Aged 80
Famous people who died at 80
306 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 80, including Plato, Rabindranath Tagore and Gautama Buddha. Here are the 100 best known.
- PlatoAncient Greek philosopher · c. 428–348 BC
- Rabindranath TagoreBengali poet, philosopher and polymath · 1861–1941
- Gautama BuddhaFounder of Buddhism · c. 563–483 BC
- Alfred HitchcockBritish filmmaker · 1899–1980
- Kofi Annan7th Secretary-General of the United Nations · 1938–2018
- John Quincy AdamsPresident of the United States from 1825 to 1829 · 1767–1848
- Thomas MannGerman novelist and Nobel Prize laureate · 1875–1955
- Anatole FranceFrench writer · 1844–1924
- Marlon BrandoAmerican actor · 1924–2004
- Pearl S. BuckChinese women Nobel Prize winner, author, teacher, missionary · 1892–1973
- William WordsworthEnglish Romantic poet · 1770–1850
- Golda MeirPrime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974 · 1898–1978
- FerdowsiPersian poet, author of Shahnameh · c. 940–1020
- Paul VIPope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 · 1897–1978
- Edvard MunchNorwegian painter · 1863–1944
- John RuskinEnglish writer and art critic · 1819–1900
- Edgar de WahlEstonian teacher and linguist · 1867–1948
- DonatelloEarly Renaissance Italian sculptor · c. 1386–1466
- Louise GlückU.S. poet and Nobel laureate · 1943–2023
- Pindar5th-century BC Greek lyric poet · c. 517–437 BC
- Rudolf Christoph Eucken(1846-1926) German philosopher · 1846–1926
- Robert A. HeinleinAmerican author and aeronautical engineer · 1907–1988
- TertullianRoman Christian theologian and writer · c. AD 160–240
- Gregory XVIPope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846 · 1765–1846
- Samuel Finley Breese MorseAmerican inventor and painter · 1791–1872
- SuetoniusLate 1st/early 2nd-century Roman historian · c. AD 70–150
- P. T. BarnumAmerican showman and politician · 1810–1891
- Verner von HeidenstamSwedish writer · 1859–1940
- Albertus MagnusGerman-Dominican friar and saint · c. 1200–1280
- Max von LaueGerman physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi · 1879–1960
- Heydar Aliyev3rd President of the Republic of Azerbaijan · 1923–2003
- Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de BuffonFrench natural historian · 1707–1788
- Ludwig ErhardChancellor of West Germany · 1897–1977
- PolybiusAncient Greek historian and politician of the 2nd century BC · c. 200–120 BC
- Jonas SalkJewish-American inventor of polio vaccine · 1914–1995
- Pierre TrudeauPrime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984 · 1919–2000
- AntisthenesGreek philosopher, founder of Cynicism · c. 445–365 BC
- Adolphe ThiersPresident of France from 1871 to 1873 · 1797–1877
- Burt LancasterAmerican actor · 1913–1994
- Jacques LacanFrench psychoanalyst and writer · 1901–1981
- Satyendra Nath BoseIndian Bengali physicist and polymath · 1894–1974
- Innocent XPope from 1644 to 1655 · 1574–1655
- Yun Ch'ihoKorean independence activist · 1864–1945
- Adrian IIPope · c. AD 792–872
- Alexander VIIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1689 to 1691 · 1610–1691
- FormosusPope · c. AD 816–896
- Toto CutugnoItalian recording artist; musician, songwriter, record producer · 1943–2023
- Maria Gaetana AgnesiItalian mathematician and philanthropist · 1718–1799
- Rudolf VirchowGerman doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician · 1821–1902
- Stanley BaldwinBritish statesman · 1867–1947
- Innocent VIPope of the Catholic Church from 1353 to 1362 · c. 1282–1362
- Max EuweDutch chess player and mathematician · 1901–1981
- Aaron BurrVice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived · 1756–1836
- Aristarchus of SamosGreek astronomer and mathematician · c. 310–230 BC
- George F. SmootAmerican astrophysicist and cosmologist · 1945–2025
- Giuseppe PiazziItalian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer · 1746–1826
- Walter UlbrichtGerman communist politician and dictator · 1893–1973
- Johann BernoulliSwiss mathematician · 1667–1748
- Muhammad AliWali of Egypt and Sudan · 1769–1849
- Anne RiceAmerican author · 1941–2021
- William GodwinEnglish journalist, political philosopher and novelist · 1756–1836
- Helena AugustaSaint, first wife of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great · c. AD 250–330
- AristippusGreek philosopher, founder of Cyrenaicism · c. 435–355 BC
- Wolfgang PaulGerman physicist · 1913–1993
- Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount PalmerstonBritish statesman and prime minister · 1784–1865
- Jean-Philippe RameauFrench composer and music theorist · 1683–1764
- Tabaré VázquezPresident of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020 · 1940–2020
- Eleanor of AquitaineQueen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness · c. 1124–1204
- Frederick ReinesAmerican physicist · 1918–1998
- Chester W. NimitzUnited States Navy fleet admiral · 1885–1966
- George de HevesyHungarian chemist · 1885–1966
- Joseph HenryAmerican scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian · 1797–1878
- Norma Shearer ↗Canadian-American actress · 1902–1983
- John B. Watson ↗American psychologist (1878 · 1878–1958
- Mamnoon Hussain ↗12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018 · 1940–2021
- Mstislav Rostropovich ↗Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor · 1927–2007
- Arrian ↗Philosopher, historian, priest · c. AD 95–175
- Claudio Abbado ↗Italian conductor · 1933–2014
- Mary Tyler Moore ↗American actress and television producer · 1936–2017
- Randal Cremer ↗English politician · 1828–1908
- Henry Adams ↗American journalist, historian, academic, novelist · 1838–1918
- Nguyễn Phú Trọng ↗General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (top leader) from 2011 to 2024 · 1944–2024
- Zeami Motokiyo ↗Japanese aesthetician and playwright · c. 1363–1443
- Alexandra of Denmark ↗Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910 · 1844–1925
- Itamar Franco ↗Brazilian politician · 1930–2011
- John Kendrew ↗English biochemist and crystallographer · 1917–1997
- Karl Renner ↗First President of Austria · 1870–1950
- Bertil Ohlin ↗Swedish economist and politician · 1899–1979
- François Quesnay ↗French economist · 1694–1774
- Jean Simmons ↗British-American actress · 1929–2010
- Shirley Chisholm ↗First black woman elected to the United States Congress · 1924–2005
- Françoise Hardy ↗French singer · 1944–2024
- Yunus Emre ↗Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic · c. 1241–1321
- Heinrich Otto Wieland ↗German Nobel laureate in Chemistry · 1877–1957
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski ↗Polish pianist, composer, supporter of Poland's independence movements, politician, Prime Minister of reborn Poland · 1860–1941
- Livius Andronicus ↗3rd-century BC Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet · c. 280–200 BC
- Bernhard von Bülow ↗German and Prussian politician · 1849–1929
- Claude Chabrol ↗French film director · 1930–2010
- Ferdinand Tönnies ↗German sociologist, economist and philosopher · 1855–1936
- René Coty ↗17th President of the French Republic · 1882–1962
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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