List of Famous people who died at 85

Mary Griffith was an American LGBT rights activist whose son, Bobby, died by suicide due to her religious intolerance. On December 6, 1995, she testified before the United States Congress.

Hichem Djait, was a prominent historian and scholar of Islam.

Heikki A. Alikoski was a Finnish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.

Hussein Salem was an Egyptian-Spanish businessman, co-owner of the East Mediterranean Gas Company (EMG), and ally and advisor to former president Hosni Mubarak. He was also the chairman and CEO of HKS Group, a hospitality company that operates Maritim Jolie Ville Resort in Sharm El Sheikh. He was described as "one of the most secretive businessmen in Egypt", a mogul, and Mubarak's close confidant. He was known as the "Father of Sharm El Sheikh" due to his resort development activities.

Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova was a Russian mezzo-soprano, and later contralto, opera singer. She sang leading roles first in Russia at the Sverdlovsk Opera and the Bolshoi Theatre, and then throughout Europe and in the United States.

Robert Lebeck was an award-winning German photojournalist.

Hannah Billig, was a British doctor who worked in the East End of London. Billig was popular among her patients and her exceptional medical work during the Second World War earned her honours and awards, as well as the nickname "The Angel of Cable Street". After the war, she resumed her medical practice on Cable Street before retiring to Israel, continuing her medical work there until her death.

Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra was the eldest daughter of Mohammed V of Morocco and his first wife, Lalla Hanila bint Mamoun. On 16 August 1961 she was married at the Dar al-Makhzin in Rabat to her cousin, Prince Moulay Ali Alaoui (1924–1988), ambassador of Morocco to France (1964–1966). She has two sons and one daughter: Sharif Moulay Abdallah, Sharif Moulay Youssef and Princess Lalla Joumala, ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom since 2009.

Josef Kadraba was a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, playing 17 matches and scoring 9 goals.

Evgeni Andreyevich Vasiukov was a Russian chess player, one of the strongest in the world during his peak. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1961. During his career, he won the Moscow Championship on six occasions and scored numerous victories in international tournaments, such as Belgrade Open 1961, Moscow International 1961, East Berlin 1962, Reykjavik 1968, and Manila 1974. He was rarely at his best in Soviet Championship Finals, which were among the very toughest events in the world, and never made the Soviet team for an Olympiad or a European Team Championship. Vasiukov won the World Senior Chess Championship in 1995.