List of Famous people who died in 2006

Primo Volpi was an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1947 and 1948 Tour de France.

Sir Edward Thomas Hunter Blair, 8th Baronet, was a British landowner and forester. He was the son of Sir James Hunter Blair, 7th Baronet and Jean Galloway McIntyre, and was educated at Sandroyd School, Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford.

James Patrick Baen was a U.S. science fiction publisher and editor. In 1983, he founded his own publishing house, Baen Books, specializing in the adventure, fantasy, military science fiction, and space opera genres. Baen also founded the video game publisher, Baen Software. In late 1999, he started an electronic publishing business called Webscriptions, which is considered to be the first profitable e-book vendor.

Thomas James Fitzpatrick was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1982 to 1987, Minister for Fisheries and Forestry from 1981 to 1982, Minister for Transport and Power from 1976 to 1977 and Minister for Lands from 1973 to 1976. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1965 to 1989. He was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1961 to 1965.

Paul Wallace Carr was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who performed on stage, film, and television for half a century.

Riccardo Pazzaglia was an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter, songwriter, TV and radio personality.

Peter Brogle was a Swiss film actor. He appeared in 14 films between 1955 and 1987. He starred in the 1968 film Signs of Life, which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1979, he won the Hans-Reinhart-Ring award.