Died in 1980

Willie Sutton American Criminal November 2
Muriel Rukeyser American Poet February 12
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Iranian Royalty July 27
Milton H. Erickson American Psychologist March 25
Marshall McLuhan Canadian Sociologist December 31
Marino Marini Italian Sculptor August 6
Mae West American Actress November 22
Louis Kronenberger American Critic April 30
Larry Williams American Musician January 7
Kenneth Tynan English Critic July 26
Katherine Anne Porter American Journalist September 18
Joy Adamson Czechoslovakian Explorer January 3
John William McCormack American Politician November 22
John Lennon English Musician December 8
Oskar Kokoschka Austrian Artist February 22
Oswald Mosley British Politician December 3
William O. Douglas American Judge January 19
William Howard Stein American Scientist February 2
Willard Libby American Scientist September 8
Walter Kaufmann German Philosopher September 4
Tex Avery American Cartoonist August 26
Terence Fisher British Director June 18
Steve McQueen American Actor November 7
Sam Levenson American Author August 27
Romain Gary Russian Novelist December 2
Roland Barthes French Critic March 25
Raoul Walsh December 31
Philip Guston American Artist June 7
Otto Frank German Celebrity August 19
John Bonham British Musician September 24
Jimmy Durante American Comedian January 29
Jesse Owens American Athlete March 31
Dorothy Day American Activist November 29
Dore Schary American Producer July 7
Dixie Dean English Athlete March 1
Colonel Sanders American Celebrity December 16
Clyfford Still American Artist June 23
Cecil Beaton English Photographer January 18
Bon Scott Scottish Musician February 19
Bill Evans Musician September 15
Barbara Pym English Novelist January 11
B. R. Hayden American Poet
Andre Kostelanetz Russian Musician January 13
Alice Roosevelt Longworth American Author February 20
Alfred Hitchcock English Director April 29
Dorothy Stratten Canadian Celebrity August 14
Erich Fromm American Psychologist March 18
Jean-Paul Sartre French Philosopher April 15
Jean Piaget Swiss Psychologist September 16
James S. McDonnell American Businessman August 22
Jacqueline Cochran American Aviator August 7
Howard Mumford Jones American Writer May 11
Henry Miller American Author June 7
Helen Gahagan American Actress June 28
Gregory Bateson British Scientist July 4
Gower Champion American Director August 25
George Raft American Actor November 24
George Meany American Activist January 10
George Cooper Australian Celebrity December 29
Franklin P. Jones American Journalist
Alejo Carpentier Cuban Novelist April 24