1980 births

Cristiana Capotondi (born 13 September 1980) is an Italian actress.

Caterina Balivo (born 21 February 1980) is an Italian television presenter and model.

Olivier Thomert (born 28 March 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a winger who currently plays for French amateur club Claye Souilly Sports.
He made nearly 200 appearances in the top flight of French football.

Benjamin Varonian (born 15 June 1980 in Nice, France) is a French-Armenian Olympic gymnast.
Varonian won two gold medals in the parallel bars and team all-around at the 1998 European Junior Gymnastics Championships. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won an Olympic silver medal in the horizontal bar. Varonian and Éric Poujade both became the first ever French gymnasts to win Olympic medals in gymnastics in a non-boycotted olympics.

Nicolas Aissat (born 24 July 1980 in Toulouse) is a retired French middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics reaching the semifinals.

Mario John Treadway (born May 3, 1980), better known by his stage name, Souleye, is an American hip hop artist. He has released 12 albums, including his latest, Disguised As Tomorrow, which was released in March 2023. Among others, he has performed and recorded with BLVD, and his wife, Alanis Morissette.He has also collaborated in the studio with artists such as South African rock musician Esjay Jones, Lynx, Lila Rose, fellow rappers like Big Samir, Main Flow and Chachillie and more.
Souleye is a strong advocate for using his music to raise consciousness by writing about themes such as self-discovery, mental health, inner child work, therapy and spirituality.

Kafétien Gomis (born 23 March 1980 in Saint-Quentin, Aisne) is a French long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.24 metres, achieved in August 2010.
He finished ninth at the 2003 Summer Universiade, seventh at the 2005 Summer Universiade, fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and fourth at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his qualification pool.
He came fourth at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships with an indoor personal best of 8.12 metres and he represented France later that year at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics (although he did not make the final). He was knocked out in the qualification round at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships but he excelled outdoors that season, jumping a best of 8.24 m to win the silver medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships – his first major medal.

Rémy René Paul Vercoutre (born 26 June 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He's currently the goalkeeping coach of Olympique Lyonnais.

Samuel Dumoulin (born 20 August 1980) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the Jean Delatour, Cofidis and AG2R La Mondiale teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam B&B Hotels p/b KTM.

Jérôme Pineau (born 2 January 1980) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the Bouygues Télécom, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and IAM Cycling squads. Born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, Pineau now works as the general manager for UCI ProSeries team B&B Hotels p/b KTM.