List of Famous people who died at 85

Mervyn Lee Adelson was an American real estate developer and television producer who co-founded Lorimar Television.

Taro Yashima was a Japanese-American artist and children's book author. He immigrated to the United States in 1939 and assisted the U.S. war effort.

Willy Holt was an American production designer, art director and actor who lived in France for many years and worked extensively for the French film industry. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Is Paris Burning? He also won a César Award for Best Production Design for Au revoir, les enfants.

Jürgen Walther Ludwig Aschoff was a German physician, biologist and behavioral physiologist. Together with Erwin Bünning and Colin Pittendrigh, he is considered to be a co-founder of the field of chronobiology.