List of Famous people who are 85

Şenol Birol is a Turkish former footballer who played as a forward, notably for Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe.

Han Meilin is a Chinese artist most recognized today for his creation of the Fuwa dolls for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Han is also known to have lived through hard times during the Cultural Revolution.

Li Mingqi is a Chinese actress best known for her roles as Granny Wang on The Water Margin (1996), Wet-Nurse Rong on My Fair Princess (1997) and Granny Sun on The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006).

Edward Albert Feigenbaum is a computer scientist working in the field of artificial intelligence, and joint winner of the 1994 ACM Turing Award. He is often called the "father of expert systems."

Li Aizhen is a Chinese scientist at Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, affiliated to Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). An expert in semiconductor material, she was elected a foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Science in 2007.

Liu Yongtan is a Chinese electrical engineer. He is a radar technology and signal processing expert. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Liu Fangren was a Chinese politician. He was born in Wugong County, Shaanxi. He was Communist Party of China Committee Secretary (1993–2001) and People's Congress Chairman (1998–2002) of Guizhou. He was CPPCC Committee Chairman of Jiangxi (1993–1994). He was a delegate to the 8th National People's Congress and 9th National People's Congress. He was expelled from the party for corruption and sentenced to life in prison.

Abdul Taib bin Mahmud is the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak, in office since 2014. Previously he was Chief Minister of Sarawak from 1981 to 2014. Taib was also the President of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), which was part of the Barisan Nasional coalition until 2018. He is of ethnic Melanau descent.