List of Famous people who died in 2006

Machiko Soga was a Japanese actress and voice actress.

Henry George Fischer was an American Egyptologist and poet.

Timothy Napier Moxon was an English-born actor, pilot and restaurateur who is probably best known for playing John Strangways, the character who uttered the first dialogue in the first James Bond film Dr. No, and was the first character to die in the film series.

Miguel Ortiz Berrocal was an award-winning Spanish figurative and abstract sculptor. He is best known for his puzzle sculptures, which can be disassembled into many abstract pieces. These works are also known for the miniature artworks and jewelry incorporated into or concealed within them, and the fact that some of the sculptures can be reassembled or reconfigured into different arrangements. Berrocal's sculptures span a wide range of physical sizes from monumental outdoor public works, to intricate puzzle sculptures small enough to be worn as pendants, bracelets, or other body ornamentation.

William Diehl was an American novelist and photojournalist.

Melissa Hayden was a Canadian ballerina at the New York City Ballet.

Kevin O'Donovan McClory was an Irish screenwriter, film producer, and film director. McClory was best known for producing the James Bond film Thunderball and for his legal battles with the character's creator, Ian Fleming.

Ivor Barry was a Welsh film and television actor.