* 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

The 1980s also saw the cementing of relationships between established characters: Alf Roberts ( Bryan Mosley ) married Audrey Potter ( Sue Nicholls ) in 1985, Kevin Webster ( Michael Le Vell ) married Sally Seddon ( Sally Dynevor ) in 1986.

In 1985, Kevin Dunlap of DEC significantly re-wrote the DNS implementation.

John Lott and Kevin Hassett of the American Enterprise Institute study the coverage of economic news by looking at a panel of 389 U. S. newspapers from 1991 to 2004, and from 1985 to 2004 for a subsample comprising the top 10 newspapers and the Associated Press.

* Rock bands – Jeff Wayne and Rick Wakeman with Kevin Peek did a Progressive Rock version of the entire suite with added incidental music on an album called " Beyond The Planets " which also contained occasional narration by Patrick Allen. An arrangement of " Mars " by progressive-rock trio Emerson, Lake & Powell appeared on their eponymous album ( 1985 ) and was played in their 1985 – 86 live shows. King Crimson, Greg Lake's first successful band performed a rock arrangement of " Mars " live in 1969.

* In 1985 John Malkovich directed a revival production at New York City's Circle in the Square Theatre starring Kevin Kline as Bluntschli ( later replaced by Malkovich after Kline's departure ), Glenne Headly as Raina and Raúl Juliá as Sergius.

Roger Price created another show for Nickelodeon, the less successful Turkey Television, in 1985, which used several key cast members of YCDTOTV, including Les Lye, Christine McGlade, Kevin Kubusheskie, and Adam Reid.

This style of morphing was perhaps most famously employed in the video that former 10cc members Kevin Godley and Lol Creme ( performing as Godley & Creme ) produced in 1985 for their song Cry.

Tesich would go on to script another cycling-themed film, American Flyers ( 1985 ), starring Kevin Costner.

Karen Prell and Kevin Clash during the filming of Labyrinth. Labyrinth began shooting on April 15, 1985, at Elstree Studios.

As a West German teenager, Becker won his first top-level singles title in June 1985 at Queen's Club and two weeks later on 7 July, became the first unseeded player and the first German to win the Wimbledon singles title, defeating Kevin Curren in four sets.

Preston married actor Kevin Gage in 1985 until their divorce in 1987.

* Gerrard, Peter ; Bergin, Kevin ( 1985 ).

In September 1985, Europe started the recording of its next album with Journey producer Kevin Elson.

* Kevin Starr, Inventing the Dream: California through the Progressive Era ( NY: Oxford University Press, 1985 )

Love and Rockets were an English alternative rock band formed in 1985 by former Bauhaus members Daniel Ash ( vocals, guitar and saxophone ), David J ( bass guitar and vocals ) and Kevin Haskins ( drums and synthesizers ) after the group split in 1983.

Nelson began acting in the early 1980s, starring in Making the Grade ( 1984 ) and Fandango ( 1985 ), the latter in which he starred opposite a young Kevin Costner.

June has four grandchildren ; in addition to Beaver's sons, Wally ( an attorney ) and his wife, Mary Ellen, have two children: Kelly ( 11 in 1985 ) and baby Kevin.

In 1985 Kevin Barron was made a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition Neil Kinnock, a position he held until the 1987 general election.

During WCCW's golden years ( 1981 – 1985 ), the company was booked for the most part by Ken Mantell, with David Von Erich, Gary Hart, Bruiser Brody and ( after David's death ) Kevin Von Erich being the go-to people to keep the success of World Class going.

* 1985 Analytical Planning: The Organization of Systems, with Kevin P. Kearns, ISBN 0-08-032599-8, Pergamon

It underwent complete refurbishment in 1985 and in 2003, American actor Kevin Spacey was appointed as new artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre Company which received considerable media attention.

Miki Berkovich 1971 – 75 and 1976 – 88, Motti Aroesti 1974 – 88, Doron Jamchi 1985 – 96 and 1999 – 2000, Kevin Magee 1984 – 90, Lou Silver 1975 – 85, Ken Barlow 1987 – 90, Aulcie Perry 1976 – 85, and LaVon Mercer 1988 – 95 were the superstars of that Maccabi run.

* Kevin Mitchell ( American football safety ) ( born 1985 ), currently a free agent in the National Football League