topic collection

2005

year

80 entities

6 domains

Human

57

chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)

265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2005 to 2013

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of West Germany (1998–2005)

Saul Bellow

Canadian-American writer (1915–2005)

Mohammad Khatami

President of Iran from 1997 to 2005

American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015 (1924–2015)

president of the Palestinian Authority since 2005

American influencer, musician and online streamer (born 2005)

James Callaghan

former prime minister of the United Kingdom (1912–2005)

French writer (1913–2005)

Leonid Kuchma

Ukrainian businessman and politician, second President of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005

Northern Irish footballer (1946–2005)

Anne Bancroft

American actress (1931–2005)

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 (1916–2005)

American electrical engineer (1923–2005)

Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005

Aleksander Kwaśniewski

President of Poland from 1995 to 2005

American business consultant (1909–2005)

Pierre Nkurunziza

President of Burundi from 2005 to 2020

Hunter S. Thompson

American journalist and author (1937–2005)

Mahinda Rajapaksa

President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015

Tabaré Vázquez

President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020

Simon Wiesenthal

Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter (1908–2005)

American architect (1906–2005)

English novelist (1926–2005)

Chandrika Kumaratunga

Chandrika Kumaratunga

President of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005

Japanese architect (1913–2005)

Turkish association football player (born 2005)

George F. Kennan

George F. Kennan

American advisor, diplomat, political scientist and historian (1904-2005)

Simeon II of Bulgaria

Last King of Bulgaria and 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2001 - 2005)

German-American evolutionary biologist (1904-2005)

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco

Prince of Monaco from 1949 to 2005 (1923-2005)

Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

first black woman elected to the United States Congress (1924-2005)

Brazilian actor and comedian (1929–2005)

Richard Smalley

American chemist (1943–2005)

President of Lebanon (2022–2025), Prime Minister of Lebanon (2005; 2011–2014; 2021–2025)

Canadian-born American chemist (1915–2005)

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2005

American film director, film producer and film editor (1914–2005)

American feminist writer (1946–2005)

President of Namibia from 1990 to 2005 (1929–2025)

Teresa Wright

American actress (1918–2005)

Désiré Doué

French footballer (born 2005)

French philosopher (1913–2005)

Amrita Pritam

Indian novelist, poet, and essayist (in Hindi and Punjabi languages) (1919–2005)

Johnny Carson

American talk show host and comedian (1925–2005)

José Sócrates

Prime Minister of Portugal from 2005 to 2011

Swedish opera singer (1918–2005)

Indian actor (1932–2005)

Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete

President of Tanzania from 2005 to 2015

Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma

Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma

President of Togo from 1967 to 2005

Richard Pryor

American comedian and actor (1940–2005)

1st president of Iraqi Kurdistan (2005-17)

American electronic music pioneer and inventor (1934-2005)

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister (2005–06), President (2016–18)

Film

18

2005 film directed by James McTeigue

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005 film directed by Mike Newell

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

2005 film directed by George Lucas

Brokeback Mountain

2005 film directed by Ang Lee

Batman Begins

2005 film by Christopher Nolan

Kingdom of Heaven

2005 film directed by Ridley Scott

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005 film directed by Tim Burton

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2005 film by Doug Liman

2005 film directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez

2005 film directed by Steven Spielberg

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

2005 film directed by Andrew Adamson

2005 film directed by Peter Jackson

Pride & Prejudice

2005 film directed by Joe Wright

2005 film directed by Tim Story

War of the Worlds

2005 film directed by Steven Spielberg

2005 film by Darren Lynn Bousman

2005 film directed by Andrew Niccol

2005 film directed by Francis Lawrence

Television_Series

2

How I Met Your Mother

American sitcom (2005–2014)

American crime comedy-horror television series (2005-2017)

Animated_Film

1

2005 animated film directed by Mark Dindal

Literary_Work

1

Twilight

2005 novel by Stephenie Meyer

Business

1

American mass media company (2005–2019)