1905 deaths

French writer (1828–1905)

German physicist (1840-1905)

French author and anarchist (1830-1905)

French academic painter (1825-1905)

Egyptian Islamic jurist, religious scholar and liberal reformer (1849-1905)

French geographer and writer (1830–1905)

Scottish writer and Christian minister (1824–1905)

American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author of 'Ben Hur' (1827-1905)

Italian explorer

French writer and humorist (1854–1905)

German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

French poet (1842-1905)

Finland Swedish painter and illustrator (1854-1905)

Duke of Nassau (1839–1866), later Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890–1905)

German artist (1815–1905)

Russian physiologist (1829–1905)

German anthropologist (1826–1905)

Grand Duke of Russia (1857–1905)

Italian brigand (1830–1905)

American statesman (1838–1905)

Swedish chemist who discovered holmium and thulium (1840-1905)

English stage actor of the Victorian era (1838–1905)

Belgian prince (1837–1905)

Baltic German astronomer (1819–1905)

Indian philosopher (1817–1905)

German biologist (1843–1905)

Croatian inventor

Brazilian painter (1843-1905)

Swiss anatomist, physiologist (1817–1905)

German artist (1827-1905)

French writer (1867–1905)

Swahili slave and ivory trader (c. 1832/7–1905)

American children's writer (1831-1905)

Austrian landscape and architectural painter (1812-1905)

German physician and neuropathologist (1848–1905)

Russian artist (1844-1905)

Spanish writer (1824–1905)

Slovenian artist (1862-1905)

Croatian Roman Catholic bishop, benefactor and politician (1815–1905)

American businessperson (1828–1905)

German prince (1835-1905)

South African composer (1873-1905)

British geologist and naturalist (1832–1905)

Belgian painter, sculptor (1831–1905)

German mechanical engineer (1829–1905)

French politician (1828-1905)

Swedish sportsman (1875–1905)

British Protestant missionary in China

Franco-German Assyriologist

Austrian art historian (1858-1905)

athletics competitor

Austrian archduke (1833-1905)

Irish tennis player (1867-1905)

British astronomer (1837-1905)

French scientist

Scottish Orientalist and colonial administrator (1819–1905)

Spanish politician (1848–1905)

American violinist and conductor (1835-1905)

American inventor

Russian revolutionary (1873–1905)