List of covers of Time magazine (1980s)

This is a list of people and subjects appearing on the cover of Time magazine in the 1980s. Time was first published in 1923. As Time became established as one of the United States' leading newsmagazines, an appearance on the cover of Time became an indicator of a person's notability, fame or notoriety. Such features were accompanied by articles about the person.

For other decades, see Lists of covers of Time magazine.

1980

7 Jan – Ayatollah Khomeini, Man of the Year
14 Jan – Moscow's Bold Challenge
21 Jan – Grain as a Weapon: Who Wins, Who Loses
28 Jan – Squeezing the Soviets
4 Feb – Jimmy Carter
11 Feb – Eric and Beth Heiden
18 Feb – Operation Abscam: The FBI Stings Congress
25 Feb – Dan Rather
3 Mar – Peter Sellers
10 Mar – Ronald Reagan
17 Mar – Diplomacy In Crisis
24 Mar – Jimmy Carter
31 Mar – Interferon: The IF Drug for Cancer
7 Apr – T.A. Wilson
14 Apr – The Palestinian
21 Apr – Is Capitalism Working?
28 Apr – Jimmy Carter
5 May – Jimmy Carter
12 May – Edmund Muskie
19 May – Darth Vader
26 May – Picasso
2 Jun – The Big Blowup (Mount St. Helens)
9 Jun – Who'll Fight for America? The manpower Crisis
16 Jun – Help! Teacher Can't Teach
23 Jun – Inside the U.S.S.R.
30 Jun – Björn Borg
7 Jul – Rediscovering America
14 Jul – That Aching Back
21 Jul – Feeling Super in Detroit (G.O.P. Convention)
28 Jul – Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush
4 Aug – Billy Carter
11 Aug – Larry Hagman as J.R.
18 Aug – Jimmy Carter
25 Aug – Jimmy Carter
1 Sep – Poland's Angry Workers
8 Sep – Thomas Murphy, Philip Caldwell & Lee Iacocca
15 Sep – The U.S. Voter
22 Sep – Poisoning of America: Those Toxic Chemical Wastes
29 Sep – Bear Bryant
6 Oct – War in the Gulf (Iran-Iraq War)
13 Oct – Jimmy Carter & Ronald Reagan
20 Oct – Carl Sagan
27 Oct – The Gulf Will It Explode?
3 Nov – Jimmy Carter & Ronald Reagan
10 Nov – The Hostage Drama
17 Nov – Ronald Reagan
24 Nov – Saturn: Encounter in Space
1 Dec – Jane Pauley, Gene Shalit, Willard Scott, Tom Brokaw, David Hartman, Charles Kuralt & Joan Lunden
8 Dec – The Robot Revolution
15 Dec – Rocky Mountain High
22 Dec – John Lennon
29 Dec – Lech Walesa

1981

5 Jan – Ronald Reagan, Man of the Year
12 Jan – Aiming High: Space Shuttle Columbia
19 Jan – Reagan's Biggest Challenge: Mending the Economy
26 Jan – The Hostages: Breakthrough
2 Feb – The Ordeal Ends: And the Outrage Grows
9 Feb – Brooke Shields
16 Feb – Margaret Thatcher
23 Feb – American Renewal
2 Mar – The Ax Fall: Reagan's Plan for a "New Beginning"
9 Mar – Herbert Boyer
16 Mar – Alexander Haig
23 Mar – The Curse of Violent Crime
30 Mar – How Japan Does It: The World's Toughest Competitor
6 Apr – Abortion: The Battle of Life vs "Choice"
13 Apr – Ronald Reagan
20 Apr – Lady Diana
27 Apr – Right On: Winging Into New Era (first orbital flight of NASA Space Shuttle Program)
4 May – The Money Chase: What Business Schools Are Doing To Us
11 May – Billy Martin
18 May – Menachem Begin and Shimon Peres
25 May – Terrorist's Target: Why Did They Do It? (Pope John Paul II assassination attempt)
1 Jun – Heart Attacks: New Insights, New Treatments
8 Jun – The Savings Revolution: Everybody wants Your Money
15 Jun – Ed Koch
23 Jun – Attack—and Fallout: The Target: Iraq's Reactor
30 Jun – François Mitterrand
6 Jul – High on Cocaine: A Drug with Status and Menace
13 Jul – Viet Nam Vets: Fighting for their Rights
20 Jul – Sandra Day O'Connor
27 Jul – Caspar Weinberger
3 Aug – Prince Charles & Lady Diana (wedding)
10 Aug – Ice Cream: Getting Your Licks
17 Aug – Winging It: Coping Without Controllers
24 Aug – James Rouse
31 Aug – John Irving
7 Sep – Meryl Streep
14 Sep – Jesse Helms
21 Sep – Ronald Reagan
28 Sep – We, the Jury
5 Oct – Dicken's Nicholas Nickelby cast
12 Oct – No Free Lunch: Cost of Entitlements
19 Oct – Anwar Sadat
26 Oct – Arming the World: What Are the Limits
2 Nov – The Fitness Craze: America Shapes Up
9 Nov – Ronald Reagan
16 Nov – Katharine Hepburn & Henry Fonda
23 Nov – Paradise Lost? South Florida
30 Nov – Europe's Fear and a Bold U.S. Proposal
7 Dec – Cats (a white cat)
14 Dec – The President's Men: How the White House Works—And Doesn't
21 Dec – Muammar Gaddafi
28 Dec – Wojciech Jaruzelski

1982

4 Jan – Lech Walesa, Man of the Year
11 Jan – Patrick Teer, Children of War: Out of the Horror, Amazing Strength
18 Jan – Gronk! Flash! Zap!: Video Games Are Blitzing the World
25 Jan – Joe Montana
1 Feb – Franklin D. Roosevelt
8 Feb – Unemployment: the Biggest Worry
15 Feb – Steven Jobs
22 Feb – Jaclyn Smith
1 Mar – Henry Kissinger
8 Mar – Paul Volcker
15 Mar – Salt: A New Villain?
22 Mar – Central America
29 Mar – Nuclear War
5 Apr – Giorgio Armani
12 Apr – Jerusalem
19 Apr – Falklands Crisis
26 Apr – Howard Baker
3 May – Computer Kids
10 May – Falklands War
17 May – H.M.S. Sheffield
24 May – Social Security
31 May – Falklands D-Day
7 Jun – Falklands, John Paul II & Ronald Reagan
14 Jun – Gerry Cooney & Sylvester Stallone
21 Jun – Israel's Blitz
28 Jun – Spoils of War
5 Jul – George Shultz
12 Jul – American Women
19 Jul – Siege of Beirut
26 Jul – Ayatullah Khomeini
2 Aug – Herpes
9 Aug – Ted Turner
16 Aug – Destroying Beirut
23 Aug – James G. Watt
30 Aug – Women & Fitness
6 Sep – Bull market
13 Sep – The Inmate Nation
20 Sep – Menachem Begin
27 Sep – Lebanon Massacre
4 Oct – Ariel Sharon
11 Oct – Jimmy Carter
18 Oct – John Updike
25 Oct – Pac Men
1 Nov – John DeLorean
8 Nov – Catalogues
15 Nov – Election Results
22 Nov – Yuri Andropov
29 Nov – Joseph Bernardin
6 Dec – Paul Newman
13 Dec – Ronald Reagan
20 Dec – Miguel de la Madrid
27 Dec – Missionaries

1983

3 Jan – The Computer, Machine of the Year
10 Jan – The Peril of Lending
17 Jan – James Levine
24 Jan – The Death Penalty
31 Jan – Pershing II
7 Feb – Robert Mitchum
14 Feb – KGB
21 Feb – Menachem Begin & Ariel Sharon
28 Feb – Princess Diana
7 Mar – Franklin C. Spinney
14 Mar – John Paul II
21 Mar – Lee Iacocca
28 Mar – Tax Fraud
4 Apr – Ronald Reagan
11 Apr – Battling Cocaine's Grip
18 Apr – Arms Control
25 Apr – Claude Pepper
2 May – Nastassja Kinski
9 May – Reagan & Central America
16 May – Hitler's Forged Diaries
23 May – George Lucas
30 May – The New Economy
7 Jun – Cures for Stress
13 Jun – Los Angeles
20 Jun – Margaret Thatcher
27 Jun – John Paul II
4 Jul – AIDS Hysteria
11 Jul – IBM's John Opel
18 Jul – David Bowie
25 Jul – Americans on the Move
1 Aug – Special Issue: Japan
8 Aug – William P. Clark
15 Aug – Lisa Harap – Babies. What Do They Know? When Do They Know It?
22 Aug – Jesse Jackson
29 Aug – Daredevil Ben Colli
5 Sep – Domestic Violence
12 Sep – Soviets Destroy Airliner
19 Sep – Reagan & U.N. Quiz Moscow
26 Sep – Deng Xiaoping
3 Oct – Marines in Lebanon
5 Oct – 60th Anniversary Issue
10 Oct – America's Schools
17 Oct – Peter Ueberroth
24 Oct – Ronald Reagan
31 Oct – Marines in Beirut
7 Nov – Grenada and Beirut
14 Nov – John F. Kennedy
21 Nov – Splitting AT&T
28 Nov – George Orwell
5 Dec – Arms Control
12 Dec – The Press Under Fire
19 Dec – Hafez Assad
26 Dec – Music Videos

1984

2 Jan – Ronald Reagan & Yuri Andropov, Men of the Year
9 Jan – John Paul II
16 Jan – Africa's Troubles
23 Jan – Arthur Rock
30 Jan – Phil Mahre & Tamara McKinney
6 Feb – Ronald Reagan
13 Feb – Seabrook Nuclear Plant
20 Feb – Yuri Andropov
27 Feb – Konstantin Chernenko
5 Mar – Martin Feldstein
12 Mar – Gary Hart, Walter Mondale & John Glenn
19 Mar – Michael Jackson
27 Mar – Cholesterol
2 Apr – Alexander Haig
9 Apr – End of the Sexual Revolution
16 Apr – Bill Gates
23 Apr – Policy on Nicaragua
30 Apr – China's New Face
7 May – Jesse Jackson
14 May – Shirley MacLaine
21 May – Olympic Turmoil
28 May – D-Day Remembered
4 Jun – Geraldine Ferraro & Dianne Feinstein
11 Jun – Mystery Behind Pain
18 Jun – Walter Mondale
25 Jun – Andrei A. Gromyko
2 Jul – Erma Bombeck
9 Jul – Shimon Peres & Yitzhak Shamir
16 Jul – Democrats Launch Campaign
23 Jul – Geraldine Ferraro
30 Jul – Carl Lewis
6 Aug – Mexico City
13 Aug – Carl Lewis
20 Aug – Sears & Cheryl Tiegs
27 Aug – Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush
3 Sep – Geraldine Ferraro
10 Sep – Science of Conception
17 Sep – Brian Mulroney
24 Sep – America's Upbeat Mood
1 Oct – Andrei A. Gromyko
8 Oct – The Supreme Court
15 Oct – Crackdown on the Mafia
22 Oct – Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Walter Mondale & Geraldine Ferraro
29 Oct – Ronald Reagan & Walter Mondale
5 Nov – New Concern with Civility
12 Nov – Indira Gandhi
19 Nov – Ronald Reagan
26 Nov – Astronauts Rescue Satellite
3 Dec – America's Banks
10 Dec – William DeVries
17 Dec – Disaster Strikes Bhopal
24 Dec – Video Cassette Recorders
31 Dec – David Lean

1985

7 Jan – Peter Ueberroth, Man of the Year
14 Jan – Nancy Reagan
21 Jan – Donald Regan
28 Jan – Ronald Reagan's Second Term
4 Feb – John Paul II
11 Feb – Soviet Defector Tells All
18 Feb – Falling Farms
25 Feb – Cocaine
4 Mar – T. Boone Pickens
11 Mar – Star Wars
18 Mar – Larry Bird & Wayne Gretzky
25 Mar – Mikhail Gorbachev
1 Apr – Lee Iacocca
8 Apr – Bernhard Goetz
15 Apr – Vietnam, a Decade Later
22 Apr – U.S. Tourists
29 Apr – V. E. Day: 40th Anniversary
6 May – New Theory on Dinosaurs
13 May – Ronald Reagan
20 May – New Drinking Habits
27 May – Madonna
3 Jun – Nuclear Threat
10 Jun – Ronald Reagan's Tax Package
17 Jun – Spy Scandal Grows
24 Jun – Hijacked: TWA Flight 847
1 Jul – Terrorism
8 Jul – Special Issue: Immigrants
15 Jul – Steven Spielberg
22 Jul – Ronald Reagan Enters Hospital
29 Jul – Hiroshima
5 Aug – South Africa
12 Aug – Growing Threat of AIDS
19 Aug – Pete Rose
26 Aug – American Food
2 Sep – Jerry Falwell
9 Sep – Mikhail Gorbachev
16 Sep – Philip Michael Thomas & Don Johnson
23 Sep – Deng Xiaoping
30 Sep – Earthquake Shatters Mexico
7 Oct – Trade Wars: Congress v. Ronald Reagan
14 Oct – Toxic Waste
21 Oct – U.S. Strikes Back at Terrorism
28 Oct – Ronald Reagan, Hosni Mubarak, Bettino Craxi & Yasser Arafat
4 Nov – Garrison Keillor
11 Nov – Prince Charles & Princess Diana
18 Nov – Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev
25 Nov – Volcano Strikes Colombia
2 Dec – Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev
9 Dec – Teenage Pregnancy
16 Dec – Halley's Comet
23 Dec – Corporate Mergers
30 Dec – Christmas in Brooklyn

1986

6 Jan – Deng Xiaoping, Man of the Year
13 Jan – Donald Burr
20 Jan – Shedding Weights
27 Jan – William Perry & Walter Payton
3 Feb – Corazon Aquino & Ferdinand Marcos
10 Feb – Challenger' Explodes
17 Feb – Pat Robertson
24 Feb – Corazon Aquino
3 Mar – Michael Deaver
10 Mar – Corazon Aquino & Salvador Laurel
17 Mar – Drugs at Work
24 Mar – Insurance
31 Mar – Daniel Ortega
7 Apr – Dwight Gooden
14 Apr – Cheap Oil
21 Apr – Muammar Gaddafi
28 Apr – Tripoli Under Attack
5 May – Vladimir Horowitz
12 May – Chernobyl Reactor
19 May – Baby Boomers
26 May – Molly Ringwald
2 Jun – Mario Cuomo
9 Jun – Fixing NASA
16 Jun – Special Issue: Best of America
23 Jun – Star Wars
30 Jun – William Rehnquist
7 Jul – Ronald Reagan
14 Jul – Statue of Liberty
21 Jul – Fighting Pornography
28 Jul – Sigourney Weaver
4 Aug – South Africa
11 Aug – Alvin Explores 'Titanic'
18 Aug – Andrew Wyeth's 'Helga'
25 Aug – Tax Reform
1 Sep – Ralph Lauren
8 Sep – Derek Bok
15 Sep – Crusade Against Drugs
22 Sep – Laurence Tisch
29 Sep – John Gotti
6 Oct – Stephen King
13 Oct – Summit in Iceland
20 Oct – Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev
27 Oct – David Byrne
3 Nov – Viruses
10 Nov – High-Tech Wall Street
17 Nov – Ronald Reagan's Secret Dealings With Iran
24 Nov – Sex Education
1 Dec – Ivan Boesky
8 Dec – Iran Arms Sales
15 Dec – Neil Simon
22 Dec – Oliver North
29 Dec – Letter to the Year 2086

1987

5 Jan – Corazon Aquino, Woman of the Year
12 Jan – Air Travel
19 Jan – Adnan Khashoggi
26 Jan – Oliver Stone's 'Platoon'
2 Feb – The American Consumer
9 Feb – Dennis Conner
16 Feb – Homosexuals & AIDS
23 Feb – African Wildfire
2 Mar – Bette Midler
9 Mar – Ronald Reagan
16 Mar – Howard Baker, William Webster & Frank Carlucci
23 Mar – The Nature of the Universe
30 Mar – America's Agenda
6 Apr – Jimmy Swaggart and the Bakkers
13 Apr – U.S. & Japan Face Off
20 Apr – Espionage Scandals
27 Apr – U2
4 May – South Africa
11 May – Superconductors
18 May – Gary Hart & Donna Rice
25 May – America's Moral Bearings
1 Jun – The 'U.S.S. Stark'
8 Jun – A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
15 Jun – Alan Greenspan
22 Jun – Child Care
29 Jun – Chun Doo Hwan
6 Jul – Special Issue: Constitution at 200
13 Jul – Oliver North
20 Jul – Oliver North
27 Jul – Mikhail Gorbachev
3 Aug – The Bakkers' Empire
10 Aug – America's Vanishing Coastline
17 Aug – Ayatullah Khomeini
24 Aug – Steve Martin
31 Aug – Asian-American Whiz Kids
7 Sep – U.S. Catholics
14 Sep – America for Sale
21 Sep – Robert Bork
28 Sep – Bill Cosby
5 Oct – Soviet Space Program
12 Oct – Hite Report
19 Oct – Greenhouse Effect
26 Oct – Changing U.S.S.R.
2 Nov – The Stock Market Crash
9 Nov – America's Leadership Crisis
16 Nov – Glenn Close & Michael Douglas
23 Nov – Reinvigorating the City
30 Nov – Alcoholism
7 Dec – Shirley MacLaine
14 Dec – Mikhail Gorbachev
21 Dec – Famine in Ethiopia
28 Dec – Gary Hart

1988

4 Jan – Mikhail Gorbachev, Man of the Year
11 Jan – 1968
18 Jan – Andrew Lloyd Webber
25 Jan – Iowa Primary
1 Feb – Principal Joe Clark
8 Feb – Dan Rather
15 Feb – Debi Thomas
22 Feb – Americans Are Living Longer
29 Feb – The Presidential Pack
7 Mar – Manuel Noriega
14 Mar – Superman at 50
21 Mar – George H.W. Bush
28 Mar – Computers of the Future
4 Apr – Israel at 40
11 Apr – Jesse Jackson
18 Apr – War Over Smoking
25 Apr – Michael Eisner & Mickey Mouse
2 May – Michael Dukakis
9 May – Kids Who Sell Crack
16 May – Nancy Reagan & Astrology
23 May – The Immune System
30 May – Legalizing Drugs
6 Jun – Raisa Gorbachev
13 Jun – Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev
20 Jun – Gardening
27 Jun – Mike Tyson
4 Jul – Drought
11 Jul – Edward James Olmos
18 Jul – Exploring Mars
25 Jul – Lloyd Bentsen & Michael Dukakis
1 Aug – Ocean Pollution
8 Aug – Growing Up In America
15 Aug – Mosaic of Christ
22 Aug – George H.W. Bush
29 Aug – George H.W. Bush & Dan Quayle
5 Sep – Begging in America
12 Sep – Gridlock
19 Sep – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
26 Sep – Computer Viruses
3 Oct – John Sasso & James Baker
10 Oct – U.S. Returns to Space
17 Oct – Networks Under Fire
24 Oct – Politics of Personality
31 Oct – Clawsons of Ohio
7 Nov – Enrique Camarena
21 Nov – George H.W. Bush
28 Nov – J.F.K.'s Assassination
5 Dec – Ross Johnson
12 Dec – Good News for the Heart
19 Dec – Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev
26 Dec – Yasser Arafat

1989

2 Jan – Endangered Earth, Planet of the Year
9 Jan – Gene Hackman & Willem Dafoe
16 Jan – Donald Trump
23 Jan – Barbara Bush
30 Jan – George H.W. Bush
6 Feb – Guns & Violence
13 Feb – James Baker
20 Feb – Marine Spy Scandal
27 Feb – Ayatullah Khomeini
6 Mar – John Tower
13 Mar – Middle-Class Blacks
20 Mar – Mapping Human Genes
27 Mar – Poisoned Grapes
3 Apr – Student Athletes & Education
10 Apr – Changing U.S.S.R.
17 Apr – America's Last Frontier
24 Apr – America's Rat Race
1 May – Abortion & The Court
8 May – Cold Fusion?
15 May – Eduard Shevardnadze
22 May – Panama's Election
29 May – Chinese Demonstrator
5 Jun – Beijing & Moscow
12 Jun – Massacre in Beijing
19 Jun – Revolt Against Communism
26 Jun – Kevin Costner
3 Jul – The Sun
10 Jul – Pete Rose
17 Jul – Gun Deaths
24 Jul – Joseph Hazelwood
31 Jul – Doctors & Patients
7 Aug – Diane Sawyer
14 Aug – Joseph Cicippio & Other Hostages
21 Aug – George H.W. Bush
28 Aug – 50th Anniversary of World War II
5 Sep – The Rolling Stones
11 Sep – Citizens Fight Drugs
18 Sep – Saving the Rain Forest
25 Sep – Atlantic City
2 Oct – A Day in the Life of China
9 Oct – Adoption
16 Oct – The Elephant
23 Oct – George Washington
25 Oct – 150 Years of Photojournalism
30 Oct – San Francisco Earthquake
6 Nov – Eastern Europe Breaks Away
13 Nov – Arsenio Hall
20 Nov – The Berlin Wall
27 Nov – Skyrocketing Art Prices
4 Dec – A Future for Feminism?
11 Dec – George H.W. Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev
18 Dec – Money Laundering
25 Dec – Tom Cruise

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