List of Famous people who died in 1985

Xu Shiyou was a general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Count Sō Takeyuki was a Japanese aristocrat, academic and poet. He was a Count of the island Tsushima from 1923 to 1985. Takeyuki was the husband of Princess Deokhye, the last princess of the Korean Empire. He has served as a member of the House of Peers.

Liang Xingchu was a People's Liberation Army lieutenant general. He was born in Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province. General Liang commanded the 38th group army during the Korean War. He died in Beijing.

Edward Johnston Alexander was an American botanist who discovered three species and one genus, but only named one of them, although he is the author or one of the authors of 205 entries in the International Plant Names Index. He was born in Asheville, North Carolina and studied at North Carolina State University from 1919 to 1923, though he failed to graduate. He was a longtime assistant and curator at New York Botanical Garden, originally under the guidance of John Kunkel Small. While at the Botanic Garden, he served as an editor of the Garden's botanical journal Addisonia for about thirty years, until the journal ceased publication in 1964.

Naoum Shebib (1915–1985), was an Egyptian architect of Lebanese origin. He is considered one of the leading Egyptian architects and the precursor of modern architecture in Egypt. He was also a structural engineer and entrepreneur. His most famous work is undoubtedly the Cairo Tower, which is the tallest structure in Egypt and North Africa, rising 187 meters.

Saiza Nabarawi,(Arabic: سيزا النبراوي‎) also spelt as Siza Nabrawi (Nabarui) or Ceza Nabarawi,, (1897-1985) was an Egyptian journalist educated in Paris, and who eventually became the leading journalist for the L'Egyptienne magazine.

Charles Francis Richter ; April 26, 1900 – September 30, 1985) was an American seismologist and physicist.

Abdul-Monem Rifai was a Jordanian diplomat and political figure of Palestinian descent, who served two non-consecutive terms as the Prime Minister of Jordan in 1969 and 1970.