In the year 2006
895 Notable deaths
Sydney Wooderson
British middle distance runner (1914-2006).
Born August 30th, 1914 in Camberwell.
Died December 21st, 2006 at 92 years old in Dorset (kidney failure). [ref]
Ole Madsen
Danish footballer (1934-2006).
Born December 21st, 1934 in Copenhagen.
Died March 25th, 2006 at 71 years old
Saraswati Rane
Indian singer.
Born October 4th, 1913 in Miraj.
Died October 10th, 2006 at 93 years old in Mumbai.
Duygu Asena
Turkish journalist and writer (1946–2006).
Born April 19th, 1946 in Istanbul.
Died July 30th, 2006 at 60 years old in Istanbul (brain cancer). [ref]
Wolfgang Unzicker
German chess grandmaster (1925-2006).
Born June 26th, 1925 in Pirmasens.
Died April 20th, 2006 at 80 years old in Albufeira. [ref]
Corinne Rey-Bellet
Swiss skier (1972-2006).
Born August 2nd, 1972 in Val-d'Illiez.
Died April 30th, 2006 at 33 years old in Val-d'Illiez. [ref]
Markus Fierz
Swiss physicist (1912-2006).
Born June 20th, 1912 in Basel.
Died June 20th, 2006 at 94 years old in Küsnacht.
Johannes Willebrands
Cardinal priest (1909–2006).
Born September 4th, 1909 in Bovenkarspel.
Died August 2nd, 2006 at 96 years old in Denekamp. [ref]
Petre M. Andreevski
Macedonian writer (1934–2006).
Born June 25th, 1934 in Demir Hisar.
Died September 25th, 2006 at 72 years old in Skopje.
Paul Cohn
German mathematician (1924-2006).
Born January 8th, 1924 in Hamburg.
Died April 20th, 2006 at 82 years old in London.
Ondina Valla
Italian athletics competitor.
Born May 20th, 1916 in Bologna.
Died October 16th, 2006 at 90 years old in L'Aquila.
Marc Hodler
Swiss ioc member (1918–2006).
Born October 26th, 1918 in Bern. [ref]
Died October 18th, 2006 at 87 years old in Bern (stroke).
Adam Schaff
Polish philosopher (1913–2006).
Born March 10th, 1913 in Lviv.
Died November 12th, 2006 at 93 years old in Warsaw.
Aron Gurevich
Russian historian (1924-2006).
Born June 12th, 1924 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2006 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Mervyn Wood
Australian rower (1917-2006).
Born April 30th, 1917 in City of Randwick.
Died August 19th, 2006 at 89 years old in Sydney (cancer). [ref]
Lars Korvald
27th prime minister of norway.
Born April 29th, 1916 in Mjøndalen.
Died July 4th, 2006 at 90 years old in Mjøndalen.
José Manuel Martín
Spanish film and tv actor.
Born May 24th, 1924 in Casavieja.
Died April 12th, 2006 at 81 years old
Cristian Nemescu
Romanian film director (1979–2006).
Born March 31st, 1979 in Bucharest.
Died August 25th, 2006 at 27 years old in Bucharest (traffic collision). [ref]
Yuri Levada
Russian academic (1930–2006).
Born April 24th, 1930 in Vinnytsia.
Died November 16th, 2006 at 76 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Oskar Pastior
German poet (1927–2006).
Born October 20th, 1927 in Sibiu.
Died October 4th, 2006 at 78 years old in Frankfurt. [ref]
Han Ahmedow
Prime minister of turkmenistan (1936–2006).
Born June 16th, 1936 in Krasnovodsk oblast. [ref]
Died December 6th, 2006 at 70 years old in Gyzylarbat (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Denis Twitchett
British sinologist (1925–2006).
Born September 23rd, 1925 in London.
Died February 24th, 2006 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Isaac Gálvez
Spanish cyclist (1975-2006).
Born May 20th, 1975 in Vilanova i la Geltrú.
Died November 26th, 2006 at 31 years old in Ghent (bicycle accident). [ref]
Ratmir Kholmov
Russian chess player (1925–2006).
Born May 13th, 1925 in Shenkursk.
Died February 18th, 2006 at 80 years old in Moscow.
Benno Besson
Swiss theatre director and actor (1922–2006).
Born November 4th, 1922 in Yverdon-les-Bains. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 2006 at 83 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Deaths 576 to 600 of 895
Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard