List of Famous people who died in 2005

Mario José Serra was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 1975 till 2002.

Nora Denney, also credited as Dodo Denney, was an American stage, television, and film actress.

Alessio Galletti was an Italian racing cyclist. He died from heart failure while he was racing in the Subida al Naranco, 15 km from the finish line. He participated in all three of the Grand Tours of cycling.

David Kossoff was a British actor. In 1954 he won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for his appearance as Geza Szobek in The Young Lovers. He played Alf Larkin in TV sitcom The Larkins and Professor Kokintz in The Mouse that Roared (1959) and its sequel The Mouse on the Moon (1963).

Liu Binyan was a Chinese author, journalist, and political dissident.

Lucien Lazaridès was a French professional road bicycle racer. Lazaridès was born with Greek nationality but became French in 1929. Lucien Lazaridès was an older brother of cyclist Apo Lazaridès. Lazaridès won the Dauphiné Libéré in 1949 and reached the podium of the Tour de France in 1951. Later in his career he won two Tour de France stages.