Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2006

Floyd Patterson fue un boxeador estadounidense campeón mundial en la categoría peso pesado. Ganó su primer campeonato el 30 de noviembre de 1956 contra el púgil Archie Moore, título que había quedado vacante tras retirarse del boxeo el invicto Rocky Marciano (49-0).

Raizo Matsuno was a Japanese politician. Matsuno was born in Yamaga, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture in 1917. He served in the Imperial Japanese Navy as an officer at the end of World War II as he was attending Naval Accounting School.

El jeque Maktum bin Rashid Al Maktum fue Primer ministro de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos y emir de Dubái desde 1990 hasta 2005.

Roscoe Monroe Brumbaugh better known by his ring name Sputnik Monroe, was an American professional wrestler. He was a headliner in many territories, and was best known in Memphis, Tennessee, where he and Billy Wicks set an attendance record that lasted until the Monday Night Wars boom period.

Akira Ifukube fue un compositor japonés de música clásica y cinematográfica; en el segundo campo, sus obras más conocidas son aquellas que compuso para la serie de películas de Godzilla, de la casa productora japonesa Tōhō.

Marshall Goldberg was a National Football League (NFL) All-Pro American football player. He played college football as a halfback and fullback at the University of Pittsburgh. At Pittsburgh, Goldberg was twice recognized as a consensus All-American, and played on two national championship teams under head coach Jock Sutherland. Goldberg played for the Chicago Cardinals of the NFL for eight seasons between 1939 and 1948, with an interruption during World War II, and was a four-time All-Pro. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1958.

Edward Albert fue un actor televisivo y cinematográfico estadounidense.

Kuljeet Randhawa was an Indian model and actress. The former Gladrags model was known for her portrayal of bold and strong women-centric characters. She is best known for her work in TV series C.A.T.S., Special Squad and Kohinoor.

Saparmyrat Atáyewiç Nyýazow, fue un ingeniero industrial, político y dictador turcomano que gobernó su país entre 1985 y 2006, primero como Secretario General del Partido Comunista, y tras la disolución de la Unión Soviética en 1991, como primer presidente del estado soberano de Turkmenistán. Su nombre se escribe "Saparmyrat Atáyewiç Nyýazow" en la ortografía latina turcomana recientemente adoptada, y Saparmurat Atáyevich Niyázov, en la transliteración del alfabeto cirílico, con el que se escribía oficialmente el turcomano hasta el cambio de alfabeto impulsado por el propio Nyýazow. Los medios de comunicación turcomanos se refirieron a él con el título de "Su Excelencia Saparmurat Türkmenbaşy, Presidente de Turkmenistán y Presidente del Gabinete de Ministros". Su título autoproclamado Türkmenbaşy, que significa Líder de los Turcomanos, se refería a su posición como fundador y presidente de la Asociación de Turcomanos del Mundo.

Bebe Moore Campbell, was an American author, journalist and teacher. Campbell was the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was also a Los Angeles Times "Best Book of 2001". Her other works include the novel Your Blues Ain't Like Mine, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the winner of the NAACP Image Award for Literature; her memoir, Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad; and her first nonfiction book, Successful Women, Angry Men: Backlash in the Two-Career Marriage. Her essays, articles, and excerpts appear in many anthologies.