2005 deaths

American musician (1939–2005)

American academic

American poet, lecturer (1927–2005)

American actress (1953-2005)

English photographer (1939–2005)

Croatian water polo player (1931–2005)

Israeli spy (1927-2005)

Turkmenistani musician (1916-2005)

British athlete (1913–2005)

French composer (1929–2005)

American novelist, historian (1916-2005)

Ukrainian chess player (1940–2005)

Lebanese journalist and politician (1957-2005)

basketball player

Chilean footballer (1935-2005)

English actress (1911-2005)

Spanish actor (1930-2005)

American musician (1948–2005)

American war veteran; son of Walmart founder Sam Walton (1946–2005)

American microbiologist (1920-2005)

Hungarian pair skater (1927-2005)

American composer (1918-2005)

Hungarian mathematician (1915–2005)

American rower

Israeli spy (1937–2005)

New Zealand physicist (1925-2005)

Russian cross-country skier (1948-2005)

American mathematician (1921–2005)

Jamaican footballer (1964-2005)

American actress (1989–2005)

American fencer (1905–2005)

Uzbekistani musician (1969–2005)

bobsledder (1919–2005)

American politician (1915–2005)

American actor

Indian cricket player (1948–2005)

Olympic wrestler

South Korean footballer (1917-2005)

Danish actress (1925-2005)

Rodney William Whitaker (June 12, 1931 – December 14, 2005) was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved bestseller status, and published under several other names, as well, including Nicholas Seare, Beñat Le Cagot, and Edoard Moran. He published the nonfiction book The Language of Film under his own name.

English actor (1916–2005)

road bicycle racer (1924–2005)

American economist and historian of economic thought (1919–2005)

American politician (1941–2005)

French musician (1952-2005)

German athlete (1906-2005)

Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (1932-2005)

American blues musician (1924-2005)

Spanish chemist (1919–2005)

Syrian intelligence officer and politician (1942–2005)

Romanian footballer (1944-2005)

Ukrainian police officer and statesman (1951-2005)

Canoe racer (1943–2005)

Democratic United States Senator from Alabama (1921-2005)

boxer (1938-2005)

Dutch cartoonist (1912–2005)

Japanese composer

German composer

Muslim scholar (1939–2005)

bobsledder (1925-2005)