List of Famous people who died in 2005

Erik Balling was a Danish TV and film director. He created two of Denmark's most popular TV-series, Matador and Huset på Christianshavn.

Charles Paul Wilp was a German advertising-designer, artist, photographer and short-movie-editor.

Josephine "Josie" MacAvin was an Irish set decorator and art director. She won an Academy Award and was nominated two more times in the category Best Art Direction. She also won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special for her work as set dresser on the miniseries Scarlett (1994). MacAvin's Oscar and Emmy statuettes are both on permanent display at the Irish Film Institute, Dublin.

Marco Guglielmi was an Italian actor, screenwriter and author.

Ismail Hasan Metareum was a politician from the United Development Party. He became the party's chairman from 1989 until 1998. He was also the vice chairman of the People's Representative Council from 1997 until 1999.

Franz Fedier (1922–2005) was a Swiss painter.

Elizabeth Knight was a British film and television actress.

David Jackson was an English actor best known for his role as Olag Gan in the first two seasons of Blake's 7 and as Detective Constable Braithwaite in Z-Cars from 1972 to 1978. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire.

Donald Watson was an English animal rights advocate who co-founded The Vegan Society.