List of Famous people who died at 85

Sebastian Kräuter was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Timișoara diocese in Romania between 1990 and 1999.

François-Wolff Ligondé was the Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Bruno Tommasi was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop.

Clyde Elmer Anderson, more commonly known as C. Elmer Anderson, was an American politician who served as the 28th Governor of Minnesota from September 27, 1951 to January 5, 1955. Anderson also served as the Lieutenant governor of Minnesota on two occasions, from 1939 to 1943 and again from 1945 to 1951.

Jamie Lloyd Whitten was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented the Deep South state of Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 to 1995. He was at the time of his departure the longest-serving U.S. Representative ever. He is the longest-serving member of Congress ever from Mississippi. He was a New Deal liberal in economic matters, and took a leading role in Congress in forming national policy and spending regarding agriculture.

William Alexander "Bill" Allain was an American politician who held office as the 59th Governor of Mississippi as a Democrat from 1984 to 1988.