- Jan 16 Jonathan Richter, Danish professional football midfielder, born in Denmark
- Jan 18 Dale Begg-Smith, Australian-Canadian freestyle skier, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Jan 28 Athina Onassis, daughter of Christina
- Feb 1 Rachael Scdoris, American dog musher, born in Bend, Oregon
- Feb 14 Natsume Sano, Japanese gravure idol, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Feb 18 Lee Boyd Malvo, American serial killer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Feb 21 Bob Burton, American speedcuber, born in Newark, New Jersey
- Feb 22 Sean Garballey, American politician, born in Arlington, Massachusetts
- Feb 28 Michael Fennelly [Micheál Ó Fionnalaigh], Irish hurler, born in Ballyhale, County Kilkenny
- Mar 5 Whitney Port, Cast member of The Hills TV series
- Mar 6 Alaska Thunderf**k [Justin Andrew Honard], American drag queen and TV performer (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Erie, Pennsylvania
- Mar 10 Kim Leclerc, Canadian politician
- Mar 15 F.V.A. Morriello, Canadian author
- Apr 7 Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician (SNP leader and Scottish First Leader elect, 1st Muslim to lead a major UK political party), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Apr 11 Will Minson, Australian rules footballer (Western Bulldogs), born in South Australia
- Apr 16 Mark Baker, Welsh author and historian
- May 19 Aleem Khan, English director (After Love), born in Kent, England
- May 21 Frustaci Septuplets, four boys and three girls (daughter Christina stillborn, three more die later) born to Patricia Frustaci, first known septuplets born in the US
- Jun 12 Blake Ross, American software developer (co-creator of the Mozilla Firefox internet browser), born in Miami, Florida
- Jun 24 Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese gravure idol
- Jun 26 Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader, born in Chamdo County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
- Aug 9 Vivek Ramaswamy, American businessman (Roivant Sciences) and politician candidate, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Aug 11 Grace Adams-Short, British reality television contestant
- Aug 17 Alex Honnold, American rock climber (Free Solo), born in Sacramento, California
- Aug 26 Hugo Duminil-Copin, French mathematician (Fields Medal 2022, probability theory), born in Paris, France
- Aug 27 Alexandra Nechita, Romanian-American artist
Mohammed bin Salman (38 years old)
Aug 31 Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (2017-) and Saudi Defense Minister (2015-), born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Sep 5 Tatia Jayne Starkey, Ringo Starr's 1st grandchild, born in London, England
- Sep 6 Lauren Lapkus, American actress and comedienne (Orange is the New Black), born in Evanston, Illinois
- Sep 18 Pete Cashmore, Scottish blogger (Mashable), born in Banchory, Scotland
- Sep 19 Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor (Space Sweepers), born in Daejeon, South Korea
- Sep 23 Jared High, American victim of bullying (d. 1998)
- Oct 8 Eiji Wentz, Japanese American entertainer (WaT), born in Tokyo, Japan
- Oct 10 Dominique Cornu, Belgian professional cyclist, born in Beveren, Belgium
- Oct 23 James Kotecki, American political blogger, born in Syracuse, New York
- Oct 28 Richard Smith, American entrepreneur
- Nov 16 Sanna Marin, Finnish politician, youngest-ever Prime Minister of Finland (2019-), born in Helsinki, Finland
- Nov 18 Christian Siriano, American fashion designer and Project Runway winner (season 4), born in Annapolis, Maryland
- Nov 24 Tony Hunt, National Football League player
- Nov 29 Taguchi Junnosuke, Japanese idol (KAT-TUN), born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Dec 14 Paul Rabil, Lebanese-American professional lacrosse player, born in Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Dec 16 Keita Tachibana, member of Japanese boy band w-inds.
- Dec 17 Ryuichi Ogata, member of Japanese boy band w-inds.
- Dec 28 Kamani Hill, American footballer, born in Berkeley, California
- Dec 30 Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
About 1985
How Old? 37 or 38 years old
Generation: Millennial
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