| FIBA | 1980 FIBA Intercontinental Cup | 
BirthsDeaths- February 5 — Skinny Johnson, American Hall of Fame college and AAU player
- February 29 — Doug Kistler, American NBA player
- April 22 — Decio Scuri, Italian Olympic coach and FIBA executive
- May 5 — Stewart Way, American NCAA coach
- May 23 — Terry Furlow, American NBA player
- June 12 — Johnny Horan, American NBA and EPBL player
- August 19 — Sadi Gülçelik, Turkish club and Olympic player
- October 4 — Sihugo Green, American NBA player
- October 27 — Art Hillhouse, American NBA player
- November 14 — Johnny Horan, American NBA player
- November 25 — Joe Cipriano, American college coach
- November 27 — Ferenc Hepp, Hungarian FIBA executive
- November 30 — Mieko Fukui, Japanese Olympic player
- December 5 — Eddie Hickey, Hall of Fame American college coach
- December 19 — Tarzan Cooper, American Hall of Fame player
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