List of Famous people who born in 1905

Prince John of the United Kingdom was the fifth son and youngest of the six children of King George V and Queen Mary. At the time of Prince John's birth, his father was the Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, King Edward VII. In 1910, the Prince of Wales succeeded to the throne upon Edward VII's death and Prince John became fifth in the line of succession to the British throne.

Tamiki Hara was a Japanese author and survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima, known for his works of Atomic bomb literature.

Heinz Siegfried Heydrich was the son of Richard Bruno Heydrich and the younger brother of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. After the death of his brother, Heinz Heydrich helped Jews escape the Holocaust.

Otávio Gabus Mendes, born Octavio Gabus Mendes (1906–1946), was Brazilian film critic, radio broadcaster, screenwriter and director. He was father of radio broadcaster Edith Gabus Mendes, and actor Cassiano Gabus Mendes, and grandfather of actors Tato Gabus Mendes and Cássio Gabus Mendes.

Genepil was the last queen consort of Mongolia, married to Bogd Khan. She was queen consort for less than a year in 1924 but her story has captivated successive generations. Queen Genepil was executed in May, 1938, shot as part of the Stalinist repressions in Mongolia.

James Allan Mollison MBE was a Scottish pioneer aviator who, flying solo or with his wife, Amy Johnson, set many records during the rapid development of aviation in the 1930s.

Friedrich Robert Donat was an English film and stage actor. He is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), winning for the latter the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Kurt Heissmeyer was a Nazi SS physician involved in medical experimentation on concentration camp inmates including children.

Soekarmadji Maridjan Kartosuwiryo was an Indonesian Islamic mystic who led the Darul Islam rebellion against the Indonesian government from 1949 to 1962, with the objective of overthrowing the secular Pancasila ideology and establishing Negara Islam Indonesia based on sharia law.

Harry Tyson Moore was an African-American educator, a pioneer leader of the civil rights movement, founder of the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Brevard County, Florida, and president of the state chapter of the NAACP.