List of Famous people who died at 85

Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist and acoustician. His innovative work in both the sciences—particularly communications and acoustics—and the various arts of music, literature and radio presentation after the end of World War II, as well as his anti-nuclear activism and cultural criticism garnered him widespread recognition in his lifetime.

Patrick Paul Billingsley was an American mathematician and stage and screen actor, noted for his books in advanced probability theory and statistics. He was born and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946.

Wilheim Schulte, also known professionally as Willy Schulte and Willi Schulte, was a German actor and writer. He has 151 film credits to his name, including Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht (1969), Tatort (1970) and Lindenstraße (1985).

Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop.

Hans Wimmer was a German sculptor.