List of Famous people who died in 2006

Fahd bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was a member of the House of Saud and the eldest son of King Saud.

Princess Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg was a Russian aristocrat, philanthropist, artist, and patron of the arts. She published her books and watercolours under the name Tatiana von Metternich. She supported charity, especially the Red Cross and the Order of St. Lazarus, which she served as Grand Bailiff for Germany. She was a founding member of the Rheingau Musik Festival, made parts of Schloss Johannisberg available as concert venues for the festival and served as the president of its Kuratorium until her death.

Johnny Sekka was a Senegalese born Gambian actor.

Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos or Mário Cesariny was a Portuguese surrealist poet. He published several major works during a career spanning 50 years. Cesariny was also a painter, but his work became more centered on poetry in the 1950s.

John Adrian Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell was a British naval officer, Scottish rugby union player and businessman. He succeeded his uncle as 3rd Baron Rennell in 1978, and sat on the Conservative Party benches in the House of Lords.

Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker. He worked as a film director for more than a decade before his best known film La battaglia di Algeri was released. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1966.