List of Famous people who died at 85

Benoît Girard

First Name Benoît
Last Name Girard
Born on January 26, 1932
Died on March 25, 2017 (aged 85)
Born in Canada, Quebec
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Jost Delbrück

First Name Jost
Last Name Delbrück
Born on November 3, 1935
Died on November 6, 2020 (aged 85)
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Maurice Baudoux

First Name Maurice
Last Name Baudoux
Born on July 10, 1902
Died on July 1, 1988 (aged 85)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Maurice Baudoux was a Canadian priest and the Archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada.

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Hans-Werner Schlipköter

First Name Hans-Werner
Born on August 25, 1924
Died on March 12, 2010 (aged 85)
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Kitty Mattern

First Name Kitty
Last Name Mattern
Born on December 28, 1912
Died on July 14, 1998 (aged 85)
Born in Austria
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James Serrin

First Name James
Last Name Serrin
Born on November 1, 1926
Died on August 23, 2012 (aged 85)

James Burton Serrin was an American mathematician, and a professor at University of Minnesota.

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François Borella

François Charles Joseph André Borella
First Name François
Last Name Borella
Born on February 16, 1932
Died on May 7, 2017 (aged 85)
Born in France, Grand Est
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Henri Cochet

Henri Jean Cochet
First Name Henri
Last Name Cochet
Born on December 14, 1901
Died on April 1, 1987 (aged 85)

Henri Jean Cochet was a French tennis player. He was a world No. 1 ranked player, and a member of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

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Robert Hanbury Brown

First Name Robert
Last Name Brown
Born on August 31, 1916
Died on January 16, 2002 (aged 85)
Born in India

Robert Hanbury Brown, AC FRS was a British astronomer and physicist born in Aruvankadu, India. He made notable contributions to the development of radar and later conducted pioneering work in the field of radio astronomy.

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Israel Tal

First Name Israel
Last Name Tal
Born on September 13, 1924
Died on September 8, 2010 (aged 85)

Israel Tal, also known as Talik, was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) general known for his knowledge of tank warfare and for leading the development of Israel's Merkava tank.

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