* 1905 – Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer ( d. 1963 )

* Alfons Goppel ( 1905 – 1991 ), German politician

It is named after Ernst Abbe ( 1840 – 1905 ), the German physicist who defined it.

German map in use in 1905 still showing the undivided Bechuanaland area

* 1815 – Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist ( d. 1905 )

German sociologist Max Weber mentioned Scottish Presbyterianism in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ( 1905 ), and many scholars in recent decades argued that Calvinism's " this worldly asceticism " was integral to Scotland's rapid economic modernization.

* 1905 – Wolfram Sievers, German nazi physician ( d. 1948 )

* 1864 – Otto Erich Hartleben, German writer ( d. 1905 )

* 1905 – Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer ( d. 1946 )

* 1905 – Willy Hartner, German scientist ( d. 1981 )

Karl Amadeus Hartmann ( 2 August 1905 – 5 December 1963 ) was a German composer.

German attempts to counter this growing influence led to the First Moroccan Crisis of 1905 – 1906 and the Second Moroccan Crisis ( 1911.

Recognition by the United Kingdom in the 1904 Entente Cordiale of France's " sphere of influence " in Morocco provoked a German reaction ; the " crisis " of 1905 – 1906 was resolved at the Algeciras Conference ( 1906 ), which formalized France's " special position " and entrusted policing of Morocco jointly to France and Spain.

* 1905 – Werner Fenchel, German mathematician ( d. 1988 )

* 1833 – Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer ( d. 1905 )

* 1905 – Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, German army officer and 20 July Plot conspirator ( d. 1944 )

* 1905 – Elisabeth Flickenschildt, German actress ( d. 1977 )

* 1978 – Karl Wallenda, German acrobat ( b. 1905 )

* 1905 – Erika Mann, German writer ( d. 1969 )

* 1905 – Ernst Kuzorra, German footballer ( d. 1990 )

* Bar-Kochba ( 1905 ), a German opera by Stanislaus Suda ( mus.

In 1905, this became the German colony of Togoland.

** Erika Mann, German writer ( b. 1905 )

** Wilhelm Beiglböck, German Nazi physician at Dachau concentration camp ( b. 1905 )

* December 5 – Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer ( b. 1905 )

* Alfred R. Lindesmith, noted sociologist and author of The Addict and the Law, was born in Clinton Falls Township in 1905.

Raymond-Claude-Ferdinand Aron (; 14 March 1905 – 17 October 1983 ) was a French philosopher, sociologist, journalist and political scientist.

* Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz ( 1872 – 1905 ), philosopher, sociologist, born in Szczebrzeszyn

* Raymond Aron, ( 14 March 1905, Paris – 17 October 1983 ) philosopher, sociologist and political scientist

In 1905, Granet joined a socialist study group whose membership included Durkheimian sociologist, anthropologist, major contributor to the Année and nephew of Durkheim himself, Marcel Mauss, along with future ancient Greek specialist and editor of the Année Louis Gernet, and future Durkheimian sociologist, philosopher and contributor to the Année, Maurice Halbwachs.

Phased array transmission was originally developed in 1905 by Nobel Laureate Karl Ferdinand Braun who demonstrated enhanced transmission of radio waves in one direction.

* Pfohl, Ferdinand: 5 poems (" Moon-rondels, fantastic scenes from ' Pierrot Lunaire '") for voice and piano ( 1891 ); Marschalk, Max: 5 poems for voice and piano ( 1901 ); Vrieslander, Otto: 50 poems for voice and piano ( 46 in 1905, 4 more in 1911 ); Graener, Paul: 3 poems for voice and piano ( c. 1908 ); Marx, Joseph: 4 poems for voice and piano ( 1909 ; 1 of 4, " Valse de Chopin ", reset for voice, piano, and string quartet in 1917 ); Schoenberg, Arnold: 21 poems for speaking voice, piano, flute ( also piccolo ), clarinet ( also bass clarinet ), violin ( also viola ), and violoncello ( 1912 ); Kowalski, Max: 12 poems for voice and piano ( 1913 ); Prohaska, Carl: 6 poems for voice and piano ( 1920 ); Lothar, Mark: 1 poem for voice and piano ( 1921 ).

The Ferdinand Augustus Ricks House was built c. 1905 and was listed on the National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Taylor_County, _Georgia # Current_listings | National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 1982.

* Langmesser, A. Conrad Ferdinand Meyer: sein Leben, seine Werke und sein Nachlass ( Berlin, 1905 )

Ferdinand " Ferd " Johnson ( 1905 – 1996 ) began as Willard's assistant a few months after the strip began in 1923.

* 1905: “ The Present Problems of Social Structure ”, in: American Journal of Sociology, 10 ( 5 ), p. 569 – 588 ( newly edited, with annotations, in: Ferdinand Tönnies Gesamtausgabe, tom.

Among his later writings must be mentioned the monographs on Søren Kierkegaard ( 1877 ), on Esaias Tegnér ( 1878 ), on Benjamin Disraeli ( 1878 ), Ferdinand Lassalle ( in German, 1877 ), Ludvig Holberg ( 1884 ), on Henrik Ibsen ( 1899 ) and on Anatole France ( 1905 ).

His mother, Angela Valdez-Ramos ( 1905 – 1977 ), was an educator, woman suffragette and daughter of the respected Valdez clan of Batac, Ilocos Norte making him a second degree cousin to Ferdinand Marcos.

* Richard Ferdinand Kahn ( 1905 – 1989 ), English economist

Wilhelm picked out Charles Edward's bride for him, his niece and on 11 October 1905, at Glücksburg Castle, Schleswig-Holstein, the Duke married Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein ( 31 December 1885 – 3 October 1970 ), the daughter of Duke Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

* Ferdinand von Richthofen ( 1833 – 1905 ), German traveller, geographer and scientist.

Karl was born at Vienna, Austrian Empire son of Ferdinand Bonaventura, 7th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau ( 1834 – 1904 ) the head of the princely line of the House of Kinsky dynasty and Princess Marie of Liechtenstein ( 1835 – 1905 ).

Lake Geneva seen from Chexbres ( Ferdinand Hodler, 1905 )

* Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure ( 1829 – 1905 ), Swiss mineralogist and entomologist ( taxonomist ), and father of Ferdinand, Léopold and René.

* Tönnies, Ferdinand ( 1905 ).

Ferdinand Walther constructed the Starved Rock Hotel, seen here c. 1905.

The famous names in the ornithology of the Indian subcontinent during this era include Andrew Leith Adams ( 1827 – 1882 ), Edward Blyth ( 1810 – 1873 ), Edward Arthur Butler ( 1843 – 1916 ), Douglas Dewar ( 1875 – 1957 ), N. F. Frome ( 1899 – 1982 ), Hugh Whistler ( 1889 – 1943 ), H. H. Godwin-Austen ( 1834 – 1923 ), Col. W. H. Sykes ( 1790 – 1872 ), C. M. Inglis ( 1870 – 1954 ), Frank Ludlow ( 1885 – 1972 ), E. C. Stuart Baker ( 1864 – 1944 ), Henry Edwin Barnes ( 1848 – 1896 ), F. N. Betts ( 1906 – 1973 ), H. R. Baker, W. E. Brooks ( 1828 – 1899 ), Margaret Cockburn ( 1829 – 1928 ), James A. Murray, E. W. Oates ( 1845 – 1911 ), Ferdinand Stoliczka ( 1838 – 1874 ), Valentine Ball ( 1843 – 1894 ), W. T. Blanford ( 1832 – 1905 ), J. K. Stanford ( 1892 – 1971 ), Charles Swinhoe ( 1836 – 1923 ), Robert Swinhoe ( 1836 – 1877 ), C. H. T. Marshall ( 1841 – 1927 ), G. F. L. Marshall ( 1843 – 1934 ), R. S. P. Bates, James Franklin ( 1783 – 1834 ), Satya Churn Law, Arthur Edward Osmaston ( 1885 – 1961 ), Bertram Beresford Osmaston ( 1868 – 1961 ), Wardlaw Ramsay ( 1852 – 1921 ) and Samuel Tickell ( 1811 – 1875 ).

There are many high ranked ' von Giers ' in Russian government, among them President in Podolien and minister Fredrik von Giers ( 1776 in St. Petersburg, 1842 ), minister Karl Ferdinand von Giers ( 1777, 1835 ), minister Konstatin von Giers ( 1777, 1835 ), Ambassador Nikolaus von Giers ( 1853, 1924 ), Ambassador Mikail von Giers ( 1856, 1932 ), Admiral Theodor von Giers ( 1835, 1905 ) etc.

Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen ( 5 May 1833 – 6 October 1905 ) was a German traveller, geographer, and scientist.

Image: Ferdinand Hodler 003. jpg | Lake Geneva as seen from Chexbres, 1905, oil on canvas

Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael, Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine ( 3 May 1905 – 8 July 1996 ), was the son of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria.