2006 deaths

American golfer (1912–2006)

Alpine skier from Germany

German-American economist and professor at Harvard Business School (1925–2006)

Hungarian writer, poet, translator (1910–2006)

English snooker player (1935–2006)

French racing driver (1915-2006)

British singer and bassist (1946–2006)

Brazilian model

American physicist (1922–2006)

Winner of the Miss India contest, actress, film producer and film distributor (1916–2006)

former chairman and CEO of Enron Corporation (1942-2006)

Serbian footballer (1927-2006)

French journalist (1930-2006)

American and Soviet intelligence officer (1913–2006)

American actor (1915–2006)

Naushad Ali (25 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian composer for Hindi films. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and foremost music directors of the Hindi film industry. He is respectfully remembered as "Moseeqar-e-azam" ( The great musician) in the Hindi film industry. He is particularly known for popularising the use of classical music in films.

Russian composer (1919–2006)

Danish footballer (1934-2006)

politician from Odisha, India (1931-2006)

Italian Catholic cardinal (1929-2006)

Australian rower (1917-2006)

British film director (1911–2006)

American astronaut (1951–2006)

Turkish-American record producer (1932–2006)

Norwegian male cross-country skier and orienteer

American actor (1937–2006)

Egyptian association football player (1983–2006)

British ballerina and actress (1926–2006)

American playwright (1950–2006)

Dutch swimmer (1926-2006)

German chess grandmaster (1925-2006)

gymnast (1928–2006)

American actor, radio personality, politician (1923–2006)

Swedish footballer (1923-2006)

Swiss film and theater director (1941–2006)

Soviet and Ukrainian animation director, screenwriter and animator (1932–2006)

First Lady of Texas from 1963 to 1969

American young earth creationist and Christian apologist (1918–2006)

Italian artistic gymnast (1911–2006)

Argentine cardinal (1919-2006)

Serbian footballer (1940–2006)

Romanian fencer (1942–2006)

French footballer (1928-2006)

Canadian figure skater (1930-2006)

Finnish musician (1950–2006)

former President of Trinidad and Tobago (1918-2006)

Japanese composer (1914-2006)

Cardinal priest (1909–2006)

Hungarian water polo player (1923–2006)

American actress (1929-2006)

Swedish schlager singer

Bulgarian politician and economist (1925-2006)

American actress (1925-2006)

German poet (1927–2006)

Serbian water polo player (1942–2006)

Spanish cyclist (1975-2006)

Swiss skier (1972-2006)

Norwegian speed skater (1917–2006)

South African activist (1913-2006)

American sports executive (1932–2006)