List of Famous people who died in 2005

Vasco Cabral (1926–2005) was a Bissau-Guinean writer and politician. He was minister of economy and finance, minister of justice, and Vice President of Guinea-Bissau.

Andrea Rita Dworkin was an American radical feminist activist and writer. She is best known for her analysis of pornography, although her feminist writings, beginning in 1974, span 40 years. They are found in a dozen solo works: nine books of non-fiction, two novels, and a collection of short stories. Another three volumes were co-written or co-edited with US Constitutional law professor and feminist activist, Catharine A. MacKinnon.

Peter Keetman was a German photographer.

Siegmund Dieter Puppe was a German mathematician who worked in algebraic topology, differential topology and homological algebra. He is known for the Puppe sequence in algebraic topology.

John Wayne Glover was an English-Australian serial killer convicted of the murders of six elderly women, over a period of 14 months from 1989-1990 including Winifreda, Lady Ashton, widow of the English-Australian impressionist painter Sir Will Ashton, in suburbs located in Sydney's North Shore. The fact that the victims were all elderly women, led to Glover attaining the nickname by the press of The Granny Killer. Following his arrest in 1990, he admitted to the murders and was sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He hanged himself in prison on 9 September 2005.

Edward "Eddie" Julius Schroeder was an American speed skater who competed at the 1932 and 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1932 he finished eighth in the 10,000 m event. Four years later he again finished eighth in the 10000 m; he also placed 12th over 1500 m and 15th over 5000 m. He was selected for the 1940 Olympic team, but the games were canceled due to World War II.