2005 deaths

Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2005)

Polish physician

Soviet-Ukrainian artistic gymnast (1936–2005)

Italian conductor (1914–2005)

American mathematician (1909-2005)

Hungarian-born mathematician

Italian singer-songwriter (1933-2005)

Canadian-American broadcast journalist (1938–2005)

American playwright (1945-2005)

Spanish writer (1941-2005)

French-American mathematician (1927–2005)

French film actress (1918-2005)

English writer and scholar (1909-2005)

American actress (1910–2005)

Soviet basketball coach (1928–2005)

Czechoslovak footballer (1930–2005)

French scientist (1924-2005)

French singer-songwriter

American actor (1920–2005)

Israel Epstein, also known by his Chinese nickname "Aipei", was a Chinese journalist. Of Polish origin, Epstein was one of the few foreign-born members of the Chinese Communist Party.

American murderer (1953–2005)

American psychiatrist (1936–2005)

American scientist (1928–2005)

Polish fencer and double agent (1932–2005)

Chinese anthropologist, sociologist (1910-2005)

American actor (1927–2005)

Hungarian association football player

English vegan activist

Hungarian politician (1919-2005)

English writer, doctor, founder of the hospice care movement, palliative care activist

English poet and playwright (1907–2005)

American geneticist (1911-2005)

British musician (1941–2005)

Irish comedian and satirist (1936-2005)

American actress (1958–2005)

Luxembourgian singer, lyricist, disc jockey, and television presenter (1920–2005)

30th President of Honduras (1986-1990)

American television and movie character actor (1927-2005)

Lithuanian academic (1927–2005)

English actor, comedian and writer (1929–2005)

American physicist (1934–2005)

swimmer (1917–2005)

US Navy admiral and aviator (1923–2005)

Spanish philosopher (1914-2005)

British writer and broadcaster (1946–2005)

South Korean actress (1980-2005)

Czech linguist and Romani scholar (1933–2005)

American singer and actress (1913–2005)

American drummer (1938–2005)

American actor (1936-2005)

Zimbabwean writer (1964–2005)

American singer and guitarist (1926–2005)

American musician (1923–2005)

French pornographic film actress

Polish journalist and writer (1914–2005)

American poet (1926-2005)

Dutch sprinter (1923-2005)

American chess player (1914–2005)

French footballer (1979-2005)

Dutch painter (1920-2005)