People on Time Covers 1980

Swedish world No. 1 tennis player. Between 1974 and 1981, he became the first man in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles.

American college football player and coach. He is best known as the head coach of the University of Alabama football team from 1958 to 1982.

American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the US president from 1989 to 1993. He also served as the vice president from 1981 to 1989.

The first person to run the Ford Motor Company who was not a member of the Ford family. He was CEO and Chairman from 1980 to 1985.

American farmer, businessman, brewer, and politician. The younger brother of the U.S. President from 1977 to 1981.

American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

American film and television actor, director, and producer, best known for playing oil baron J. R. Ewing in the 1978–1991 television soap opera Dallas.

American physician and long track speed skater, road cyclist and track cyclist. He won five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. His sister also won a bronze.

American automobile executive best known for the development of the Ford Mustang and Ford Pinto cars while at the Ford Motor Company and for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s.

Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician, and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. Man of the Year in 1979.

English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Shot and killed in December 1980.

CEO of General Motors during the 1970s. He retired from GM as chairman and chief executive in 1980. He continued serving on GM's Board of Directors from 1980 to 1988.

American statesman and political leader who served as US secretary of state from 1980 to 1981, a US senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, and was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1968 presidential election

Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement.

American journalist, commentator, and CBS national evening news anchor.

American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

American astronomer and science communicator. He co-wrote and narrated the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which became the most widely watched series in the history of American public television.

English actor and comedian. He became known to a worldwide audience through the role of Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series. He died in 1980.

Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995. A shipyard electrician by trade, he became the leader of the Solidarity movement that later helped overthrow the Communist government.

Chairman of the Board and chief executive officer of Boeing corporation.