* 1985 – Clarke MacArthur, Canadian hockey player

* 1985 – Al Mukadam, Canadian director, producer, screenwriter and actor

* 1985 – Frank Ongfiang, Italian footballer

* 1985 – James Alexandrou, English actor

* 1985 – Brennan Boesch, American baseball player

* 1985 – Jeísa Chiminazzo, Brazilian model

* 1985 – Ted Ginn, Jr., American football player

* 1985 – Anna-Katharina Samsel, German actress

* 1985 – Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer-songwriter ( Serebro )

* 1985 – Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer ( Morning Musume and Hangry & Angry )

* 1901 – Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian economist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1985 )

* 1985 – Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American call girl, columnist, and singer

* 1985 – Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model

* 1985 – The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.

* 1908 – Kurt Wegner, German artist ( d. 1985 )

* 1985 – Nikica Jelavić, Croatian footballer

* 1985 – Alexandra Nechita, Romanian-American painter

* 1985 – Mickaël Delage, French cyclist

* 1985 – Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer

* 1985 – Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer

* 1922 – Philip Larkin, English poet ( d. 1985 )

* 1985 – Luca Filippi, Italian race car driver

* 1985 – Anna Kendrick, American actress

* 1985 – Hayley Peirsol, American swimmer

* 1985 – JaMarcus Russell, American football player

* 1985 – Dan Byrd, American actor

* 1946 – Dan White, American politician, assassin of George Moscone and Harvey Milk ( d. 1985 )

* Dan Simmons's Song of Kali, 1985, features a Thuggee cult.

Dan McKinnon would be the last chairman of the CAB and would oversee its final closure on January 1, 1985.

Mound Builders Area Council continued to serve Middletown and the Lemon & Madison Townships of Butler County as well as all of Warren County until July 1, 1985 when it was absorbed into Dan Beard Council # 438 and became the Mound Builders District.

Upon the merger with Dan Beard Council in 1985, the Ku-Ni-Eh Lodge # 462 merged with Nachenum, forming Ku-Ni-Eh Lodge # 145 ( keeping the existing Dan Beard Council name but choosing to use the lower lodge # of the former Nachenum Lodge ).

* Dan Cocoziello ( born 1985 ), professional lacrosse player.

After teaching political philosophy and American politics at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Kristol went to work in government in 1985, serving as chief of staff to Secretary of Education William Bennett during the Reagan administration, and then as Chief of Staff to the Vice President under Dan Quayle in the George H. W. Bush administration.

A 1985 cover of the ' 70s Dan Hill hit " Sometimes When We Touch ", performed with Mark Grey, reached No. 6 in 1985.

* Seven Magnificent Gladiators ( 1985 ) starring Lou Ferrigno and Dan Vadis

In 1985, Wynn and Dan Stuart of Green on Red wrote 10 songs together which were recorded with Dennis Duck, among others, and released by A & M as Danny and Dusty: The Lost Weekend.

These were followed throughout December 1985 – July 1986 by an exhibition of works by American sculptor John Chamberlain, American minimalists Dan Flavin, Sol LeWitt, Robert Ryman, Frank Stella, and Carl Andre.

Souder served as an aide for United States Representative Dan Coats from 1983 to 1984 ; as minority staff director of the House Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families from 1985 to 1988 ; and again as an aide for Coats from 1988 to 1993, staying with Coats when he became a United States Senator in 1989.

* Peter Ackroyd-The Great Fire of London ( 1982 ), Hawksmoor ( 1985 ), The House of Doctor Dee ( 1993 ), Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem ( 1994 ), The Clerkenwell Tales ( 2003 ), The Lambs of London ( 2004 )

; AL: Dan Quisenberry, 4 ( 1982 – 1985 )

: 5 Dan Quisenberry ( 1980, 1982 – 1985 )

Daniel James " Dan " White ( September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985 ) was a San Francisco supervisor who assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on Monday, November 27, 1978, at City Hall.

The Pamir Mountains were prominently featured in the 1985 film, Spies Like Us starring Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd.

Sax player Dan Clawson took over for Garth in 1985, and Gary Burr ( vocals, guitars ) was there from 1984 to 1985.

After Desperate Dan took over the front page in 1985, the annual cover reflected this by featuring both Korky and Dan until the 1991 book-the first ever Dandy Annual not to feature Korky on the front in any way.