List of Famous people who died in 1985

Leonida Rèpaci was an Italian writer and political activist. He won the Bagutta Prize in 1933 and was one of the originators of the Viareggio Prize, with Carlo Salsa and Alberto Colantuoni. He administered the prize until 1935 and then from 1946 until his death. From 1945 to 1946 he was the co-editor of the newspaper Il Tempo.

Julia Hall Bowman Robinson was an American mathematician noted for her contributions to the fields of computability theory and computational complexity theory—most notably in decision problems. Her work on Hilbert's tenth problem played a crucial role in its ultimate resolution. Robinson was a 1983 MacArthur Fellow.

Frank Friedman Oppenheimer was an American particle physicist, cattle rancher, professor of physics at the University of Colorado, and the founder of the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

Robert L. Surtees, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer who won three Academy Awards for the films King Solomon's Mines, The Bad and the Beautiful and the 1959 version of Ben Hur. Surtees worked at various studios, including Universal, UFA, Warner Brothers, and MGM, lighting for notable directors Howard Hawks, Mike Nichols, and William Wyler, gaining him a reputation as one of the most versatile cinematographers of his time.