List of Famous people who died in 2006
Chic Hecht
Mayer Jacob "Chic" Hecht was a Republican United States Senator from Nevada from 1983 to 1989 and U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas from 1989 to 1993.
John Roberts
John Charles Roberts was an Australian businessman who was the founding chairman and an executive director of construction company Multiplex.
Marko Sopi
Marko Sopi (1938-2006) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Isao Satō
Joseph Merhi
Joseph Merhi, CML was a Maronite Bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Cairo in Egypt.
José Gabriel Calderón Contreras
Pascal Renwick
S. Rajaratnam
Sinnathamby Rajaratnam, DUT ,, was a Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 1980–85. He took office when former deputy prime minister Goh Keng Swee, a long-serving Minister, member of the Cabinet from 1959–88, and short story writer, stepped down from the position. He is one of the founders of the ruling People's Action Party with Lee Kuan Yew, Lim Chin Siong and Toh Chin Chye.