1985 in the United States

Events from the year 1985 in the United States.

1985
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
See also:

Incumbents

Federal government

Events

January

January 20: Ronald Reagan, the President of the United States, begins his second term
January 20: George H. W. Bush, the Vice President of the United States, begins his second term

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Undated

  • "The Year of the Spy", name given by media to 1985 because of a large number of foreign spies arrested in the United States.
  • Selected Manifestations book is published.
  • The Tommy Hilfiger brand is established.
  • The Asian tiger mosquito, an invasive species, is first found in Houston, Texas.
  • Why Me & Sherry's House, a non-profit organization, is established in Worcester, Massachusetts.
  • ATI Technologies is founded (originally as Array Technology) in North America by Lee Ka Lau, Francis Lau, Benny Lau and Kwok Yuen Ho.

Ongoing

Births

January

Russell Fry
  • January 1
  • January 2
    • Adrienne Lyle, Olympic dressage rider
    • Heather O'Reilly, soccer player
    • Greg Toler, football player
  • January 3
  • January 4 Al Jefferson, basketball player
  • January 5 Luvvie Ajayi, Nigerian-born author, speaker, and digital strategist
  • January 6 Ian M. Anderson, founder of Afternoon Records
  • January 8
    • Arctic Hospital, DJ and record producer
    • Adam Cristman, soccer player
    • Rachael Lampa, Christian singer
    • Dan O'Connor, guitarist and frontman for Four Year Strong
  • January 9
    • Brett Camerota, Olympic Nordic combined skier
    • Eric Camerota, Olympic Nordic combined skier
  • January 10 Alex Meraz, actor, dancer, and martial artist
  • January 11
    • Saba Ahmed, Pakistani-born political activist, lawyer, engineer, and founder of the Republican Muslim Coalition
    • Lucy Knisley, comic artist and musician
    • Aja Naomi King, actress
  • January 12
  • January 14
  • January 15 Brandon Mebane, football player
  • January 16
    • Ash Christian, actor, film director, and producer (died 2020)
    • Joe Flacco, football player
    • Renée Felice Smith, actress
    • Anna M. Valencia, politician
  • January 18 Matt Hobby, actor and comedian
  • January 19
    • Jake Allen, football player
    • Damien Chazelle, film director and screenwriter
  • January 20
    • Antoine Agudio, basketball player
    • Lauren Cahoon, Olympic Taekwondo practitioner
    • Brantley Gilbert, country singer/songwriter
  • January 21
  • January 22
    • Cory Ann Avants, tennis player
    • Scott Cousins, baseball player
    • Shana Cox, American-born British Olympic sprinter
  • January 23 Shola Adisa-Farrar, singer and actress
  • January 25
  • January 26
    • Emily Afton, singer and actress
    • Sean Cameron, American-born Guyanese footballer
    • Chico Camus, mixed martial artist
    • Edwin Hodge, actor
  • January 27 Danial Ahmed, Pakistani-born cricketer
  • January 28 J. Cole, Hip-Hop musician and record producer
  • January 29 Mikey Hachey, bass player
  • January 30
  • January 31
    • Russell Fry, politician
    • Kalomira, Greek-born singer and model

February

March

  • March 1
    • Michael Conner Humphreys, actor
    • Cole Sanchez, actor and artist
  • March 2
  • March 3
    • Steven Cozza, racing cyclist
    • Toby Turner, Internet personality, actor, comedian and musician
  • March 5
    • Martin Casaus, wrestler
    • Jason Cascio, soccer player
    • Buzzy Cohen, recording music industry executive
  • March 6
    • Melinda Cooper, boxer
    • Chad Jackson, football player
    • Alaska Thunderfuck, drag queen and television personality
  • March 7 Guy Benson, columnist
  • March 9
    • Zach Andrews, basketball player
    • Dominick Cruz, mixed martial artist
    • Rachel Nabors, cartoonist
  • March 10
    • Cooper Andrews, actor
    • Luchasaurus, wrestler and television personality
  • March 13
  • March 15
  • March 17
    • Ellie Cachette, investor, philanthropist, and author of Software Agreements for Dummies
    • Lauren Crandall, field hockey player
  • March 18 Kyle Alcorn, Olympic long distance runner
  • March 19 Esther Agbaje, politician
  • March 20
    • Chase Coleman, actor, director, and musician
    • Britton Colquitt, football player
  • March 21
  • March 22
  • March 24 Jeremy James Kissner, actor
  • March 25
  • March 26
    • Sarah Chang, actress, producer, stunt coordinator, and martial artist
    • Matt Grevers, Olympic swimmer
    • Jonathan Groff, actor and singer
    • Francesca Marie Smith, actress and writer
  • March 27
    • Aman Ali, comedian, storyteller, journalist, and writer
    • Blake McIver Ewing, singer/songwriter, actor, model and pianist
  • March 28
  • March 30 Russell Carter, basketball player
  • March 31

April

  • April 1
  • April 2
  • April 3 Gerald Coleman, ice hockey player
  • April 4 Todrick Hall, singer-songwriter, actor, director, choreographer and YouTuber
  • April 5 Lastings Milledge, baseball player
  • April 6 Sinqua Walls, basketball player and actor
  • April 7 Joe Cook, basketball coach
  • April 8 Matt Antonelli, baseball player
  • April 9 David Robertson, baseball player
  • April 10
    • Barkhad Abdi, Somalian-born actor
    • Kyle Clement, football player
  • April 12
  • April 13
  • April 15
  • April 16
    • Matt Alonzo, director, video editor, and filmmaker
    • Nate Diaz, mixed martial artist
    • Sam Hyde, internet comedian
  • April 17
    • Jonathan Cheever, Olympic snowboarder
    • Victoria Cisneros, boxer
    • Rooney Mara, actress
  • April 19 Zack Conroy, actor
  • April 20
  • April 21 Rachel Lindsay, media personality
  • April 22
  • April 23
    • Blythe Auffarth, actress
    • Warren Carter, basketball player
    • Snootie Wild, rapper (died 2022)
  • April 26
    • Matt Clackson, Canadian-born hockey player
    • Tiffany Jackson, basketball player and coach (died 2022)
    • Bre Scullark, fashion model and actress
  • April 27 Jamie Gray Hyder, actress and model
  • April 28 Brandon Baker, actor
  • April 29

May

Michael Jagmin
  • May 2
  • May 3
  • May 4
    • Bo McCalebb, American-born Macedonian basketball player
    • Anthony Federov, Ukrainian-born singer
  • May 5
  • May 6
    • Cori Alexander, soccer player and photographer
    • Ian McGinty, comic book writer and artist (d. 2023)
    • Chris Paul, basketball player
  • May 7 Andrew Carroll, hockey player (d. 2018)
  • May 8
    • Tommaso Ciampa, wrestler
    • Nick Cunningham, Olympic bobsledder
    • Usama Young, football player
  • May 9
  • May 10 Odette Annable, actress
  • May 11 Matt Giraud, singer, pianist and keyboardist
  • May 12
  • May 13 Victor Agosto, anti-war activist and former US Army private
  • May 14
  • May 15
    • Seth Adams, football player
    • Jim Adduci, baseball player
    • Ian Campbell, football player
    • Jazmin Chaudhry, Bangladeshi-born actress
  • May 16
    • Ánh Minh, Vietnamese-born singer
    • Sal Caccavale, soccer player
    • Andrew Keenan-Bolger, actor, writer and director
  • May 17
  • May 18
  • May 19 Chinonye Chukwu, Nigerian-born director
  • May 20
  • May 21
    • Aung La Nsang, Burmese-born mixed martial artist
    • Cameron Van Hoy, actor, producer and writer
  • May 22
    • T. J. Carter, basketball player
    • Chris Salvatore, actor, singer/songwriter, model and gay rights activist
    • Aakash Gandhi, composer, pianist, songwriter, and entrepreneur
  • May 23 Lindsey Anderson, Olympic middle-distance runner
  • May 24 John Vigilante, hockey player and coach (d. 2018)
  • May 25
  • May 28
    • Kaylin Andres, writer, artist, and fashion designer (d. 2016)
    • Colbie Caillat, musician
    • Billy Flynn, actor and producer
    • Emily Wilson, actress
  • May 29
  • May 30
    • Niki Cross, soccer player
    • Sam Gifaldi, child actor
    • Turk McBride, football player
  • May 31
    • Justine Cotsonas, actress
    • Navene Koperweis, metal drummer

June

July

  • July 1 Spose, Hip-Hop artist
  • July 2 Ashley Tisdale, actress, singer and producer
  • July 4 Sean Cunningham, musician, singer/songwriter, and recording artist
  • July 5 Megan Rapinoe, soccer player[11]
  • July 6
    • John Chest, opera singer
    • Matt Overton, football player
    • D. Woods, pop musician
  • July 7 Craig Capano, soccer player
  • July 8
    • David Clowney, football player
    • Sterling Hyltin, ballerina
  • July 9 Cris Cyborg, Brazilian-born mixed martial artist
  • July 10 B. J. Crombeen, American-born Canadian ice hockey player
  • July 11
    • Robert Adamson, actor
    • Faysal Ahmed, Yemeni-born actor
    • Tiffany Andrade, beauty pageant winner, Miss New Jersey 2008
    • Geoff Cameron, soccer player
    • Mike Cox, football player
  • July 12
    • Ryan Amoroso, basketball player
    • Casper Brinkley, football player
    • Jasper Brinkley, football player
    • Rob Menendez, politician
  • July 14 Darrelle Revis, football player
  • July 15 David Carpenter, baseball player
  • July 16 Rosa Salazar, actress
  • July 17 Caitlin Van Zandt, actress
  • July 18
  • July 19
  • July 20 John Francis Daley, actor
  • July 22
  • July 23 Scott Chandler, football player
  • July 24 Chad Cook, football player
  • July 25
  • July 26 Matt Riddlehoover, filmmaker
  • July 27
  • July 28 Monica Abbott, softball player
  • July 29
    • Charlotte Cho, esthetician, author, and entrepreneur
    • Anna Grace Christiansen, racing cyclist
  • July 30
  • July 31 Shannon Curfman, blues-rock singer and guitarist

August

  • August 3
    • Tom Cox, politician
    • Ryan Leone, novelist, film producer, artist, and prison reform activist (d. 2022)
  • August 4 Crystal Bowersox, singer/songwriter
  • August 5
    • Zach Appelman, actor
    • Gary Chambers, activist and political candidate
  • August 6 Michael Antonini, baseball player
  • August 7 Michael Campbell, guitarist and bassist
  • August 8
    • Rafael Casal, writer, actor, producer, and showrunner
    • Anisha Nicole, singer
  • August 9
    • Anna Kendrick, actress and singer
    • Hayley Peirsol, swimmer
    • Vivek Ramaswamy, entrepreneur, author, political activist, political candidate, and co-founder of Strive Asset Management
    • JaMarcus Russell, football player
    • Chandler Williams, football player (d. 2013)
  • August 10
  • August 11 Asher Roth, rapper
  • August 12 Zack Cozart, baseball player
  • August 13
  • August 15
  • August 16
  • August 17 Kennard Cox, football player
  • August 18
    • Desiree Casado, actress
    • Brooke Harman, actress
  • August 19
    • J. Evan Bonifant, actor
    • David A. Gregory, actor and writer
    • Lindsey Jacobellis, Olympic snowboarder
  • August 20
  • August 21 Jake Pitts, singer/songwriter and lead guitarist for Black Veil Brides
  • August 22
    • Jimmy Needham, Christian singer/songwriter
    • The Usos, twin brother wrestling duo
  • August 25 Wynter Gordon, pop/dance singer/songwriter
  • August 26 Brian Kelley, country singer and one half of Florida Georgia Line
  • August 27
    • Jennifer Armour, actress and voice actress
    • Kayla Ewell, actress
    • Alexandra Nechita, painter
    • Sean Foreman, singer/songwriter, member of electro hop group 3OH!3
  • August 28
    • Mike Alston, football player
    • Pat Cassidy, film producer and music manager
    • Jackson Crawford, scholar
    • Ashlyne Huff, singer/songwriter and dancer
    • Jay Ruais, politician
  • August 29

September

Chikezie
  • September 1
    • Jasmine Ann Allen, American-born Japanese voice actress, singer, and TV personality
    • Camile Velasco, Filipina-born actress
  • September 2 Allison Miller, actress
  • September 3
  • September 4
  • September 5 Tyler Colvin, baseball player
  • September 6
    • Lynn Alvarez, mixed martial artist
    • Robert Ayers, football player
    • Gregg Cash, guitarist and music director
    • Hugh Cha, South Korean-born actor, singer, and dancer
    • Lauren Lapkus, actress and comedian
    • Mitch Moreland, baseball player
  • September 7
    • Joe Craddock, football player and coach
    • Alyssa Diaz, actress
  • September 8
    • Vanessa Baden, actress, writer, director and producer
    • Foo Conner, activist, entrepreneur, and journalist
  • September 9
  • September 10
    • Matt Angle, baseball player and coach
    • Monica Lopera, Colombian-born actress
  • September 11
    • Bobby Cassevah, baseball player
    • Chikezie, singer and American Idol contestant
  • September 13 Vella Lovell, actress
  • September 14
  • September 15 Chris Clemons, football player
  • September 16
  • September 17
    • Lindsay Adler, portrait and fashion photographer
    • Zacardi Cortez, gospel musician
    • Jon Walker, musician
  • September 18
  • September 19
  • September 21
    • Ayad Al Adhamy, Bahraini-born multi-instrumentalist and record producer
    • Justin Chapman, author, journalist, and politician
    • Daron Clark, football player
  • September 22
    • Damiano Carrara, Italian-book chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author
    • Rima Fakih, Lebanese-born model, philanthropist, wrestler and beauty pageant titleholder, Miss USA 2010
    • Shad White, politician
  • September 23
  • September 24
    • Dan Charles, mixed martial artist
    • Paige Miles, singer
  • September 27
    • Jamar Butler, basketball player
    • Grace Helbig, Youtube personality, podcast host and comedian
  • September 28 Martin Courtney, singer and frontman for Real Estate
  • September 29
  • September 30
    • Chris Chamberlain, football player
    • Katrina Law, actress
    • T-Pain, singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor

October

Ryan M. Pitts
Matt Greiner
  • October 1
    • Mitch Atkins, baseball player
    • Porcelain Black, industrial pop singer/songwriter
    • Chris Clark, football player
    • Ryan M. Pitts, U.S. Army soldier in Afghan War, Medal of Honor Recipient
    • Sicily Sewell, actress
  • October 2
    • Robbie Agnone, football player
    • Tara Allain, beauty pageant winner, Miss Maine 2007
  • October 3
  • October 4
    • Brad Bell, television producer, screenwriter, actor, musician and comic book author
    • Clef nite, Nigerian-born guitarist
  • October 5 Brooke Valentine, singer
  • October 6
    • Tahanie Aboushi, civil rights lawyer and political candidate
    • Sylvia Fowles, basketball player
  • October 7 Evan Longoria, baseball player
  • October 8
    • Greg Carr, football player
    • Max Crumm, actor and singer
    • Bruno Mars, singer-songwriter, producer and actor
  • October 9
    • Charles Alexander, football player
    • Nathan Crumpton, Olympic skeleton racer
  • October 10
    • Tasneem Alsultan, photographer, artist, and speaker
    • Jaremi Carey, actor, streamer, singer, cosplay artist, and drag performer
    • Aaron Himelstein, actor
  • October 11 Michelle Trachtenberg, actress, producer and singer
  • October 12
  • October 14
  • October 15
  • October 16
    • Dylan Golden Aycock, guitarist
    • Ben Barter, New Zealand-born drummer
  • October 18
  • October 19 Ian Calderon, politician
  • October 20
  • October 21 Quinton Culberson, football player
  • October 22
  • October 23
  • October 24 Donald Cowart, steeplechase runner
  • October 25
  • October 27
  • October 28
  • October 29 Adam Cappa, Christian rock singer/songwriter
  • October 31
    • Kerron Clement, Trinidadian-born hurdler and sprinter
    • Paul Cram, actor
    • Dan Cramer, mixed martial artist
    • Kether Donohue, actress and singer

November

December

  • December 1
  • December 2 Samuel Charles, football player
  • December 3 Amanda Seyfried, actress and singer-songwriter
  • December 4 Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, TV personality
  • December 5
    • Ryan Additon, MLB umpire
    • Adam Anderson, monster truck driver
    • Frankie Muniz, actor, musician, writer, producer and racing driver
    • Will Swan, guitarist for Dance Gavin Dance
  • December 7
  • December 8
  • December 10
    • Brandon Anderson, football player
    • Edmund Entin, actor
    • Matt Forte, football player
    • T. J. Hensick, hockey player
    • Meghan Linsey, singer/songwriter
    • Raven-Symoné, actress, singer and dancer
  • December 11 Samantha Steele, sportscaster
  • December 12
    • Pat Calathes, American-born Greek basketball player
    • Chris Jennings, football player
    • Erika Van Pelt, singer
    • David Veikune, football player
  • December 16 Amanda Setton, actress
  • December 17 Jeremy McKinnon, singer/songwriter, record producer and frontman for A Day to Remember
  • December 18
    • Aris Ambríz, boxer
    • Tara Conner, model, television personality, beauty pageant titleholder, and Miss USA 2006
  • December 19
    • Katherine Chappell, film visual effects editor (d. 2015)
    • Shane Bitney Crone, filmmaker, writer and advocate for LGBT rights
    • Christina Loukas, Olympic diver
  • December 20 Paul Wandtke, metalcore drummer
  • December 21
    • Ricky Legere, mixed martial artist
    • James Stewart Jr., motorcycle racer
  • December 23 Arcángel, reggaeton singer
  • December 24 Edward Aschoff, sports reporter (d. 2019)
  • December 25 Miro, Bulgarian-born wrestler
  • December 26
    • Beth Behrs, actress
    • Michael Cammarata, entrepreneur, investor, and wellness industry executive
    • Chris Carpenter, baseball player
    • Mikal Cronin, musician and songwriter
  • December 27
    • Halley Gross, screenwriter
    • Paul Stastny, Canadian-born hockey player
  • December 28
  • December 29 Alexa Ray Joel, singer/songwriter and pianist
  • December 30
    • Samuel Adams, composer
    • Ryan Ammerman, volleyball player
    • Hunter Cantwell, football player
    • Anna Wood, actress
  • December 31
    • Antwan Applewhite, football player
    • Brennen Carvalho, football player
    • Jonathan Horton, Olympic gymnast

Full Date Unknown

  • Khalik Allah, filmmaker and photographer
  • Catrina Allen, disc thrower
  • Jojo Anavim, contemporary visual artist
  • Timo Andres, composer and pianist
  • J. J. Anselmi, writer and musician
  • Jennifer Arcuri, technology entrepreneur
  • Alex Askew, politician
  • Adam Brown, politician
  • John Burris, politician
  • Dorielle Caimi, artist
  • Chris Campanioni, writer
  • Alana I. Capria, writer
  • Ana Caraiani, Romanian-born mathematician
  • Charlene Carruthers, LGBT activist and author
  • Greg Chevalier, soccer player
  • Stephen Christy, producer, entertainment executive, and editor
  • Alex Clark, comedian, animator, YouTuber, and juggler
  • Travis Clark, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for We the Kings
  • Telfar Clemens, fashion designer and founder of TELFAR
  • Zinzi Clemmons, writer
  • Stephanie Cmar, chef
  • Kevin Michael Connolly, photographer
  • Moogega Cooper, astronomer
  • Kimberly Corban, rape survivor and rape victim advocate
  • Jolene Creighton, journalist and media executive
  • Kristan Hawkins, activist

Deaths

See also

References

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