2006 deaths

president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)

Egyptian writer (1901_2006)

Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the United States-led invasion of Iraq. He previously served as the vice president from 1968 to 1979 and also as the prime minister from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003. A leading member of the Ba'ath Party, he was a proponent of Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism. The policies and ideologies he championed are collectively known as Saddamism, a right-wing variant of Ba'athism.

American economist and statistician (1912–2006)

Polish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist, studied medical doctor (1921–2006)

American musician (1933–2006)

Russian journalist (1958–2006)

Hungarian association football player (1927–2006)

German politician (SPD), 8th president of Germany from 1999 until 2004 (1931–2006)

Italian journalist (1929–2006)

Canadian-American economist and diplomat (1908–2006)

British musician (1946–2006)

American physicist

American feminist writer and activist (1921–2006)

American filmmaker (1925–2006)

16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey (1925–2006)

military dictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989

American actress (1920–2006)

American experimental physicist (1932-2006)

Jordanian jihadist (1966–2006)

Chechen militant Islamist leader (1965-2006)

President of Kosovo (1944-2006)

American actor (1919–2006)

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

South African prime minister (1916–2006)

American actor and stand-up comedian (1924-2006)

French actress (1948-2006)

Estonian writer, filmmaker and politician; President of Estonia in 1992–2001 (1929-2006)

Hungarian composer (1923-2006)

Carlo Acutis was an English-born Italian Catholic teenager known for his devotion to the Eucharist and his use of digital media to promote Catholic devotion. Born in London and raised in Milan, he developed an early interest in computers and video games, teaching himself programming and web design and assisting his parish and school with digital projects.

American biochemist

Canadian-American actor (1916–2006)

American actress (1925-2006)

Italian association football player (1942–2006)

Scottish novelist and writer (1918–2006)

American novelist and essayist (1925–2006)

82nd and 83rd Prime Minister of Japan (1937-2006)

American astrophysicist (1914–2006)

American actress (1917–2006)

American libertarian socialist author, orator, and philosopher (1921–2006)

American science fiction writer (1947-2006)

Soviet chess grandmaster

American anthropologist

Italian actress (1921–2006)

Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (1921-2006)

4th President of South Korea (1919–2006)

7th President of Pakistan (1915-2006)

American R&B musician (1946–2006)

American comedian and actor (1919–2006)

Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)

President of Djibouti (1916-2006)

American actor (1935–2006)

German opera soprano (1915–2006)

American actor (1965–2006)

Emir of Kuwait from 1977 to 2006

American actor (1928–2006)

Italian footballer and manager (1916–2006)

King of Tonga (1918–2006)

American actor (1949–2006)

Swedish cinematographer and film director (1922-2006)