Famous people who died in 1985

Famous people who died on 1985

Orson Welles

Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)

American director and actor

Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner (1920 - 1985)

Russian actor

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson (1925 - 1985)

American actor

Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)

Russian-French artist

Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith

Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith (1904 - 1985)

Last undisputed descendant of Abraham Lincoln

Ricky Nelson

Ricky Nelson (1940 - 1985)

American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor

Dian Fossey

Dian Fossey (1932 - 1985)

American zoologist

Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter (1923 - 1985)

American actress

Dan White

Dan White (1946 - 1985)

American politician, assassin of George Moscone and Harvey Milk

Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks (1906 - 1985)

American actress and dancer

Enver Hoxha

Enver Hoxha (1908 - 1985)

Albanian politician

Paul Castellano

Paul Castellano (1915 - 1985)

American mobster

Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985)

English poet

Samantha Smith

Samantha Smith (1972 - 1985)

American actress, author, and activist

Ruth Gordon

Ruth Gordon (1896 - 1985)

American actress

Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino (1923 - 1985)

Italian journalist and author

Konstantin Chernenko

Konstantin Chernenko (1911 - 1985)

Soviet politician

Roger Maris

Roger Maris (1934 - 1985)

American baseball player

Robert Graves

Robert Graves (1895 - 1985)

English author

Vivien Thomas

Vivien Thomas (1910 - 1985)

African American surgeon

Karen Ann Quinlan

Karen Ann Quinlan (1954 - 1985)

American right-to-die cause célèbre

Cus D'Amato

Cus D'Amato (1908 - 1985)

American boxing manager and trainer

Matt Monro

Matt Monro (1930 - 1985)

English singer

Phil Silvers

Phil Silvers (1911 - 1985)

American actor

Nicholas Colasanto

Nicholas Colasanto (1924 - 1985)

American actor

Carl Schmitt

Carl Schmitt (1888 - 1985)

German philosopher and theorist

Simone Signoret

Simone Signoret (1921 - 1985)

French actress

E. B. White

E. B. White (1899 - 1985)

American writer

Ettore Boiardi

Ettore Boiardi (1897 - 1985)

Chef

Fernand Braudel

Fernand Braudel (1902 - 1985)

French historian

Jean Dubuffet

Jean Dubuffet (1901 - 1985)

French painter and sculptor

Potter Stewart

Potter Stewart (1915 - 1985)

American judge

Aniello Dellacroce

Aniello Dellacroce (1914 - 1985)

American gangster

Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Böll (1917 - 1985)

German writer

David Byron

David Byron (1947 - 1985)

English singer-songwriter

John Willard Marriott

John Willard Marriott (1900 - 1985)

Founder, Marriott Corporation, since 1993 Marriott International

Margaret Hamilton

Margaret Hamilton (1902 - 1985)

American actress

Eddie Shore

Eddie Shore (1902 - 1985)

Canadian ice hockey player

Clarence Nash

Clarence Nash (1904 - 1985)

Voice actor

Edward Andrews

Edward Andrews (1914 - 1985)

Actor

Jo Jones

Jo Jones (1911 - 1985)

Drummer

Tancredo Neves

Tancredo Neves (1910 - 1985)

Brazilian politician

Kenny Clarke

Kenny Clarke (1914 - 1985)

Drummer

Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter (1900 - 1985)

American seismologist

Grayson Hall

Grayson Hall (1922 - 1985)

Actress

Stefan Bellof

Stefan Bellof (1957 - 1985)

German race car driver

Eugene Ormandy

Eugene Ormandy (1899 - 1985)

American conductor

Frank J. Selke

Frank J. Selke (1893 - 1985)

former NHL general manager

James Beard

James Beard (1903 - 1985)

American chef

Cootie Williams

Cootie Williams (1911 - 1985)

American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter

Philip Don Estridge

Philip Don Estridge (1937 - 1985)

Father of the IBM PC

Axel Springer

Axel Springer (1912 - 1985)

German journalist