-0731 Mikko Hirvonen* rally driver - Kannonkoski, Finland 1980-0801 1980-0803 Nadia Ali* Pakistani-American singer - Tripoli, Libya 1980-0803 Jukka Hildén* stunt performer (The Dudesons) - Helsinki, Finland 1980-0808 Tobias Santelmann* German-Norwegian actor/to Norway at age 1 - Freiburg, West Germany 1980-0808 Michael Urie* actor - Houston, TX USA 1980-0809 James Martinez* actor - Jackson Heights, NY USA 1980-0810 Pua Magasiva* New Zealand actor of Samoan descent - Apia, Samoa (2019/38) 1980-0811 Helena Vierikko* actress - Vantaa, Finland 1980-0811 Merritt Wever* actress - Manhattan, NY USA 1980-0820 Eriikka Maalismaa* violinist/musical coordinator - Oulu, Finland (2024/44) 1980-0822 Nelly Kärkkäinen* (b Hristova) actress/ restaurateur - Helsinki, Finland 1980-0823 Joanne Froggatt* actress - Littlebeck, North Yorkshire, England 1980-0823 Aaron Monaghan* actor - County Cavan, Ireland 1980-0824 Rachael Carpani* actress (McLeod’s Daughters) - Sydney, Australia 1980-0826 Macaulay Culkin* actor - New York, NY USA 1980-0826 Chris Pine* actor - Los Angeles, CA USA 1980-0827 Kyle Lowder* actor/ television reporter - St. Louis, MO USA 1980-0828 Jaakko Ojaniemi* athlete (decathlon)/fitness coach - Peräseinäjoki, Finland 1980-0828 Carly Pope* actress - Vancouver, BC Canada 1980-0831 1980-0901 1980-0905 1980-0909 Teemu Rannikko* basketball player - Turku, Finland 1980-0909 Michelle Williams* actress - Kalispell, MT USA 1980-0913 Ben Savage* actor - Chicago, IL USA 1980-0917 Sheldon Keefe* hockey player/manager - Brampton, ON Canada 1980-0919 Tegan and Sara Quinn* musical duo/ songwriters/multi-instrumentalists - Calgary, AB Canada 1980-0921 Brianna Keilar* American journalist/to U.S. as infant - Canberra, Australia 1980-0921 Autumn Reeser* actress - La Jolla, CA USA 1980-0922 1980-0926 Brooks Orpik* hockey player/SC - San Francisco, CA USA 1980-0926 Daniel Sedin* hockey player/OG - Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 1980-0926 Henrik Sedin* hockey player/OG - Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 1980-0927 Asashoryo Akinori* 朝青龍 明徳 (b Dagvadorj Dolgorsuren) Mongolian sumo wrestler - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 1980-0930 Virgil Abloh* fashion designer/entrepreneur - Rockford, IL USA (2021/41) 1980-0930 Christian Cantwell* athete (shot put)/OS - Jefferson City, MO USA 1980-0930 Martina Hingis* Swiss tennis player - Kosice, Czechoslovakia 1980-1001 1980-1004 Joseph P. Kennedy III* politician - Boston, MA USA 1980-1004 Nick Mohammed* actor/ comedian/writer - Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 1980-1004 Morgan Spector* actor - Santa Rosa, CA USA 1980-1005 Ti West* screenwriter/ film director/producer - Wilmington, DE USA 1980-1009 Henrik Zetterberg* hockey player/3GC - Njurunda, Sweden 1980-1014 Ben Whishaw* actor - Clifton, Bedfordshire, England 1980-1015 Siiri Nordin* singer/boat carpenter - Helsinki, Finland 1980-1019 Katja Herbers* actress - Amsterdam, Netherlands 1980-1021 Kim Kardashian* television personality/ businesswoman - Los Angeles, CA USA 1980-1025 Mehcad Brooks* fashion model/actor - Austin, TX USA 1980-1025 Nils Tull* singer/ songwriter/pianist - Ystad, Sweden 1980-1026 Khalid Abdalla* actor/ activist/of Egyptian descent - Glasgow, Scotland 1980-1028 Wes Ball* film director - FL USA 1980-1029 Ben Foster* actor - Boston, MA USA 1980-1030 Antti L. J. Pääkkönen* singer/ voice actor/theater director - Lapua, Finland 1980-1030 Eva Wahlström* professional boxer - Loviisa, Finland 1980-1103 James Anderson* actor- Thursley, Surray, England 1980-1105 Masako Ishida* 石田 正子 cross-country skier - Bihoro, Hokkaido, Japan 1980-1106 Pål Sverre Hagen* actor - Stavanger, Norway 1980-1108 1980-1110 Katarina Waters* British show wrestler  - Lüneburg, West Germany 1980-1111 1980-1112 Ryan Gosling* actor - London, ON Canada 1980-1112 Gustaf Skarsgård* actor/son of Stellan Skarsgård - Stockholm, Sweden 1980-1117 Mira Potkonen* boxer/OB - Heinävesi, Finland 1980-1118 Denny Hamlin* racing driver - Tampa, FL USA 1980-1119 Jesper Hansen* sport shooter/OS - Bjegsted, Denmark 1980-1121 Elaine Yiu* actress/ television host - British Hong Kong 1980-1123 Tannishtha Chatterjee* actress - Pune, Maharashtra, India 1980-1124 Beth Phoenix* wrestler/color commentator - Elmira, NY USA 1980-1125 1980-1129 Jiggly Caliente* (b Bianca Castro-Arabejo) Filipino-American transgender drag performer entertainer/to U.S. at age 10 - San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines (2025/44) 1980-1129 Whitney Westerfield* politician - Hopkinsville, KY USA 1980-1130 1980-1201 1980-1203 Anna Chlumsky* actress - Chicago, IL USA 1980-1207 Dan Bilzerian* poker player/businessman/social media influencer - Tampa, FL USA 1980-1208 Mikko Kärnä* politician/mayor - Espoo, Finland 1980-1215 Annalena Baerbock* politician - Hanover, West Germany 1980-1218 Christina Aguilera* singer - Staten Island, NY USA 1980-1219 Jake Gyllenhaal* actor - Los Angeles, CA USA 1980-1220 1980-1221 Stefan Liv* Swedish hockey goalie/OG - Gdynia, Poland (2011/30) 1980-1227 Elizabeth Rodriguez* actress - New York City, NY USA 1980-1231 1980-0 1980-0 1980-0 Updated 2025-0505 Helsinki-Turku Search for another year here