List of Famous people who died in 1985

Kurt Ranke was a German ethnologist who specialized in the study of fairy tales.

Isabel Jeans was an English stage and film actress known for her roles in several Alfred Hitchcock films and her portrayal of Aunt Alicia in the 1958 musical film Gigi.

Robert Sour was a lyricist and composer, and the president of Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI).

Willy Dehnkamp was a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany in Bremen. He was the 3rd President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen from 1965 to 1967.

Elisabeth Margarete Biermann, known professionally as Elga Brink, was a German film actress. Brink rose to prominence in the early 1920s, when she starred in many silent films. Her last silent film was Marriage in Trouble in 1928. After silent films, Brink continued acting in sound films until her retirement in 1951. Her last role was in the 1951 movie Das fremde Leben. After her retirement, Brink remarried and worked as a clerk in Hamburg until her death in 1985.

Louis Caput was a French professional racing cyclist and then team manager. He won Paris–Tours in 1948, and two stages of the Tour de France. He was national champion in 1946.