Explore 1450 historical events from 1980–1989.
Nicholas Aaron Young, nicknamed "Swaggy P", is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was a two-time first-team all…
Nick Young, American basketball player
Samuel David Young is an American former professional basketball player who played four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), among other leagues worldwide. He play…
Sam Young, American basketball player
Rhett Matthew Bomar is an American former professional football quarterback. He was selected by the New York Giants in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL draft. He played college foot…
Rhett Bomar, American football player
Miyuki Sawashiro is a Japanese actress and narrator. She has played voice roles in a number of Japanese anime/games including Beelzebub, Bishamon in Noragami, Petit Charat/Puchiko…
Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress and singer
Papiss Demba Cissé is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cheshire Veterans Football League side Wythenshawe Vets Over-35s.
Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer
Łukasz Piotr Piszczek is a Polish professional football manager and former player who played mainly as a right-back. He most recently managed I liga club GKS Tychy.
Łukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer
Leon Botha was a South African painter and disk jockey. He was known for his close association with the hip hop group Die Antwoord, as well as for being the second of the world's l…
Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (died 2011)
Anna-Lena Grönefeld is a German former professional tennis player.
Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player
Evan Frank Lysacek is an American retired figure skater. He is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2009 World champion, a two-time Four Continents champion, the 2009 Grand Prix Final ch…
Evan Lysacek, American figure skater
Lukas Josef Podolski is a former German professional footballer who played as a striker or left winger. He is the current owner of Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze, for whom he playe…
Lukas Podolski, German footballer
Bar Refaeli is an Israeli model. She is among the most internationally successful models to come from Israel, appearing on the cover of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, …
Bar Refaeli, Israeli model and actress
Oddvar Hallset Reiakvam is a Norwegian politician as a member of the Progress Party.
Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician
Scott Brady was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in Western films and as a ubiquitous television presence. He played the title role in the television …
Scott Brady, American actor (born 1924)
Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich was an Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1…
Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini (born 1922)
Tancredo de Almeida Neves was a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and entrepreneur. He served as Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs from 1953 to 1954, President of the Council of…
Tancredo Neves, Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (born 1910)
Paul Hugh Emmett was an American chemist best known for his pioneering work in the field of catalysis and for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He spearheaded …
Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and academic (born 1900)
Jacques Ferron was a Canadian physician and author.
Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician and author (born 1921)
Samuel James Ervin Jr. was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A Southern Democrat, he liked to call himself a "country lawye…
Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (born 1896)
Francis Michael "Bumper" Farrell was an Australian premiership winning and international representative rugby league footballer. A prop forward, his long club career with the Newto…
Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (born 1916)
Attilio Luigi Antonio Bettega was an Italian rally driver.
Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (born 1951)
Larry Clinton was an American musician, best known as a trumpeter who became a prominent American bandleader and arranger.
Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1909)
Fikri Sönmez was a Turkish communist politician, who served as the mayor of Fatsa district of Ordu Province between 1979 and 1980.
Fikri Sönmez, Turkish tailor and politician (born 1938)
Clarence Dexter Wiseman, was the tenth General of The Salvation Army from 1974 to 1977.
Clarence Wiseman, English-Canadian 10th General of The Salvation Army (born 1907)
Denise Robins was a prolific English romantic novelist and the first President of the Romantic Novelists' Association (1960–1966). She wrote under her first married name and under …
Denise Robins, English journalist and author (born 1897)