List of Famous people who died at 85

Richard Jaeger was a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. Under Ludwig Erhard's second ministry, he was Minister of Justice.

Xu Qinxian was a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army. As commander of the 38th Group Army, he refused the order to use force against demonstrators in Beijing during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. As a result, Xu was court-martialed, jailed for five years and expelled from the Communist Party of China. After serving his sentence, he was exiled to Shijiazhuang, Hebei, where he spent the remainder of his life.

İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil was a Turkish politician, being a member of the Justice Party. He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times in the 1960s and 1970s and as the Acting President of Turkey.

Adolf Born was a Czech painter, illustrator, filmmaker and caricaturist, "known for his murkily-tinted pictures of bizarre fauna, and Victorian gentlemen in top hats and top coats". In recognition of his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator, Born was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2008. His various international rewards and honors also include the Grand Prix at the International Salon of Cartoons in Montreal and the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.

Justín Javorek was a Slovak football coach and goalkeeper for the Czechoslovakia national team.

Simón Narciso Díaz Márquez was a Venezuelan singer and Grammy Award-winning composer of Venezuelan music.

Saizō Kishimoto was a Japanese gangster.

Zeev Sternhell was a Polish-born Israeli historian, political scientist, commentator on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and writer. He was one of the world's leading theorists of the phenomenon of fascism. Sternhell headed the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and wrote for Haaretz newspaper.

Jack Gold was a British film and television director. He was part of the British realist tradition which followed the Free Cinema movement.

Poedjono Pranyoto was an Indonesian military officer and politician who served as the governor of Lampung from 1988 until 1997 and the deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly from 1997 until 1999.