List of Famous people who died in 1906

Napoléon Alexandre Alkan, born Napoléon Alexandre Morhange, was a French composer and music teacher.

Sir Hector-Louis Langevin, was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and one of the Fathers of Confederation.

Ras Mengesha Yohannes was governor of Tigray and a son of atse Yohannes IV. His mother was Welette Tekle Haymanot wife of dejazmach Gugsa Mercha. Ras Araya Selassie Yohannes was his older half brother. Prior to the Battle of Metemma, Mengesha Yohannes was considered to be a nephew of Emperor Yohannes IV. During the battle, the Emperor was mortally wounded and it was on his deathbed that Mengesha Yohannes was acknowledged as his "natural" son and designated as his heir. This created something of a succession problem.

Canon Frederick Meyrick was a Church of England clergyman and author who served as Secretary of the Anglo-Continental Church Society for more than forty years.

John Knowles Paine was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music. The senior member of a group of composers collectively known as the Boston Six, Paine was one of those responsible for the first significant body of concert music by composers from the United States. The Boston Six's other five members were Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Edward MacDowell, George Chadwick, and Horatio Parker.

Wilhelm Bernatzik was an Austrian painter.

Moses Kimball Armstrong was an American surveyor who served as a delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives.

Louis-Alphonse-Victor, 5th duc de Broglie, called Victor de Broglie, was a French aristocrat.