List of Famous people who born in 1905

Norma Stoker was an Irish Tennis and Badminton player.

Valentine Loewi Davies was an American film and television writer, producer, and director. His film credits included Miracle on 34th Street (1947), Chicken Every Sunday (1949), It Happens Every Spring (1949), The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), and The Benny Goodman Story (1955). He was nominated for the 1954 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Glenn Miller Story.

John W. Tyson was an American businessman, the founder of American multinational corporation Tyson Foods and, from 1935 until his death in 1967, its chief executive officer.

Seeiso, full name Simon Seeiso Griffith was the paramount chief of Basutoland from 23 June 1939 until his death. He is the father of former king Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho and the paternal grandfather of the current king, Letsie III of Lesotho.

Louis Rosier was a racing driver from France.

Julio Castellanos González was a Mexican painter and engraver.

Louis Harold Gray was an English physicist who worked mainly on the effects of radiation on biological systems. He was one of the earliest contributors of the field of radiobiology. A summary of his work is given below. Amongst many other achievements, he defined a unit of radiation dosage which was later named after him as an SI unit, the gray.

Jacques Desagneaux was a French film editor, active between 1930 and 1967. He was also an occasional actor, appearing in a handful of films.

Granville Gustavus Withers was an American film actor who acted under the screen name Grant Withers. With early beginnings in the silent era, Withers moved into sound films establishing himself with a list of headlined features as a young and handsome male lead. "As his career progressed,...his importance diminished, but he did manage a 10-year contract with Republic.

Arthur John Arberry FBA was a British orientalist. A scholar of Arabic, Persian, and Islamic studies, he was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. His English translation of the Qur'an, The Koran Interpreted, is popular amongst academics worldwide. In the Preface of The Koran Interpreted, A. J. Arberry quotes Marmaduke Pickthall, his predecessor, who also wrote a translation of the Quran, "It may be reasonably claimed that no Holy Scripture can be fairly presented by one who disbelieves its inspiration and its message; and this is the first English translation of the Koran by an Englishman who is a Muslim."