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Born in 1905

1,043 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Joe Kennaway

    association football player, association football coach

    1905–1969 · aged 64

    January 25 · 1905

    No external source identified

  2. Kim Pen-hwa

    writer

    1905–1974 · aged 68

    August 6 · 1905

    No external source identified

  3. Gustav Gerneth

    military personnel, sailor

    1905–2019 · aged 114

    October 15 · 1905

    No external source identified

  4. Ary Abramovich Sternfeld

    astronomer, military flight engineer

    1905–1980 · aged 75

    May 14 · 1905

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  5. Gavriil Troyepolsky

    journalist, screenwriter

    1905–1995 · aged 89

    November 29 · 1905

    Source: ProDetLit

  6. Bruno Giorgi

    sculptor, painter

    1905–1993 · aged 88

    August 13 · 1905

    Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural

  7. Peter Kreuder

    film score composer, music director

    1905–1981 · aged 75

    August 18 · 1905

    Source: filmportal.de

  8. John Van Ryn*

    tennis player

    Date disputed

    June 30 · 1905

    No external source identified

  9. Vytautas Bacevičius

    pianist, composer

    1905–1970 · aged 64

    September 9 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  10. Lev Arnshtam

    screenwriter, director

    1905–1979 · aged 74

    January 15 · 1905

    No external source identified

  11. Bernt Evensen*

    sport cyclist, speed skater

    Date disputed

    April 8 · 1905

    Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon

  12. Pyotr Shirshov

    polar explorer, politician

    1905–1953 · aged 47

    December 25 · 1905

    No external source identified

  13. Martin Hellberg

    film director, actor

    1905–1999 · aged 94

    January 31 · 1905

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  14. Pavlo Virsky

    dancer, choreographer

    1905–1975 · aged 70

    February 25 · 1905

    No external source identified

  15. Ernestina de Champourcín

    prose writer, writer

    1905–1999 · aged 93

    July 10 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  16. Laurence Chisholm Young

    mathematician

    1905–2000 · aged 95

    July 14 · 1905

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  17. Juan Marrero Pérez

    association football player, association football coach

    1905–1989 · aged 83

    December 8 · 1905

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  18. Sanusi Pane

    historian, writer

    1905–1968 · aged 62

    November 14 · 1905

    Source: Onsland.nl

  19. Lino Nessi*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    September 23 · 1905

    Source: footballfacts.ru

  20. Paul-Pierre Philippe

    theologian, Catholic priest

    1905–1984 · aged 78

    April 16 · 1905

    Source: Find a Grave

  21. John Rymill

    explorer

    1905–1968 · aged 63

    March 13 · 1905

    Source: SNAC

  22. Max Amann

    swimmer, water polo player

    1905–1945 · aged 40

    January 19 · 1905

    No external source identified

  23. Georges Grignard

    racing automobile driver, engineer

    1905–1977 · aged 72

    July 25 · 1905

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  24. George Marthins

    field hockey player

    1905–1989 · aged 83

    December 24 · 1905

    No external source identified

  25. Víctor Morales

    association football player

    1905–1938 · aged 33

    May 10 · 1905

    No external source identified

  26. Stefaniya Stanyuta*

    actor

    Date disputed

    April 30 · 1905

    Source: Catalog of the German National Library

  27. Hasan Kikić

    poet lawyer, teacher

    1905–1942 · aged 36

    August 20 · 1905

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  28. Hans Ziglarski

    boxer

    1905–1975 · aged 69

    October 16 · 1905

    No external source identified

  29. Günther Hoffmann-Schönborn

    military personnel

    1905–1970 · aged 64

    May 1 · 1905

    No external source identified

  30. Aleksandr Borisov

    screenwriter, politician

    1905–1982 · aged 77

    May 1 · 1905

    No external source identified

  31. Omobono Tenni

    racing automobile driver, motorcycle racer

    1905–1948 · aged 42

    July 24 · 1905

    No external source identified

  32. Dov Karmi

    architect

    1905–1962

    1905

    Source: Union List of Artist Names

  33. Nic Waal

    physician, pediatrician

    1905–1960

    1905

    No external source identified

  34. Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin

    physicist, mathematician

    1905–1972 · aged 67

    July 7 · 1905

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  35. Joan Morgan*

    actor, screenwriter

    Date disputed

    February 1 · 1905

    Source: IMDb

  36. Motiejus Šumauskas*

    politician, trade unionist

    Date disputed

    November 2 · 1905

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  37. Karin Nellemose

    actor, voice actor

    1905–1993 · aged 88

    August 3 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  38. Ljubo Benčić

    association football coach, association football player

    1905–1992 · aged 87

    January 2 · 1905

    Source: Croatian Biographical Lexicon

  39. Osvald Käpp

    amateur wrestler

    1905–1995 · aged 90

    February 17 · 1905

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  40. Boris Balinsky

    zoologist, entomologist

    1905–1997 · aged 91

    September 23 · 1905

    No external source identified

  41. Akilles Järvinen

    athletics competitor

    1905–1943 · aged 37

    September 19 · 1905

    No external source identified

  42. Margita Alfvén

    film actor, actor

    1905–1962 · aged 56

    November 16 · 1905

    Source: IMDb

  43. Angelina Acuña

    poet, writer

    1905–2006 · aged 101

    January 31 · 1905

    No external source identified

  44. Guido Gonella

    politician, university teacher

    1905–1982 · aged 76

    September 18 · 1905

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  45. Anna Blaman*

    teacher, dramaturge

    Date disputed

    January 31 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  46. Gordon E. Sawyer

    engineer, audio engineer

    1905–1980 · aged 74

    August 27 · 1905

    No external source identified

  47. Baltasar Albéniz

    association football player, association football coach

    1905–1978 · aged 73

    January 6 · 1905

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  48. Jorge Pardon

    association football coach, association football player

    1905–1977 · aged 72

    March 4 · 1905

    No external source identified

  49. Felipe Olivares*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    February 5 · 1905

    Source: Soccerway

  50. Edith Kiss

    painter, artist

    1905–1966 · aged 60

    November 21 · 1905

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  51. József Turay

    association football coach, association football player

    1905–1963 · aged 58

    March 1 · 1905

    Source: FBref

  52. Gottfried Köthe

    mathematician, university teacher

    1905–1989 · aged 83

    December 25 · 1905

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  53. Harry Lundahl

    journalist, association football coach

    1905–1988 · aged 82

    October 16 · 1905

    Source: EU-Football.info

  54. Casimiro Torres*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    March 4 · 1905

    Source: national-football-teams.com

  55. Óndra Łysohorsky

    folk song collector, writer

    1905–1989 · aged 84

    July 6 · 1905

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  56. Jules Pappaert

    association football player

    1905–1945 · aged 40

    November 5 · 1905

    Source: Transfermarkt

  57. Adam Ważyk

    essayist, librettist

    1905–1982 · aged 76

    November 17 · 1905

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  58. Alf Henrikson

    journalist, librettist

    1905–1995 · aged 89

    July 9 · 1905

    Source: Find a Grave

  59. Tamar Abakelia

    graphic artist, scenographer

    1905–1953 · aged 47

    September 1 · 1905

    Source: Q12164200

  60. László Sternberg

    association football coach, association football player

    1905–1982 · aged 77

    May 28 · 1905

    Source: FBref

  61. Hermann Brück

    astronomer, physicist

    1905–2000 · aged 94

    August 15 · 1905

    Source: SNAC

  62. Raymundo Rodríguez

    association football player

    1905–date unavailable

    April 15 · 1905

    Source: FBref

  63. Arnold Luhaäär

    amateur wrestler, weightlifter

    1905–1965 · aged 59

    November 20 · 1905

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  64. Mohammed Hassan*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    February 5 · 1905

    No external source identified

  65. Cho-Cho Lin

    actor

    1905–1979 · aged 74

    January 21 · 1905

    No external source identified

  66. Leopold Hofmann

    association football player, association football coach

    1905–1976 · aged 70

    October 31 · 1905

    No external source identified

  67. Eberardo Villalobos

    association football coach, association football player

    1905–1964 · aged 58

    December 10 · 1905

    No external source identified

  68. Maniben Kara

    trade unionist, social worker

    1905–1979

    1905

    No external source identified

  69. Piatruś Broŭka

    children's writer, translator

    1905–1980 · aged 74

    June 25 · 1905

    No external source identified

  70. Gaston Rebry

    sport cyclist

    1905–1953 · aged 48

    January 29 · 1905

    Source: Roglo

  71. Friederich Franzl

    association football player

    1905–1989 · aged 84

    March 6 · 1905

    Source: FBref

  72. Fred Alderman

    sprinter

    1905–1998 · aged 93

    June 24 · 1905

    No external source identified

  73. Cesare Fantoni

    dub actor, actor

    1905–1963 · aged 57

    February 1 · 1905

    No external source identified

  74. Arturo Coddou

    association football coach, association football player

    1905–1954 · aged 49

    January 14 · 1905

    Source: FBref

  75. Winifred Mary Curtis

    teacher, botanist

    1905–2005 · aged 100

    June 15 · 1905

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  76. Hanns Kilian

    bobsledder, athlete

    1905–1981 · aged 75

    May 2 · 1905

    No external source identified

  77. Jean De Clercq

    association football coach, association football player

    1905–1984 · aged 78

    May 17 · 1905

    Source: Transfermarkt

  78. Torsten Nilsson

    bricklayer, politician

    1905–1997 · aged 92

    April 1 · 1905

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  79. Joseph Boczov

    engineer, resistance fighter

    1905–1944 · aged 38

    August 3 · 1905

    No external source identified

  80. Jock Cameron

    cricketer

    1905–1935 · aged 30

    July 5 · 1905

    No external source identified

  81. August Wenzinger

    music educator, musician

    1905–1996 · aged 91

    November 14 · 1905

    Source: Discogs

  82. Rupert Wildt

    astronomer

    1905–1976 · aged 70

    June 25 · 1905

    No external source identified

  83. Fritz Genschow

    film producer, film actor

    1905–1977 · aged 72

    May 15 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  84. Clarice Benini

    chess player

    1905–1976 · aged 71

    January 8 · 1905

    No external source identified

  85. Alexander Melik-Pashayev

    music educator, composer

    1905–1964 · aged 58

    October 23 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  86. José Nehin*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    October 13 · 1905

    Source: FBref

  87. Márton Keleti

    teacher, screenwriter

    1905–1973 · aged 68

    April 27 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  88. Anneliese Maier

    historian, philosopher

    1905–1971 · aged 66

    November 17 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  89. Frank Hussey

    athletics competitor

    1905–1974 · aged 69

    February 14 · 1905

    No external source identified

  90. Renate Brausewetter

    film actor, actor

    1905–2006 · aged 100

    October 1 · 1905

    Source: Find a Grave

  91. George Bernard Flahiff

    Catholic bishop, university teacher

    1905–1989 · aged 83

    October 26 · 1905

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  92. Vicente Trueba

    sport cyclist

    1905–1986 · aged 81

    October 16 · 1905

    No external source identified

  93. Isa Quensel

    opera singer, actor

    1905–1981 · aged 76

    September 21 · 1905

    Source: Find a Grave

  94. Vakhtang Ananyan

    journalist, writer

    1905–1980 · aged 74

    August 8 · 1905

    Source: Armenian Concise Encyclopedia

  95. Balázs Étienne

    sinologist, university teacher

    1905–1963 · aged 58

    January 24 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  96. Charley Borah*

    athletics competitor, dentist

    Date disputed

    November 11 · 1905

    Source: World Athletics database

  97. Austin L. Rand

    ornithologist, zoologist

    1905–1982 · aged 76

    December 16 · 1905

    Source: In Memoriam: Austin L. Rand

  98. Helmut Körnig

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    1905–1972 · aged 66

    September 12 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  99. Valdemārs Baumanis

    basketball player, association football coach

    1905–1992 · aged 87

    April 19 · 1905

    No external source identified

  100. György Kulin

    science fiction writer, astronomer

    1905–1989 · aged 84

    January 28 · 1905

    No external source identified

  101. René Fernández*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    November 30 · 1905

    Source: Transfermarkt

  102. Anjela Duval

    writer, local politician

    1905–1981 · aged 76

    April 3 · 1905

    Source: GeneaStar

  103. Ida Gerhardt

    writer, translator

    1905–1997 · aged 92

    May 11 · 1905

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  104. Ken Doherty

    writer, athletics competitor

    1905–1996 · aged 90

    May 16 · 1905

    Source: SNAC

  105. Jaguaré*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    May 14 · 1905

    No external source identified

  106. Jan Zahradníček

    editing staff, literary critic

    1905–1960 · aged 55

    January 17 · 1905

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  107. George Gulack

    artistic gymnast

    1905–1987 · aged 82

    May 12 · 1905

    No external source identified

  108. Leni Junker

    sprinter, athletics competitor

    1905–1997 · aged 91

    December 8 · 1905

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  109. Enrico Rivolta

    association football player

    1905–1974 · aged 68

    June 29 · 1905

    No external source identified

  110. Pedro Quartucci

    boxer, television actor

    1905–1983 · aged 77

    July 30 · 1905

    Source: Find a Grave

  111. Walter Richter

    actor, voice actor

    1905–1985 · aged 80

    May 13 · 1905

    Source: SNAC

  112. Tojikhon Shodieva

    politician, journalist

    1905–1981

    1905

    No external source identified

  113. Adalgisa Nery

    politician, journalist

    1905–1980 · aged 74

    October 29 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  114. Zinken Hopp

    writer, playwright

    1905–1987 · aged 82

    January 9 · 1905

    Source: Merkedager : fødselsdager, stiftelsesdatoer, begivenheter

  115. Hadiya Davletshina

    writer, poet

    1905–1954 · aged 49

    March 5 · 1905

    No external source identified

  116. Phyllis Mudford King

    tennis player

    1905–2006 · aged 100

    August 23 · 1905

    Source: 100 years of Wimbledon

  117. Leopold Buczkowski

    painter, graphic designer

    1905–1989 · aged 83

    November 15 · 1905

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  118. Shojiro Sugimura

    association football player

    1905–1975 · aged 69

    April 4 · 1905

    No external source identified

  119. Franco Riccardi

    fencer

    1905–1968 · aged 62

    June 13 · 1905

    No external source identified

  120. Georg Lammers

    sprinter, runner

    1905–1987 · aged 81

    April 14 · 1905

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  121. Asma Tubi

    poet, human rights defender

    1905–1983

    1905

    No external source identified

  122. Eddie Murphy

    speed skater

    1905–1973 · aged 68

    February 1 · 1905

    Source: SpeedSkatingStats

  123. Effat Nagy

    visual artist, artist

    1905–1994

    1905

    Source: Artnet

  124. Pentti Haanpää

    novelist, short story writer

    1905–1955 · aged 49

    October 14 · 1905

    Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland

  125. Dionysios Zakythinos*

    historian, politician

    Date disputed

    December 15 · 1905

    No external source identified

  126. František Kloz

    association football player, association football coach

    1905–1945 · aged 40

    May 19 · 1905

    Source: Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno

  127. Mihai Tänzer

    association football player, association football coach

    1905–1993 · aged 88

    February 7 · 1905

    No external source identified

  128. Carlo Borghesio

    director, film director

    1905–1983 · aged 78

    June 24 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  129. Dina Gralla

    actor, film actor

    1905–1994 · aged 89

    January 15 · 1905

    Source: filmportal.de

  130. Helen Dodson Prince

    university teacher, astronomer

    1905–2002 · aged 96

    December 31 · 1905

    Source: The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science

  131. Jack Whitney

    engineer, audio engineer

    1905–1992 · aged 87

    February 21 · 1905

    No external source identified

  132. Peggy Michell

    tennis player

    1905–1941 · aged 36

    January 28 · 1905

    Source: 100 years of Wimbledon

  133. Aharon Becker

    trade unionist, politician

    1905–1995 · aged 90

    December 21 · 1905

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  134. Amadeo Ortega

    association football player

    1905–1983

    April 19 · 1905

    No external source identified

  135. Max Bulla

    sport cyclist, professional athlete

    1905–1990 · aged 84

    September 26 · 1905

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  136. Sergio Guerri

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1905–1992 · aged 86

    December 25 · 1905

    Source: Find a Grave

  137. Georg Haas

    paleontologist, university teacher

    1905–1981 · aged 76

    January 19 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  138. Leonid Martynov

    poet, translator

    1905–1980 · aged 75

    May 22 · 1905

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  139. Willy Røgeberg

    sport shooter, arms trader

    1905–1969 · aged 64

    December 11 · 1905

    No external source identified

  140. Narcís de Carreras

    lawyer, jurist

    1905–1991 · aged 86

    August 16 · 1905

    Source: congreso.es

  141. José Tapia

    association football player, association football coach

    Born 1905

    February 19 · 1905

    No external source identified

  142. Ivan Ivanovich Artobolevski

    engineer, physicist

    1905–1977 · aged 71

    October 9 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  143. Alex Wedding

    editor, writer

    1905–1966 · aged 60

    May 11 · 1905

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  144. Hannah Lamdan

    politician, trade unionist

    1905–1995 · aged 90

    January 5 · 1905

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  145. Innokenti Gerasimov

    soil scientist, earth scientist

    1905–1985 · aged 79

    December 9 · 1905

    No external source identified

  146. Cesare Milani

    coxswain

    1905–1956 · aged 51

    January 4 · 1905

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  147. Hilde Konetzni

    opera singer

    1905–1980 · aged 75

    March 21 · 1905

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  148. Antal Kocsis

    boxer, tailor

    1905–1994 · aged 88

    November 17 · 1905

    No external source identified

  149. Fernand Rigaux

    astronomer

    1905–1962

    1905

    No external source identified

  150. Mikayil Useynov

    architect, politician

    1905–1992 · aged 87

    April 19 · 1905

    No external source identified

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