Famous People Who Died In 2005
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 2005. This list includes people like Hunter S. Thompson, Richard Pryor, Pope John Paul II, Rosa Parks, Pat Morita and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, novelists, artists and comedians who died in 2005. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, India & Australia and many more countries.
Nipsey Russell15 September 1918, American
Stand-up Comedian
Rosa Parks04 February 1913, American
Civil Rights Activist
Richard Pryor01 December 1940, American
Comedian
Hunter S. Thompson18 July 1937, American
Journalist and Author
Eddie Guerrero09 October 1967, American
Professional Wrestler
Johnny Carson23 October 1925, American
Television Host
Pope John Paul II18 May 1920, Polish
The 264th Pope (Bishop of Rome)
Pat Morita28 June 1932, American
Actor, Comedian
Johnnie Cochran02 October 1937, American
Lawyer
Arthur Miller17 October 1915, American
Luther Vandross20 April 1951, American
Singer
Anne Bancroft17 September 1931, American
Actress
George Best22 May 1946, British, Northern Irish
Footballer
Rosemary Kennedy13 September 1918, American
John F. Kennedy's Sister
Mitch Hedberg24 February 1968, American
Stand-up Comedian
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco31 May 1923, Monacan
Monarch
Bob Denver09 January 1935, American
Actor
Sandra Dee23 April 1942, American
Film Actress
James Callaghan27 March 1912, British
Matthew McGrory17 May 1973, American
Actor
Zhao Ziyang17 October 1919, Chinese
Former Prime Minister of China
Peter Drucker19 November 1909, American
Management Consultant
Simon Wiesenthal31 December 1908, Austrian
Nazi Hunter
Peter Jennings29 July 1938, Canadian, American
Journalist
K. R. Narayanan27 October 1920, Indian
President of India
Shirley Chisholm30 November 1924, American
Debralee Scott02 April 1953, American
Actress
Chris LeDoux02 October 1948, American
American singer-songwriter
Barbara Bel Geddes31 October 1922, American
Actress
Sidney Luft02 November 1915, American
Show Business Figure
Vincent Schiavelli11 November 1948, American
Actor
Andrea Dworkin26 September 1946, American
Feminist and Writer
Joe Ranft13 March 1960, American
Screenwriter
Teresa Wright27 October 1918, American
Actress
John Vernon24 February 1932, Canadian, American
Actor
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Frank Gorshin05 April 1933, American
Actor
Saul Bellow10 June 1915, American
Novelist
Amrita Pritam31 August 1919, Indian
Writer
Eugene McCarthy29 March 1916, American
Politician
August Wilson27 April 1945, American
American playwright
Philip Johnson08 July 1906, American
Architect
Sheree North17 January 1932, American
Actress
George Coe10 May 1929, American
Actor, Voice Artist
Robert Wise10 September 1914, American
Film Director
John Garang23 June 1945, Sudanese
Politician
Hans Bethe02 July 1906, American
Physicist
Lee Eun-ju22 December 1980, South Korean
Actress
Rafic Hariri01 November 1944, Lebanese
Business tycoon
John Fowles31 March 1926, British
Writer & Teacher
Jack Kilby08 November 1923, American
Inventor of integrated circuit
Ernst Mayr05 July 1904, American
Biologist
John H. Johnson19 January 1918, American
Publisher, Entrepreneur
Birgit Nilsson17 May 1918, Swedish
Opera Singer
Cicely Saunders22 June 1918, British
English nurse
Terri Schiavo03 December 1963, American
Vivian Liberto23 April 1934, American
Rosanne Cash's Mother
José Dinis Aveiro1954 AD, Portuguese, British
Cristiano Ronaldo's Father
Alan Dundes08 September 1934, American
Folklorist
Henry Taube30 November 1915, Canadian, American
Chemist
Augusto Roa Bastos13 June 1917, Paraguayan
Novelist
Lorenzo Thomas31 August 1944, American
Poet
Sir John Mills22 February 1908, British
Actor
Al Lopez20 August 1908, American
Former American Baseball Player
James Dougherty12 April 1921, American
Marilyn Monroe’s First Husband
Richard E. Smalley06 June 1943, American
Father of Nanotechnology
Michael P. Murphy07 May 1976, American
Officer
Edward Heath09 July 1916, British
Politician, Military personnel, Journalist,
James Doohan03 March 1920, Canadian
Screenwriter, Television actor, Film actor, Actor,
William Rehnquist01 October 1924, American
Judge, Lawyer, Historian
Don Adams13 April 1923, American
Actor
Vincent Gigante29 March 1928, American
Boxer
William Westmoreland26 March 1914, American
Officer, Politician
Long John Baldry12 January 1941, Canadian, British
Actor
George Mikan18 June 1924, American
American basketball player
Fahd of Saudi Arabia16 March 1921, Saudi Arabian
Former King of Saudi Arabia
Ossie Davis18 December 1917, American
American film actor
Shelby Foote17 November 1916, American
Historian, Novelist, Writer, University teacher,
Ronnie Barker25 September 1929, British
Actor, Comedian, Entrepreneur
Max Schmeling28 September 1905, German, American
Boxer
Kerry Packer17 December 1937, Australian
Publisher, Business Leader
George F. Kennan16 February 1904, American
Diplomat, Historian, Geopolitician, Political
Paul Winchell21 December 1922, American
Actor, Inventor, Voice actor, Television actor
James Stockdale23 December 1923, American
Officer, Aviator, Politician
Paritala Ravindra29 August 1958, Indian
politician
Ahmed Deedat01 July 1918, Indian
Philosopher, Writer
Domino Harvey07 August 1969, British
Bounty hunter, Model
George Dantzig08 November 1914, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Statistician
Milton Obote28 December 1925, Ugandan
Former Prime Minister of Uganda
John Fiedler03 February 1925, American
Actor, Dub actor, Stage actor, Television actor
Rinus Michels09 February 1928, Dutch
Association football player, Association football
Kevin Hagen03 April 1928, American
Actor, Television actor
Robin Cook28 February 1946, British
British Politician
Adrian Rogers12 September 1931, American
Pastor
Robert Kearns10 March 1927, American
Inventor, Engineer
Edward L. Masry29 July 1932, American
Lawyer, Politician
Thurl Ravenscroft06 February 1914, American
Singer, Dub actor, Opera singer, Actor