List of Famous people who are 85

Zdzisława Donat-Pajda is a Polish coloratura soprano. She studied in Warsaw and Siena, where she was a pupil of Gino Bechi.

Jacques Léonard is a Canadian accountant, educator, and politician in the province of Quebec. He served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985 and again from 1989 to 2001 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of René Lévesque, Jacques Parizeau, and Lucien Bouchard. Léonard is a Quebec sovereigntist and a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ) and Bloc Québécois (BQ).

Guido Carlesi was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Carlesi won two stages in the Tour de France and seven stages in the Giro d'Italia. In 1961, he finished 2nd in the general classification of the 1961 Tour de France.

Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud "Silanyo" is a Somaliland politician who was President of Somaliland from 2010–2017. He is a long-time member of the government, having served as Minister of Commerce of the Somali Republic, and among other Cabinet positions. During the 1980s, he also served as the Chairman of the Somali National Movement.

Robert Frank "Bob" List is an American attorney and politician. He served as the 24th Governor of Nevada from 1979 to 1983. He was raised in Exeter, California. He served as Carson City District Attorney from 1967 to 1971 and Nevada Attorney General from 1971 to 1979. Currently List practices law in Las Vegas with the law firm Kolesar & Leatham, Chtd. He was the last Governor to serve from outside Clark County until Jim Gibbons' election. After his term ended, he became a supporter of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. List was defeated for re-election in 1982 by Nevada Attorney General Richard Bryan. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Anna Maria Sandri, credited under the name Maria Sandri, is an Italian actress who portrayed the daughter of a Bedouin sheikh, Mabrouka ben Yussef, in The Black Tent.

Antonio Salines is an Italian actor and director.

Antonio Siciliano is an Italian film editor. From his debut in the early 1970s Siciliano worked as editor in more than 150 Italian productions, including films by Giuliano Montaldo, Damiano Damiani, Luigi Comencini, Luciano Salce, Steno, E.B. Clucher, Massimo Troisi and Franco Giraldi.

Izumi Tateno (舘野 泉, Tateno Izumi, is a Japanese pianist.