* 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

Kojima has cited Shigeru Miyamoto's Super Mario Bros. ( 1985 ) and Yuji Horii's The Portopia Serial Murder Case ( 1983 ) as the games that inspired him to make this decision.

* Soap Opera Digest Award-Winner, Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Serial ( 1985 )

**( 1985 ) Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Actor in a Mature Role in a Daytime Serial for Days of our Lives

* Eve McVeagh as Manager ( 1 episode, " Serial Murders ", 1985 )

British Aerospace AV-8C Harrier: Harrier Jump Jet Serial Number: 159241 Markings: VMA-513, Yuma MCAS, Yuma, Arizona, 1985.

Douglas DC-7B: Douglas DC-7 Serial Number: 44-701 Registration: N51701 Markings: T & G Aviation Inc. Chandler, Arizona, 1985.

Douglas AIR-2A Genie: AIR-2 Genie Serial Number: TE-04813, Markings: 87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, K. I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan, 1985

McDonnell-Douglas AIR-2A Genie: AIR-2 Genie Serial Number: TE-04813 Markings: 87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, K. I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan, 1985.

*** 1. 9 L ( 1, 913 cc ) ( 83 bhp ) ( Serial # DH ) water-cooled ( or " Wasserboxer ") engine used for the 1983½ to 1985 models, which used a fuel injection system known as " Digijet " ( Digital Jet-tronic )

A-10A AF Serial No 81-0991 of the 91st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 7 June 1985.

Two wolphins currently live at the Sea Life Park in Hawaii ; the first was born in 1985 from a male false killer whale and a female bottlenose.

* 1985 – Lee Boyd Malvo, Jamaican spree killer

In 1985, at a press conference, Feinstein revealed details about the hunt for serial killer Richard Ramírez, and in so doing angered detectives by giving away details of his crimes.

Other well-known roles include Captain Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption, Viking Lofgren in the 1983 hit drama movie Bad Boys, Rawhide in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension ( 1984 ), Frankenstein's monster in The Bride ( 1985 ), Army mercenary Larry McRose in Extreme Prejudice ( 1987 ), vicious killer Steve in Shoot to Kill ( 1988 ), the police officer in Michael Jackson's short movie Speed Demon ( 1988 ), Dead Man Walking ( cameo only ), Pet Sematary Two as Gus, Career Sergeant Zim in Starship Troopers, ( a role he would reprise in the animated television series Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles ), and Captain William Hadley in The Guardian.

Carroll Edward Cole ( May 9, 1938 – December 6, 1985 ), was an American serial killer who was executed in 1985.

Leonard Lake ( October 29, 1945 – June 6, 1985 ) was an American serial killer.

In 1985, contract killer Joseph Paruta, who served under Sammy Gravano, was a terminal lung cancer patient, and was initiated into the Gambino crime family in a ceremony in his room at the cancer center and became a " made man ".

Between 1985 and 1990, a serial killer known as the " Frankford Slasher " murdered several women in the neighborhood ; although several suspects were taken into custody, the actual killer has never been identified.

Out of the Darkness is a 1985 telefilm about the pursuit of the serial killer David Berkowitz by New York City detective Ed Zigo ( played by Martin Sheen ).