List of Famous people who died in 2006

Vatta Parambath Sathyan, popularly known as V. P. Sathyan, is a former Indian professional footballer who played the centre back position. He was the captain of the India national football team from 1991 to 1995. He was named the 1992 AIFF Player of the Year

Stanisław Herman Lem was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into over 40 languages and have sold over 45 million copies. Worldwide, he is best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris, which has been made into a feature film three times. In 1976 Theodore Sturgeon wrote that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world. Lem's science fiction works explore philosophical themes through speculations on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of communication with and understanding of alien intelligence, despair about human limitations, and humanity's place in the Universe. His essays and philosophical books cover these and many other topics.

Phyllis Lucille Gates was an American secretary and interior decorator, known for her three-year marriage to the actor Rock Hudson. The story of their marriage was depicted in the TV film Rock Hudson (1990), starring Daphne Ashbrook as Gates and Thomas Ian Griffith as Hudson.

Takahiro Tamura was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1954 and 2005. He and his younger brothers Masakazu and Ryō were known as the three Tamura brothers. They were sons of actor Tsumasaburo Bando.

Yvan Keller, nicknamed The Pillow Killer, was a French serial killer. Between 1989 and 2006, he killed at least 23 people in France, Switzerland and Germany, and confessed to killing about 150. If corroborated, that would make him the most prolific French serial killer of the 20th century.

Fouad Zaki Mohamed el-Mohandes Arabic: فؤاد زكي محمد المهندس‎; known as Fouad el-Mohandes was an Egyptian stage and screen actor, and star from the 1950s specializing mostly in comedy roles in dozens of theater, cinema, and TV hits spanning five decades.

Claude Léon Auguste Piéplu was a French theater, film and television actor. He was known for his hoarse and frayed voice.

Gustavo Miguel Alatriste was a Mexican actor, director, and producer of films.

June Antoinette Pointer was an American singer, best known as the youngest of the founding members of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters.

Harold Atkins Hunter was an American professional skateboarder and actor. He played the role of Harold in Larry Clark's 1995 film Kids.