The 1980s

Explore 1450 historical events from 1980–1989.

1981 45 years ago

Laura Bailey, American voice actress

Laura Bailey is an American voice actress. She made her debut as Kid Trunks in the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z and has since voiced Henrietta in Gunslinger Girl, Emily / Glitte…

Laura Bailey, American voice actress

1981 45 years ago

Eric Ghiaciuc, American football player

Eric M. Ghiaciuc [GUY-check] is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in…

Eric Ghiaciuc, American football player

1981 45 years ago

Andrey Arshavin, Russian footballer

Andrey Sergeyevich Arshavin is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a winger or midfielder. Since 2019, Arshavin has held administrative posts at Zenit. In 2022, …

Andrey Arshavin, Russian footballer

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1981 45 years ago

Remy Ma, American rapper

Reminisce Kioni Smith, known professionally as Remy Ma, is an American rapper. Discovered by the late rapper Big Pun, she came to prominence for her work as a member of Fat Joe's g…

Remy Ma, American rapper

1981 45 years ago

Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player

Lars Møller Madsen is a Danish team handball player. He has played for the Swedish clubs IFK Kristianstad and HIF Karlskrona, Polish Wisla Plock and Danish side Skjern Håndbold. He…

Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player

1981 45 years ago

Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer

Mikael Antonsson is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He currently works for the Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen as assistant manager. As a p…

Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer

1981 45 years ago

Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver

Gianmaria "Gimmi" Bruni is an Italian Porsche factory auto racing driver who drove in the 2004 Formula One World Championship for Minardi. He is a GP2 Series race winner and is now…

Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver

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1981 45 years ago

Jake Peavy, American baseball player

Jacob Edward Peavy is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He is currently an on-air analyst for MLB Network. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Dieg…

Jake Peavy, American baseball player

1981 45 years ago

Marlies Schild, Austrian skier

Marlies Raich is a retired Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. She specializes in the technical disciplines of slalom and giant slalom. Schild won four Olympic medals, with silver…

Marlies Schild, Austrian skier

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1981 45 years ago

Amy Schumer, American comedian and actress

Amy Beth Schumer is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer, and director. Schumer ventured into comedy in the early 2000s before appearing as a contestant on the …

Amy Schumer, American comedian and actress

1981 45 years ago

Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player

Carlos Alberto Zambrano Matos, nicknamed "Big Z" or "El Toro", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2001 to 2012 for …

Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player

1981 45 years ago

Nikolay Davydenko, Russian tennis player

Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result i…

Nikolay Davydenko, Russian tennis player

1981 45 years ago

Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player

Sosene Raymond Anesi is a former rugby union footballer who played as a fullback and wing and currently the head coach of Romania's current champions CS Dinamo București.

Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player

1981 45 years ago

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Todd Joseph Miller is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter. He played Erlich Bachman in the HBO sitcom Silicon Valley (2014–2017) and the Marvel Comics …

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