1906 deaths

Norwegian playwright and theatre director (1828–1906)

French painter (1839–1906)

French physicist (1859–1906)

American women's rights activist (1820-1906)

Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)

Swiss activist (1833-1906)

King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906

Indian painter from Kerala (1848–1906)

Russian physicist

Norwegian writer

President of Argentina (1821-1906)

American physicist, pioneer of aviation, and 3rd Secretary of the Smithsonian (1834-1906)

Russian priest (1870-1906)

German philosopher (1842–1906)

British feminist and social reformer fighting to end child prostitution (1828–1906)

Russian composer, pianist and professor of music

French painter (1827-1906)

Austrian archduke (1865-1906)

Ossetian poet (1859-1906)

Union Army general, politician (1829-1906)

German physicist specializing in optics

Italian librettist, poet and writer (1847-1906)

German-American anarchist

Lawyer, journalist and former president of Argentina (1846-1906)

French painter (1849-1906)

American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1872–1906)

Italian mathematician (1859-1906)

Russian critic (1824–1906)

German ornithologist (1816-1906)

American chess player (1872-1906)

French astronomer (1839–1906)

Argentine politician (1835–1906)

Bulgarian historian (1838–1906)

Austro-Modenese Royal

Danish princess (1875–1906)

Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1834-1906)

Croatian painter (1877–1906)

Russian chemist (1838-1906)

Hungarian painter (1827-1906)

Norwegian painter (1847-1906)

French writer (1849–1906)

Japanese general (1852-1906)

Slovenian poet (1844–1906)

Russian revolutionary (1873-1906)

French Carmelite nun and mystic

New Zealand politician and Prime Minister (1845–1906)

British tennis player (1850–1906)

Spanish writer (1833–1906)

American physician, writer and suffragist (1842-1906)

British secularist, co-operator, and newspaper editor (1817-1906)

Gbehanzin, also known as Béhanzin ( – 10 December 1906), is considered the eleventh (if Adandozan is not counted) King of Dahomey, modern-day Republic of Benin. Upon taking the throne, he changed his name from Kondo.

French Symbolist poet and novelist (1855–1906)

Russian philologist (1838-1906)

British peer, philanthropist and humanitarian (1814-1906)

Prussian princess (1837–1906)

classical philologist and historian (1847-1906)

New Zealand lawyer, magistrate, naturalist, ornithologist (1838–1906)

German general (1837–1906)

Austrian writer (1833-1906)

Swedish poet, critic and literary historian (1862–1906)