List of Famous people who born in 1906

Søren Kristian Toubro was a Danish engineer who co-founded the engineering firm Larsen & Toubro, an India-based conglomerate.

Erik Rhodes was an American film and Broadway singer and actor. He is best remembered today for appearing in two classic Hollywood musical films with the popular dancing team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers: The Gay Divorcee (1934) and Top Hat (1935).

Ted R. Smith (1906–1976) was an American aircraft designer. He worked for the Douglas Aircraft Company, Aero Design and Engineering Company, and Rockwell Standard Corporation. In 40 years, his designs included the Douglas A-26 Invader, and the first all metal small twin engine business aircraft for Aero Commander, a company that he helped to start. The Aero Commander line included one of the first twin engined business jets, the Jet Commander. In the 1960s, he designed and manufactured the Aerostar line, under his own name. The Aerostar was later built by Piper Aircraft, as the Piper Aerostar.

Egano Righi-Lambertini was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.

Raffaele Forni was an Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He held the title of archbishop from 1953 and served a nuncio to Iran, Venezuela, Uruguay, and Syria.

Richard Krebs was a German sprinter who won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics. This was his only international competition. Domestically he finished third in the 400 m at the 1929 national championships.

Donald Stuart Russell was an attorney from South Carolina who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Administration, President of the University of South Carolina, Governor of South Carolina, United States Senator from South Carolina, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Adam Falkenstein was a German Assyriologist.