This list of people in Playboy 1980–1989 is a catalog of women and men who appeared in Playboy magazine in the years 1980 through 1989. Not all of the people featured in the magazine are pictured in the nude.
Entries in blue indicate that the issue marks the original appearance of that year's Playmate of the Year (PMOY).
1980
1981
| Month | Cover model | Centerfold model | Interview subject | 20 Questions | Pictorials |
|---|
| January | Barbara Bach | Karen Price | John Lennon & Yoko Ono | | Barbara Bach, Honky-Tonk Angels (urban cowgirls) |
| February | Terri Welles, Candy Loving, Sondra Theodore | Vicki Lynn Lasseter | Tom Snyder | | Marie Helvin, Playmate Roommates: Terri Welles, Candy Loving, and Sondra Theodore |
| March | Tricia Barnstable, Cybil Barnstable | Kymberly Herrin | James Garner | Lauren Hutton | Twins: Cybil and Tricia Barnstable, Sheila and Moira Stone, Piper and Tara Perry, Lynette and Leigh Harris (or Lyn and Leigh Holiday), Jo Penney |
| April | Liz Wickersham | Lorraine Michaels | Ed Asner | | Rita Jenrette, The Girls of Kokomo, Indiana |
| May | Miss World winner Gabriella Brum | Gina Goldberg | Elisabeth Kübler-Ross | John DeLorean | Dorothy Stratten, Miss World Gabriella Brum, Girls of the Adriatic Coast |
| June | Terri Welles | Cathy Larmouth | Steve Garvey | Jack Lemmon | Terri Welles – PMOY, the women of For Your Eyes Only |
| July | Jayne Kennedy | Heidi Sorenson | Robert Garwood | Jayne Kennedy | |
| August | Valerie Perrine | Debbie Boostrom | George Gilder | Joan Rivers | Valerie Perrine |
| September | Bo Derek | Susan Smith | James Michener | | Bo Derek |
| October | Cathy St. George | Kelly Tough | Donald Sutherland | | Maud Adams |
| November | Teri Peterson | Shannon Tweed | Oriana Fallaci | | Vikki LaMotta |
| December | Bernadette Peters | Patricia Farinelli | Henry Fonda | John Kenneth Galbraith | Bernadette Peters |
1982
| Month | Cover model | Centerfold model | Interview subject | 20 Questions | Pictorials |
|---|
| January | Natalie Levy Bencheton | Kimberly McArthur | George Carlin | John Matuszak | Ursula Andress, Linda Evans, Bo Derek |
| February | Kimberly McArthur | Anne-Marie Fox | Lech Wałęsa | Karen Allen | Sylvia Kristel |
| March | Barbara Carrera | Karen Witter | Patricia Hearst | Louis Rukeyser | Barbara Carrera, Melanie Martin |
| April | Mariel Hemingway | Linda Rhys Vaughn | Ed Koch | James Woods | Mariel Hemingway, Henriette Allais |
| May | Vickie Reigle | Kym Malin | Billy Joel | SCTV: John Candy, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty and Catherine O'Hara | Rae Dawn Chong, Barbara Schantz (Springfield, Ohio police officer) |
| June | Shannon Tweed | Lourdes Estores | Sugar Ray Leonard | Brandon Tartikoff | Shannon Tweed – PMOY |
| July | Lynda Wiesmeier | Lynda Wiesmeier | Bette Davis | Stevie Nicks | |
| August | Vicki McCarty | Cathy St. George | Akio Morita | Mariette Hartley | Marilyn Michaels, Summer Sex '82 |
| September | Kymberly Herrin | Connie Brighton | Cheech and Chong | Tom Petty | |
| October | Tanya Roberts | Marianne Gravatte | Robin Williams | John LeBoutillier | Tanya Roberts |
| November | Lorraine Michaels | Marlene Janssen | Luciano Pavarotti | Frank and Moon Unit Zappa | Women of Braniff[2] |
| December | Marcy Hanson | Charlotte Kemp | Julie Andrews & Blake Edwards | | Sydne Rome |
1983
| Month | Cover model | Centerfold model | Interview subject | 20 Questions | Pictorials |
|---|
| January | Audrey Landers, Judy Landers | Lonny Chin | Dudley Moore | Herschel Walker | Audrey Landers, Judy Landers, Shannon Tweed |
| February | Kim Basinger | Melinda Mays | Gabriel García Márquez | Yakov Smirnoff | Kim Basinger |
| March | Kimberly McArthur, Kelly Tough, Karen Witter | Alana Soares | Sam Donaldson | Arthur Jones | |
| April | Carrie Leigh | Christina Ferguson | Paul Newman | Al McGuire | Pamela Bellwood, Ladies of Spain, Donna King |
| May | Nastassja Kinski | Susie Scott Krabacher | Ansel Adams | Charlton Heston | Nastassja Kinski |
| June | Marianne Gravatte | Jolanda Egger | Stephen King | Debra Winger | Marianne Gravatte – PMOY, Morganna |
| July | Ruth Guerri | Ruth Guerri | Earl Weaver | Carrie Fisher | Bond Girls, Erogenous Parts (photography of Francis Giacobetti) |
| August | Sybil Danning | Carina Persson | Ted Turner | Jan Stephenson | Sybil Danning |
| September | Kymberly Herrin | Barbara Edwards | Sandinistas: Sergio Ramírez, Ernesto Cardenal, Tomas Borge Martinez | Randy Newman | Girls of the Atlantic Coast Conference |
| October | Charlotte Kemp | Tracy Vaccaro | Cast/crew of Hill Street Blues: Bruce Weitz, Veronica Hamel, Daniel J. Travanti, Charles Haid, Michael Warren, James B. Sikking, Betty Thomas, Ed Marinaro, Taurean Blacque, Kiel Martin, Steven Bochco, René Enríquez, Joe Spano, Barbara Bosson and Michael Conrad | Joe Piscopo | Loretta Martin |
| November | Donna Ann | Veronica Gamba | Kenny Rogers | Bubba Smith | |
| December | Joan Collins | Terry Nihen | Tom Selleck | | Joan Collins |
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
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