Famous People Who Died In 1985
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1985. This list includes people like Orson Welles, Rock Hudson, Yul Brynner, Ricky Nelson, Paul Castellano and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, artists, novelists and poets who died in 1985. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Russia and many more countries.
Orson WellesAmerican
Actor and Director
Omayra SánchezColombian
Victim of Nevado del Ruiz Volcano
Rock HudsonAmerican
Actor
Ricky NelsonAmerican
Musician
Yul BrynnerRussian
Film & Stage Actor
Kiki CamarenaAmerican
Undercover Agent
Paul CastellanoAmerican
Gangster
Anne BaxterAmerican
Actress
Dian FosseyRwandan, American
Zoologist, Conservationist
Louise BrooksAmerican
Actress
Marc ChagallBelarusian, French, Russian
Artist
Carol WayneAmerican
Actress
Enver HoxhaAlbanian
Former Communist Leader of Albania
Nicholas ColasantoAmerican
Actor
Robert Todd Lincoln BeckwithAmerican
Last Descendant of Abraham Lincoln
Ruth GordonAmerican
Actress
E. B. WhiteAmerican
Philip LarkinBritish
Poet
Robert GravesBritish
Poet & Novelist
Stepin FetchitAmerican
Actor
Wilfrid BrambellIrish
Actor
Simone SignoretFrench
Actress
Potter StewartAmerican
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
Laura AshleyWelsh
Founder of 'Laura Ashley' Brand
Lon NolCambodian
Cambodian Politician
Jock SteinScottish
Football Manager
Simon KuznetsAmerican
Economist
Henry HathawayAmerican
Film Director
Frank Macfarlane BurnetAustralian
Virologist & Noble Prize Laureate
John Franklin EndersAmerican
The Father of Modern Vaccines
Paul FloryAmerican
Chemist
Andre KerteszHungarian
Photographer
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Tjalling C. KoopmansDutch
Economist
Bill ScottAmerican
American voice actor
Rodney R. PorterBritish
Biochemist
Konstantin ChernenkoRussian
Politician
Roger MarisAmerican
Athlete
Samantha SmithAmerican
Actress
Dan WhiteAmerican
Government Official
Leonard LakeAmerican
Murderer
Carl SchmittGerman
Jurist, Geopolitician, Politician, Philosopher,
Aniello DellacroceAmerican
Phil SilversAmerican
Actor, Stage actor, Television actor
Italo CalvinoItalian, American
Writer, Poet, Politician, Journalist, Reporter,
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of LuxembourgFrench
Former Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Bodil JoensenDanish
Adult Film Star, Actor
Lina HeydrichGerman
Writer
Gary HoltonBritish
Guitarist
Julie VegaFilipino
Model, Singer, Actor
Jean-Marie LoretFrench
Johnny OlsonAmerican
Actor, Radio personality
Vivien ThomasAmerican
Physician
Ahn Sahng-hongSouth Korean
James BeardAmerican
Chef, Non-fiction writer
Selma DiamondCanadian
actor, screenwriter, television actor
Ana MendietaAmerican
Performance artist, Artist, Painter, Visual artist
Nelson RiddleAmerican
conductor, bandleader, composer, musician
Heinrich BöllGerman
Writer
David ByronBritish
Singer, Songwriter
Fernand BraudelBrazilian, French
Economic historian, Historian, Professor
Janet Auchincloss RutherfurdAmerican
Socialite
Brian HorrocksBritish
Athletics competitor, Military personnel
Ettore BoiardiAmerican
Tancredo NevesBrazilian
Politician, Lawyer, Entrepreneur
Jean DubuffetFrench
Painter, Sculptor, Visual artist, Writer
Stefan BellofFormula One driver
Pauli MurrayAmerican
Lawyer
Shahnawaz BhuttoPakistani
Politician
George PólyaAmerican
Mathematician
László BíróHungarian
Inventor
David PurleyBritish
Formula One driver, Aerobatics, Racecar driver
Thomas BilottiAmerican
Rudi GernreichAustrian, American
Designer
Efrem ZimbalistAmerican
Composer, Conductor, Music educator, Violinist,
Masako NatsumeJapanese
Actor, Model, Poet
Eric VoegelinAmerican
Political scientist, Philosopher, University
Muhammad Zafarullah KhanIndian, Pakistani
Politician, Diplomat, Judge, Lawyer
Barbara YungHong Konger
Actor
Donald O. HebbCanadian
Psychologist, Neuroscientist, University teacher
Eugene OrmandyHungarian, American
Conductor, University teacher, Concertmaster
Emil GilelsRussian
Pianist
Jo JonesAmerican
jazz musician, musician
Margaret MahlerHungarian
Psychiatrist, Child psychiatrist
Tage ErlanderSwedish
Politician
Méret OppenheimSwiss, German
Photographer, Writer, Painter, Model, Visual
Patricia Roberts HarrisAmerican
Former United States Secretary of Housing and
Charles Francis RichterAmerican
American seismologist
William PereiraAmerican
Architect
Vyloppilli Sreedhara MenonIndian
Poet, Writer
Julia RobinsonAmerican
Mathematician, Philosopher, University teacher,
Karl DiebitschGerman
Painter, Postage stamp designer
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.American
Anton KarasAustrian
Composer, Musician, Film score composer
Elsa MoranteItalian
Italian novelist
Chester GouldAmerican
Cartoonist
Tjalling KoopmansDutch, American
Economist, Mathematician