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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ferhat Abbas
Head of State
24-Oct-1899 23-Dec-1985 President of Algeria, 1962-63
Dawn Addams
Actor
21-Sep-1930 7-May-1985 A King in New York
Edward Andrews
Actor
9-Oct-1914 8-Mar-1985 Sixteen Candles
Evelyn Ankers
Actor
17-Aug-1918 29-Aug-1985 Captive Wild Woman
Laura Ashley
Fashion Designer
7-Sep-1925 17-Sep-1985 Welsh designer
Anne Baxter
Actor
7-May-1923 12-Dec-1985 The Razor's Edge
James Beard
Chef
5-May-1903 23-Jan-1985 First prominent TV chef
Julian Beck
Actor
31-May-1925 14-Sep-1985 Rev. Kane in Poltergeist II
László Bíró
Inventor
29-Sep-1899 24-Oct-1985 Ballpoint pen
Eugene Carson Blake
Religion
7-Nov-1906 31-Jul-1985 General Secretary, World Council of Churches, 1966-74
Hector Boiardi
Chef
22-Oct-1897 21-Jun-1985 Chef Boy-Ar-Dee
Heinrich Böll
Novelist
21-Dec-1917 16-Jul-1985 The Train Was On Time
W. A. Boyle
Labor Leader
1-Dec-1904 31-May-1985 UMW President, 1963-72
Scott Brady
Actor
13-Sep-1924 16-Apr-1985 Dancin' Kid in Johnny Guitar
Louise Brooks
Actor
14-Nov-1906 8-Aug-1985 Pandora's Box
George Brown
Politician
2-Sep-1914 2-Jun-1985 UK Foreign Secretary, 1966-68
Arthur Bryant
Historian
18-Feb-1899 2-Jan-1985 Biographer of Samuel Pepys
Yul Brynner
Actor
11-Jul-1920 10-Oct-1985 The King and I
Joseph Buloff
Actor
20-Jan-1899 27-Feb-1985 Yiddish stage actor
Hugh Burden
Actor
3-Apr-1913 17-May-1985 Funeral in Berlin
Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Scientist
3-Sep-1899 31-Aug-1985 Acquired immunological tolerance
Forbes Burnham
Head of State
20-Feb-1923 6-Aug-1985 President of Guyana, 1980-85
Abe Burrows
Playwright
18-Dec-1910 17-May-1985 Co-Author, Guys and Dolls
Edward Buzzell
Film Director
13-Nov-1900 11-Jan-1985 At the Circus
Italo Calvino
Author
15-Oct-1923 18-Sep-1985 Se una notte d'inverno un viaggatore
Paul Castellano
Criminal
20-Jun-1915 16-Dec-1985 Gambino crime boss
Marc Chagall
Artist
7-Jul-1887 28-Mar-1985 I and the Village
George Chandler
Actor
30-Jun-1898 10-Jun-1985 Uncle Petrie on Lassie
James Hadley Chase
Novelist
24-Dec-1906 6-Feb-1985 No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Konstantin Chernenko
Head of State
24-Sep-1911 10-Mar-1985 Soviet General Secretary, 1984-85
Ina Claire
Actor
15-Oct-1893 21-Feb-1985 Ninotchka
Kenny Clarke
Drummer
9-Jan-1914 26-Jan-1985 Droppin' Bombs
Lester Cole
Screenwriter
19-Jun-1904 15-Aug-1985 Born Free
J. Fred Coots
Songwriter
2-May-1897 8-Apr-1985 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
James Craig
Actor
4-Feb-1912 28-Jun-1985 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Nicholas L. Deak
Business
8-Oct-1905 18-Nov-1985 Deak-Perera
Selma Diamond
Actor
5-Aug-1920 13-May-1985 Selma Hacker on Night Court
John F. Enders
Scientist
10-Feb-1897 8-Sep-1985 Cultured the polio virus
Tage Erlander
Head of State
13-Jun-1901 21-Jun-1985 Prime Minister of Sweden, 1946-69
Sam Ervin
Politician
27-Sep-1896 23-Apr-1985 US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74
Paul Peter Ewald
Physicist
23-Jan-1888 22-Aug-1985 X-Ray crystallographer
Frank Faylen
Actor
8-Dec-1905 2-Aug-1985 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Stepin Fetchit
Actor
30-May-1902 19-Nov-1985 Professional black stereotype
Bruno de Finetti
Mathematician
13-Jun-1906 20-Jul-1985 Subjective probability
Paul J. Flory
Chemist
19-Jun-1910 9-Sep-1985 Studied polymers
Dian Fossey
Anthropologist
16-Jan-1932 26-Dec-1985 Gorillas in the Mist
Connie Gilchrist
Actor
17-Jul-1895 3-Mar-1985 Character actress
Ruth Gordon
Actor
30-Oct-1896 28-Aug-1985 Rosemary's Baby
Chester Gould
Cartoonist
20-Nov-1900 11-May-1985 Creator of Dick Tracy
Robert Graves
Poet
24-Jul-1895 7-Dec-1985 I, Claudius
Richard Greene
Actor
25-Aug-1918 1-Jun-1985 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Grayson Hall
Actor
18-Sep-1922 7-Aug-1985 The Night of the Iguana
Margaret Hamilton
Actor
9-Dec-1902 16-May-1985 Wicked Witch of the West
Patricia Roberts Harris
Government
31-May-1924 23-Mar-1985 Cabinet Secretary under Jimmy Carter
Theresa Harris
Actor
31-Dec-1906 8-Oct-1985 Baby Face
Henry Hathaway
Film Director
13-Mar-1898 11-Feb-1985 The Sons of Katie Elder
Richard Haydn
Actor
10-Mar-1905 25-Apr-1985 The Sound of Music
Louis Hayward
Actor
19-Mar-1909 21-Feb-1985 The Man in the Iron Mask
Jesse Hibbs
Film Director
11-Jan-1906 4-Feb-1985 To Hell and Back
Enver Hoxha
Head of State
16-Oct-1908 11-Apr-1985 Ruler of Albania, 1944-85
Rock Hudson
Actor
17-Nov-1925 2-Oct-1985 Ice Station Zebra
Isabel Jeans
Actor
16-Sep-1891 4-Sep-1985 Easy Virtue
Walter W. Jenkins
Government
23-Mar-1918 23-Nov-1985 LBJ assistant, outed in gay sex scandal
Paul B. Johnson, Jr.
Politician
23-Jan-1916 14-Oct-1985 Governor of Mississippi, 1964-68
Leatrice Joy
Actor
7-Nov-1893 13-May-1985 The Ace of Hearts
Phil Karlson
Film Director
2-Jul-1908 12-Dec-1985 Walking Tall
Leon Klinghoffer
Victim
24-Sep-1916 7-Oct-1985 Shot and thrown overboard by terrorists
Tjalling C. Koopmans
Economist
28-Aug-1910 26-Feb-1985 Linear programming
Simon Kuznets
Economist
30-Apr-1901 8-Jul-1985 National Income and Its Composition
Kay Kyser
Musician
18-Jun-1897 23-Jul-1985 The Ol' Professor, eleven #1 records
Philip Larkin
Poet
9-Aug-1922 2-Dec-1985 The Whitsun Weddings
Blair Lee III
Politician
19-May-1916 25-Oct-1985 Governor of Maryland, 1977-79
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Politician
5-Jul-1902 27-Feb-1985 Ambassador, Massachusetts Senator
John Davis Lodge
Politician
20-Oct-1903 29-Oct-1985 Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55
Eugene Lyons
Author
1-Jul-1898 1985 Anti-Communist Editor of American Mercury
Albert Maltz
Playwright
28-Oct-1908 26-Apr-1985 One of the Hollywood Ten
Margo
Actor
10-May-1917 17-Jul-1985 Lost Horizon
Roger Maris
Baseball
10-Sep-1934 14-Dec-1985 Broke Babe Ruth's home run record
J. Willard Marriott
Business
17-Sep-1900 13-Aug-1985 Founded the Marriott hotel chain
Marion Martin
Actor
7-Jun-1908 13-Aug-1985 Boom Town
John Blood McNally
Football
27-Nov-1903 28-Nov-1985 The Vagabond Halfback
Ana Mendieta
Performance Artist
18-Nov-1948 8-Sep-1985 Feminist performance artist
Arnold Miller
Labor Leader
25-Apr-1923 12-Jul-1985 UMW President, 1972-79
Marvin Miller
Actor
18-Jul-1913 8-Feb-1985 Michael Anthony on The Millionaire
Irving Mills
Musician
16-Jan-1894 21-Apr-1985 Songwriter, music scout, raconteur
Matt Monro
Singer
1-Dec-1930 7-Feb-1985 Born Free
Ricky Nelson
Musician
8-May-1940 31-Dec-1985 I'm Walkin'
Lloyd Nolan
Actor
11-Aug-1902 27-Sep-1985 Dr. Chegley on Julia
Edmond O'Brien
Actor
10-Sep-1915 9-May-1985 The Great Imposter
George O'Brien
Actor
19-Apr-1899 4-Sep-1985 Sunrise
J. Pat O'Malley
Actor
15-Mar-1904 27-Feb-1985 Harry Burns on My Favorite Martian
Johnny Olson
Game Show Host
22-May-1910 12-Oct-1985 Announcer for What's My Line, etc.
Ernst J. Öpik
Astronomer
23-Oct-1893 10-Sep-1985 Andromeda Nebula
Meret Oppenheim
Artist
6-Oct-1911 15-Nov-1985 Fur-covered teacup
Frank Oppenheimer
Physicist
14-Aug-1912 3-Feb-1985 Founder of the Exploratorium
Eugene Ormandy
Conductor
18-Nov-1899 12-Mar-1985 Music Director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1938-80
Harold Peary
Actor
25-Jul-1908 30-Mar-1985 Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve
William L. Pfeiffer
Politician
29-May-1907 22-Jul-1985 Congressman from New York, 1949-51
Rodney R. Porter
Scientist
8-Oct-1917 6-Sep-1985 Chemical structure of antibodies
Noel Purcell
Actor
23-Dec-1900 3-Mar-1985 The Rising of the Moon
Michael Redgrave
Actor
20-Mar-1908 21-Mar-1985 Mourning Becomes Electra
Wolfgang Reitherman
Film Director
26-Jun-1909 22-May-1985 Jungle Book
Charles Richter
Scientist
26-Apr-1900 30-Sep-1985 Groundbreaking seismologist
Nelson Riddle
Composer
1-Jun-1921 6-Oct-1985 Bandleader, orchestral arranger
Kathleen Ryan
Actor
8-Dec-1922 11-Nov-1985 The Sound of Fury
Bill Scott
Actor
2-Aug-1920 29-Nov-1985 Voice of Bullwinkle Moose, Dudley Do-Right
Alexander Scourby
Actor
13-Nov-1913 22-Feb-1985 Stage, radio, and film actor
Frank J. Selke
Hockey
7-May-1893 3-Jul-1985 Montreal Canadiens GM, 1946-64
Roger Sessions
Composer
28-Dec-1896 16-Mar-1985 Concerto for Orchestra
Mickey Shaughnessy
Actor
5-Aug-1920 23-Jul-1985 Jailhouse Rock
Allan Shivers
Politician
5-Oct-1907 14-Jan-1985 Governor of Texas, 1949-57
Iosif S. Shklovskii
Astronomer
1-Jul-1916 3-Mar-1985 Synchrotron radiation of the Crab Nebula
Eddie Shore
Hockey
25-Nov-1902 16-Mar-1985 Boston Bruins, Hall of Famer
Simone Signoret
Actor
25-Mar-1921 30-Sep-1985 Ship of Fools
Phil Silvers
Actor
11-May-1911 1-Nov-1985 You're in the Army Now
Zoot Sims
Jazz Musician
29-Oct-1925 23-Mar-1985 Tenor and soprano saxophonist
Kent Smith
Actor
19-Mar-1907 23-Apr-1985 Cat People
John W. Snyder
Government
21-Jun-1895 8-Oct-1985 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1946-53
Gale Sondergaard
Actor
15-Feb-1899 14-Aug-1985 Anthony Adverse
John J. Sparkman
Politician
20-Dec-1899 16-Nov-1985 US Senator from Alabama, 1946-79
Sam Spiegel
Film/TV Producer
11-Nov-1901 31-Dec-1985 Lawrence of Arabia
William E. Stevenson
Diplomat
25-Oct-1900 2-Apr-1985 US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1962-64
Douglas Stewart
Playwright
6-May-1913 14-Feb-1985 Fire in the Snow
Potter Stewart
Judge
23-Jan-1915 7-Dec-1985 US Supreme Court Justice, 1958-81
Theodore Sturgeon
Author
26-Feb-1918 8-May-1985 More Than Human
Dolph Sweet
Actor
18-Jul-1920 8-May-1985 Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break!
Mahmoud Muhammad Taha
Religion
c. 1909 18-Jan-1985 Progressive Islamic theologian
Burr Tillstrom
Performance Artist
13-Oct-1917 6-Dec-1985 Puppeteer, Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Michael Trubshawe
Actor
7-Dec-1905 21-Mar-1985 The Guns of Navarone
Big Joe Turner
Singer
18-May-1911 24-Nov-1985 The Boss of the Blues
Lynd Ward
Engraver
26-Jun-1905 28-Jun-1985 Gods' Man
Carol Wayne
Actor
6-Sep-1942 13-Jan-1985 Art Fern's Tea-Time Movie Lady
Robert Welch
Activist
1-Dec-1899 6-Jan-1985 Founder, John Birch Society
Orson Welles
Actor
6-May-1915 10-Oct-1985 Citizen Kane
Dan White
Assassin
2-Sep-1946 21-Oct-1985 Assassinated George Moscone and Harvey Milk
E. B. White
Author
11-Jul-1899 01-Oct-1985 Charlotte's Web
Cootie Williams
Jazz Musician
10-Jul-1910 15-Sep-1985 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
Grant Williams
Actor
18-Aug-1930 28-Jul-1985 The Incredible Shrinking Man
Ricky Wilson
Guitarist
19-Mar-1953 12-Oct-1985 Guitarist for the B-52's
Robert W. Woodruff
Business
6-Dec-1889 7-Mar-1985 President of Coca-Cola, 1923-54
Donald R. Wright
Judge
2-Feb-1907 21-Mar-1985 California Chief Justice, 1970-77
Efrem Zimbalist
Violinist
9-Apr-1889 22-Feb-1985 Russian-American violinist


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