List of Famous people who died in 2006

Milton Himmelfarb was an American sociographer of the American Jewish community.

Seán Ó Tuama was an Irish poet, playwright and academic.

Paul Spiegel was leader of the Central Council of Jews in Germany and the main spokesman of the German Jews. He was widely praised for his leadership of the German Jewish community, which had grown from the remnants left by the Nazis into the third largest Jewish community in western Europe.

Vincent Leo Welnick was an American keyboardist, best known for playing with the band the Tubes during the 1970s and 1980s and with the Grateful Dead in the 1990s.

Elfriede Florin was a German actress who was popular in the 1950s and 1960s, and is best known for featuring in the 1958 film Les Misérables.

Larry Jeffery "Mutt" Black was an American sprinter, winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay and silver medal in the 200 m at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Vincent Sherman was an American director and actor who worked in Hollywood. His movies include Mr. Skeffington (1944), Nora Prentiss (1947), and The Young Philadelphians (1959).