page_title: 1985
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 1985 / Deaths / July
caption_attribution_description: 1971 Press Photo Nobel Prize winner in Economics Harvard's Dr. Simon Kuznets
context_page_description: 1985 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1985th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 985th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1980s decade.
  The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
context_section_description: July 1 – Pauli Murray, American civil rights activist, lawyer, author and priest (b. 1910)
  July 2
  David Purley, British race car driver (b. 1945)
  Hector Nicol, Scottish entertainer (b. 1920)
  July 3 – Erik Ågren, Swedish boxer (b. 1916)
  July 4 – Jan de Quay, Dutch politician and psychologist, 31st Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1901)
  July 8
  Phil Foster, American actor (b. 1913)
  Simon Kuznets, American economist (b. 1901)
  July 9
  Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b. 1911)
  Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1896)
  July 14 – Lluís Solé, Spanish geographer and academic (b. 1908)
  July 16 – Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
  July 17 – Margo, Mexican-born American actress (b. 1917)
  July 19
  Janusz Zajdel, Polish writer (b. 1938)
  Louisa Ghijs, Belgian stage actress and wife of Johannes Heesters (b. 1902)
  July 21 – Alvah Cecil Bessie, American screenwriter, one of the Hollywood Ten (b. 1904)
  July 22 – Matti Järvinen, Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1909)
  July 23
  Kay Kyser, American bandleader (b. 1905)
  Mickey Shaughnessy, American actor (b. 1920)
  July 25 – Grant Williams, American actor (b. 1931)
  July 26 – Grace Albee, American printmaker and wood engraver. (b. 1890)
  July 27 – John Scarne, American magician and card expert (b. 1903)
caption: Simon Kuznets
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