List of Famous people who died in 1985

Sylvain Grysolle was a Belgian cyclist. He won the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 1948, the 1945 Tour of Flanders, and the 1941 La Flèche Wallonne.

Ferdinand Alquié was a French philosopher and member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques from 1978.

Åke Fridell was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Gävle, Sweden and died in Stockholm.

Viorica Ursuleac was a Romanian operatic soprano. Viorica Ursuleac was born the daughter of a Greek Orthodox archdeacon, in Chernivtsi, which is now in Ukraine. Following training in Vienna, she made her operatic debut in Zagreb (Agram), as Charlotte in Massenet's Werther, in 1922. The soprano then appeared at the Vienna Volksoper (1924–26), Frankfurt Opera (1926–30), Vienna State Opera (1930–35), Berlin State Opera (1935–37), and Bavarian State Opera (1937–44). She married the Austrian conductor Clemens Krauss in Frankfurt during her time there.

George Roche Evans was a Bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Denver from 1969–1985.

William McPherson "Bill" Allen was an American businessman in the aviation industry who served as the President of Boeing from 1945 to 1968.

Paul Mann was a Canadian film and theater actor, as well as founder of the Paul Mann Actor's Workshop. His brother was the actor Larry D. Mann.