List of Famous people who died in 2005

Nathan Joseph was a British record company founder, theatrical producer and talent agent. He was a pioneer in the development of independent record companies in the 1960s and 1970s.

Sindhu was a film actress who appeared in South Indian films. She is the daughter of actress Manjula Vijaykumar's sister Shamala.

Xiong Xianghui was a Chinese Communist spy during the Chinese Civil War, and, after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, a high-ranking official in diplomacy and intelligence. He played a role in the victory of the Communist Party of China over the Kuomintang in the Chinese Civil War, in his capacity as private secretary and aide-de-camp to Hu Zongnan, one of the most senior Nationalist generals; Xiong was secretly a Communist mole and for many years passed highly sensitive information to the Communist Party leadership, including top-secret orders and documents of Chiang Kai-Shek.

Konrad Hesse was a German jurisprudence scientist and, from 1975 to 1987, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.

Tara Correa-McMullen was an American actress. She played gang member Graciela Reyes on the CBS TV series Judging Amy. On October 21, 2005, she was shot dead in front of an apartment complex in Inglewood, California.

Mei Shaowu was a Chinese translator, author and scholar who was honorary president of the Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall (梅兰芳纪念馆) and president of the Mei Lanfang Literature and Art Research Association (梅兰芳文化艺术研究会). He also was a researcher in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Wang Daohan, was the former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS).