Famous People Who Died In 2005

• Hans Bethe

  Physicist

  Alsace, France

• Birgit Nilsson

  Singer

  Sweden

• Saul Bellow

  Writer

  Canada

• Rosa Parks

  Activist

  Alabama, United States of America

• Jack Kilby

  Engineer

  Missouri, United States of America

• John H. Johnson

  Businessman

  Arkansas, United States of America

• Ba Jin

  Writer

  Sichuan, China

• Don Adams

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Simon Wiesenthal

  Architect

  Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

• John Fowles

  Author

  England, United Kingdom

• Sir John Mills

  Actor

  Norfolk, United Kingdom

• Robert Wise

  Film Director

  Indiana, United States of America

• Teresa Wright

  Actress

  New York, United States of America

• Al Lopez

  Sportsman

  Florida, United States of America

• K. R. Narayanan

  President

  Kerala, India

• Mitch Hedberg

  Comedian

  Minnesota, United States of America

• Rainier III

  Royalty

  Monaco

• Bob Richardson

  Photographer

  New York, United States of America

• Sandra Dee

  Actress

  New Jersey, United States of America

• Lorenzo Thomas

  Poet

  Panama

• Shirley Chisholm

  Politician

  New York, United States of America

• Anne Bancroft

  Actress

  New York, United States of America

• Pope John Paul II

  Religious Leader

  Wadowice County, Poland

• Pat Morita

  Actor

  California, United States of America

• Bob Denver

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Henry Taube

  Chemist

  Sadkatchewan, Canada

• Peter Drucker

  Businessman

  Vienna, Austria

• Amrita Pritam

  Writer

  Punjab, Pakistan

• Richard E. Smalley

  Professor

  Ohio, United States of America

• Eddie Albert

  Actor

  Illinois, United States of America

• Andrea Dworkin

  Writer

  New Jersey, United States of America

• Ernst Mayr

  Biologist

  Bavaria, Germany

• Philip Johnson

  Architect

  Ohio, United States of America

• Hunter S. Thompson

  Journalist

  Kentucky, United States of America

• John Garang

  Politician

  Jonglei, Sudan

• George Best

  Sportsman

  Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Eduardo Paolozzi

  Artist

  Scotland, United Kingdom

• Claude Simon

  Author

  Madagascar

• George F. Kennan

  Academic

  Wisconsin, United States of America

• R. C. Gorman

  Painter

  Arizona, United States of America

• James Doohan

  Actor

  British Columbia, Canada

• George Rochberg

  Composer

  New Jersey, United States of America

• William Westmoreland

  Military

  South Carolina, United States of America

• David Lange

  Politician

  New Zealand

• Milton Obote

  Politician

  Uganda

• Victoria de los Angeles

  Singer

  Spain

• Sol Myron Linowitz

  Businessperson

  New Jersey, United States of America

• Cicely Saunders

  Doctor

  Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

• Guillermo Cabrera Infante

  Author

  Holguín, Cuba

• Mary Winston-Jackson

  Scientist

  Virginia, United States of America

• Dave Allen

  Comedian

  Dublin, Republic of Ireland

• Lloyd N. Cutler

  Lawyer

  New York, United States of America

• Bobby Short

  Pianist

  Illinois, United States of America

• Stanley Tookie Williams

  Murderer

  Louisiana, United States of America

• Willem Duisenberg

  Business Leader

  Friesland, Netherlands

• Walter Haut

  Military Leader

  Illinois, United States of America

• Zhao Ziyang

  Statesman

  Henan Province, China

• Joseph Rotblat

  Physicist

  Masovia, Poland

• Vincent Gigante

  Organized Crime

  New York, United States Of America

• Al Held

  Educator

  New York, United States Of America

• Alain Louis Bombard

  Biologist

  Ile-de-France, France

• Fernando Bujones

  Ballet Dancer

  Florida, United States Of America

• Robert Creeley

  Educator

  Massachusetts, United States Of America

• George Mikan

  Basketball Player

  Illinois, United States Of America

• Robin Cook

  Government Official

  Scotland, United Kingdom

• Frank Perdue

  Business Leader

  Maryland, United States of America

• Johnnie Cochran

  Lawyer

  Louisiana, United States Of America

• Mario Luzi

  Educator

  Tuscany, Italy

• Will Eisner

  Cartoonist

  New York, United States Of America

• Peter Jennings

  Journalist

  Ontario, Canada

• Paul Ricoeur

  Philosopher

  Valence, France

• Kerry Packer

  Business Leader

  New South Wales, Australia

• Shelby Foote

  Historian

  Mississippi, United States of America

• Ismail Merchant

  Director

  Maharashtra, India

• Constance Baker Motley

  Activist

  Connecticut, United States of America

• Kenzo Tange

  Architect

  Osaka, Japan

• August Wilson

  Playwright

  Pennsylvania, United States of America

• Glenn Davis

  Athlete

  California, United States of America

• Kenneth Bancroft Clark

  Educator

  Panama Canal Zone, United States of America

• Gordon Gould

  Physicist

  New York, United States Of America

• M. Scott Peck

  Journalist

  New York, united states of America

• Robert Moog

  Inventor

  New York, united states of America

• Christopher Fry

  Actor

  England, United Kingdom

• William Rehnquist

  Supreme Court Justice

  Wisconsin, United States

• Johnny Carson

  Host

  Iowa, united states of America

• Ibrahim Ferrer

  Singer

  Santiago, Cuba