Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2005

Edward Louis Masry was an American lawyer, a partner in the law firm of Masry & Vititoe and also a mayor and city councilman for the City of Thousand Oaks, California.

Archil Mikhaylovich Gomiashvili was a Soviet Georgian theatre and film actor best known for his part of Ostap Bender in Leonid Gaidai's 1971 adaptation of Ilf and Petrov's The Twelve Chairs. In the late 1980s Gomiashvili quit the stage to become a businessman, the Ostap Bender Club owner, and philanthropist.

Charles Lloyd Thompson was an American sportscaster best known for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles and the National Football League's Baltimore Colts. He was well-recognized for his resonant voice, crisply descriptive style of play-by-play, and signature on-air exclamations "Go to war, Miss Agnes!" and "Ain't the beer cold!"

Mohammad Sidique Khan was the oldest of the four Al Qaeda suicide bombers and believed to be the leader responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings, in which bombs were detonated on three London Underground trains and one bus in central London suicide attacks, killing 56 people including the attackers and injuring over 700. Khan bombed the Edgware Road train killing himself and six other people.

Jacques Dufilho fue un actor teatral, cinematográfico y televisivo de nacionalidad francesa.

Eric Randall Nance was an American man who was convicted of murder in the state of Arkansas. While on death row, the former heating and air conditioning technician obtained his high school equivalency certificate and penned multiple poems, one of which was set to music and recorded by the Celtic Tenors. Nance was executed in 2005, twelve years after the crime.

Takanohana Kenshi 貴ノ花 健士 was a sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was ōzeki, which he held for fifty tournaments. As an active rikishi he was extremely popular and was nicknamed the "Prince of Sumo" due to his good looks and relatively slim build. He was the father of Wakanohana Masaru and Takanohana Kōji, and as head of the Futagoyama stable coached both of them to the yokozuna rank.

Christopher Barrett Candito fue un luchador profesional estadounidense. Candido es mejor recordado por sus mandatos con promociones como World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling y Smoky Mountain Wrestling, donde actuó bajo su nombre real, así como por sus apariciones en el World Wrestling Federation bajo el nombre de ring Skip, la mitad del Tag team The Bodydonnas. Durante gran parte de su carrera, actuó junto a su compañera en la vida real, Tammy "Sunny" Sytch, quien actuó como su ayuda de cámara.

Gideon Nieuwoudt (1951–2005) was a former apartheid-era security policeman involved in the torture and murder of several anti-apartheid activists, including Steve Biko. Nieuwoudt, nicknamed "Notorious", was one of the most feared security policemen in the Eastern Cape for his interrogation methods including wet bags, poison, torture machines and often disguised himself as a priest, dubbing him the "Priest from hell". Nieuwoudt had up to five hearings at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), in connection with the murders of numerous political activists.

General Gnassingbé Eyadéma, antes llamado Étienne Eyadema,, fue gobernante de Togo desde 1967 hasta su muerte. Participó en dos exitosos golpes de Estado, en enero de 1963 y en enero de 1967. Asumió el poder desde el 14 de abril de 1967 y logró mantenerse en el poder por décadas. Organizó y ganó diversas elecciones entre 1972 y 1998 que son consideradas como libres, pero en muchos aspectos criticables.