List of Famous people who are 85

Rowland Scherman is an American photographer.

Johan Antoon Reinier Alex Maria van Hooff is a Dutch biologist best known for his research involving primates. He was professor of comparative physiology at Utrecht University from 1980 to 2001.

Rocco Scott LaFaro was an American jazz double bassist known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. Despite his short career, he was ranked #16 on Bass Player magazine's top 100 bass players of all time.

Loren Wilber Acton is an American physicist who flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a Payload Specialist for the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory. He is also the father of Cheryll Glotfelty, a leading ecocritic.

Petre Ivănescu is a Romanian former handball player and coach who played for Dinamo București and for Romania national team.

Raymond Frederick "Ray" Streater is a British physicist, and professor emeritus of Applied Mathematics at King's College London. He is best known for co-authoring a text on quantum field theory, the 1964 PCT, Spin and Statistics and All That.

Quinn K. Redeker is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for his work on daytime dramas.

Henri Maïdou is a retired Central African politician who served as Prime Minister of the Central African Empire from 14 July 1978 to 26 September 1979, and Vice President of the CAR in the cabinet of David Dacko from September 1979 to August 1980.