List of Famous people who died in 2006

Raul Christiano Machado Cortez was a Brazilian actor. He was born in São Paulo and was the father of actress Lígia Cortez. He worked in television, theater and movies. Cortez died of pancreatic cancer in 2006, aged 73.

Kenjiro Haitani was a Japanese author of children's literature.

Jeffrey Don Lundgren was an American self-proclaimed prophet and mass murderer who, on April 17, 1989, killed five people in Kirtland, Ohio. Lundgren led a Latter Day Saint movement-based cult and interpreted scripture using an unconventional method that he described as "chiastic". This method involved searching text for recurring patterns. He and several of his followers murdered the Avery family, fellow members of his cult, for which he was convicted and sentenced to death. Lundgren was executed in 2006.

Jacques Lanzmann was a French journalist, writer and lyricist. He is best known as a novelist and for his songwriting partnership with Jacques Dutronc.

Hubertus Czernin was an Austrian investigative journalist.

Donald Delbert Jardine was a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his masked gimmick as The Spoiler. While a major star in various wrestling promotions such as the World Wrestling Federation (1974) and between, Jardine saw his greatest successes in the National Wrestling Alliance affiliated territories of Championship Wrestling from Florida, Georgia Championship Wrestling and Big Time Wrestling, which would eventually become known as World Class Championship Wrestling, from the early 1960s through the mid 1980s.

William Dennis Weaver was an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just before his death in 2006. Weaver's two most famous roles were as Marshal Matt Dillon's trusty partner Chester Goode/Proudfoot on the CBS western Gunsmoke and as Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama McCloud. He starred in the 1971 television film Duel, the first film of director Steven Spielberg. He is also remembered for his role as the twitchy motel attendant in Orson Welles's film Touch of Evil (1958).

Christophe de Ponfilly (1951–2006) was a French journalist, film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. He was married to Florence Dauchez.

Motoshi Fujita was a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and manager. He spent his entire career with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball, winning two Japan Series titles as a player and two more as manager.

Dikran Tahta was a British-Armenian mathematician, teacher and author. He was also the maths teacher of Stephen Hawking.