List of Famous people who died at 85

John Reginald Owen was a British actor known for his many roles in British and American film along with television programs.

Anthony Michael Milone was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, from 1988 to 2006.

Maria Luisa Della Noce was an Italian actress. She was perhaps best known for her roles in the films The Railroad Man (1956) and Juliet of the Spirits (1965).

Mann Rubin was an American film and television screenwriter, whose credits included The Best of Everything in 1959, Brainstorm in 1965, Warning Shot in 1967, The First Deadly Sin in 1980, and The Human Shield in 1991. He also taught screenwriting within the cinema and TV department at the University of Southern California for more than ten years.

Albert Pfluger was a Swiss mathematician, specializing in complex function theory.

Dudley Maurice Newitt FRS was a British chemical engineer who was awarded the Rumford Medal in 1962 in recognition of his 'distinguished contributions to chemical engineering'.

George Julius Perles was an American football player and coach. He was a defensive line coach, defensive coordinator, and assistant head coach for the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers from 1972 to 1982 and the head football coach at Michigan State University from 1983 to 1994. Perles was elected to the MSU Board of Trustees in 2006. He retired from his position on the Board November 29, 2018, citing health reasons and wanting to spend time with family. On January 7, 2020, Perles died from Parkinson's disease. He was 85 years old.

István Rusznyák, was a Hungarian physician. He was the President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences between 1949 and 1970.