Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2005

Ismail Merchant was an Indian film producer and director. He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Their films won six Academy Awards.

Masaharu Gotōda was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the diet, MInister of Justice, and Chief Cabinet Secretary. A native of Yoshinogawa, Tokushima and graduate of Tokyo University.

Mark Matthews was an American veteran of the Second World War and a Buffalo Soldier. Born in Alabama and growing up in Ohio, Matthews joined the 10th Cavalry Regiment when he was only 15 years old, after having been recruited at a Lexington, Kentucky racetrack and having documents forged so that he appeared to meet the minimum age of 17. While stationed in Arizona, he joined General John J. Pershing's Mexico expedition to hunt down Mexican general Pancho Villa. He was later transferred to Virginia, where he took care of President Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor's horses and was a member of the Buffalo Soldiers' drum and bugle corps. In his late 40s, he served in combat operations in the South Pacific during World War II and achieved the rank of first sergeant. He was noted as an excellent marksman and horse showman.

Robert Finlayson Cook fue un político británico del Partido Laborista, que sirvió como miembro del parlamento (MP) por Livingston desde 1983 hasta su muerte y sirvió en el Gabinete como secretario de Exteriores desde 1997 hasta 2001, cuando fue reemplazado por Jack Straw.

Eddie Albert, fue un actor estadounidense, además de amante de la jardinería orgánica, humanitarista, activista y veterano de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Kazım Koyuncu fue un compositor e intérprete de música folk-rock turco, conocido además como activista político.

Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer was an Australian media tycoon, and was considered one of Australia's most powerful media proprietors of the twentieth century. The Packer family company owned a controlling interest in both the Nine television network and leading Australian publishing company Australian Consolidated Press, which were later merged to form Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL). Outside Australia, Packer was best known for founding World Series Cricket. At the time of his death, Packer was the richest and one of the most influential men in Australia. In 2004, Business Review Weekly magazine estimated Packer's net worth at A$6.5 billion .

Paul Winchell fue un ventrílocuo, actor de voz, humorista, inventor, y humanitarista de nacionalidad estadounidense, con una carrera en el mundo del espectáculo que se desarrolló en las décadas de 1950 y 1960. Desde 1950 a 1954 presentó The Paul Winchell Show, programa que utilizó otros dos títulos a lo largo de su trayectoria en la NBC, The Speidel Show y What's My Name? Desde 1965 a 1968 Winchell presentó la serie televisiva infantil Winchell-Mahoney Time.

Ryan Alan Hade was an American sexual assault victim from Tacoma, Washington. On May 20, 1989, he was raped, mutilated, stabbed and left for dead in a vacant lot that was later turned into a Tacoma park named Ryan's Park. Earl Kenneth Shriner was convicted of the attack and sentenced to 131 years in prison. Shriner had a long history of sexual assault charges spanning 25 years. The case has been cited as one of the catalysts for new US laws allowing indefinite confinement of sex offenders. Hade, who survived the attack by Shriner, died in a vehicular accident.

Alekséi Faizuláyevich Sultánov. Алексе́й Файзулла́евич Султа́нов, fue pianista de conciertos ruso de origen Uzbekistaní.