* Bunny Austin ( 1906 – 2000 ), British tennis player

* 1906 – Ed Gein, American serial killer ( d. 1984 )

* 1906 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist ( d. 1984 )

* 1906 – The all black infantrymen of the U. S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence ; all are later dishonorably discharged.

* 1906 – Miklós Borsos, Hungarian sculptor ( d. 1990 )

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

Casa Batlló () is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in 1877 and remodelled in the years 1904 – 1906 ; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia ( passeig is Catalan for promenade or avenue ), part of the Illa de la Discòrdia ( the " Block of Discord ") in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Spain.

* 1847 – Hans Auer, Swiss architect ( d. 1906 )

* 1906 – An estimated 8. 2 M < sub > W </ sub > earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3, 886 people.

* 1906 – Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach ( d. 1985 )

* 1906 – Tedd Pierce, American animator, screenwriter, and producer ( d. 1972 )

* 1846 – Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader ( d. 1906 )

* 1906 – Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor ( d. 1971 )

* 1906 – Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer ( d. 1995 )

* María Teresa, ( 12 November 1882 – 23 September 1912 ), married to Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria on 12 January 1906

1929 portrait of King Alfonso XIIIOn 31 May 1906, at the Royal Monastery of San Geronimo in Madrid, Alfonso married Scottish-born Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg ( 1887 – 1969 ), a niece of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

* 1906 – The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.

* 1906 – Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest, educator and academic administrator ( d. 1970 )

* 1906 – Jim Thompson, American designer and businessman ( d. 1967 )

* 1967 – Jim Thompson, American designer ( disappeared ) ( b. 1906 )

* 1906 – Jim Thompson, American author ( d. 1977 )

In 1906 Jim Netherly & Mr. Cooper built Creedmoor Supply Company, which sold feed, mules, horses, buggies, and even some groceries and seeds to meet the demands of local farmers.

Jim Thompson ( born James Harrison Wilson Thompson ; March 21, 1906 ) was an American businessman who helped revitalize the Thai silk industry in the 1950s and 1960s.

James Lightbody ( James Davies " Jim " Lightbody ; March 15, 1882 – March 2, 1953 ) was an American middle distance runner, winner of six Olympic medals ( two of which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee following its downgrading of the 1906 Summer Olympics ) in the early 20th century.

* Jim Thompson ( writer ) ( 1906 – 1977 ), American author and screenwriter, known for his pulp crime fiction

* Jim Thompson ( designer ) ( born 1906 ), revived the Thai silk industry

* Jim Smith ( cricketer ) ( 1906 – 1979 ), English cricketer

James Stephen " Big Jim " Hogg ( March 24, 1851March 3, 1906 ) was a Texas lawyer, doctor and statesman, and the 20th Governor of Texas.

* 1906 – Mimi Smith, English nurse and secretary, aunt and guardian of John Lennon ( d. 1991 )

In 1906, Albert Edward Smith and James Stuart Blackton at Vitagraph took the next step, and in their Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, what appear to be cartoon drawings of people move from one pose to another.

An open wooden stand was on the south side of the ground in 1904 and the 2084-seat Grey Smith Stand ( known as the New Stand until 1912 ) was erected for members in 1906.

Initially he produced high quality coloring crayons through Wadsworth, Howland & Co. as early as 1906 and then later through his own company Binney & Smith purchased the Munsell Color Company crayon product line in 1926 and inherited 22 new colors, 11 in the maximum and 11 in the middle hue ranges.

* October 10, 1906: Cleveland, Ohio Harry Smith shot and killed 22-year-old teacher Mary Shepard at South Euclid School after she had rejected him.

Stanley Smith Stevens ( November 4, 1906 – January 18, 1973 ) was an American psychologist who founded Harvard's Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory and is credited with the introduction of Stevens ' power law.

* Paul Smith ( composer ) ( 1906 – 1985 ), American film music composer

* Paul J. Smith ( director ) ( 1906 – 1980 ), American animator and director best known for his work in Woody Woodpecker cartoons

* William Alden Smith ( 1859 – 1932 ), member of the U. S. House of Representatives ( 1895 – 1906 ) and Senator ( 1905 – 1918 ) from Michigan

* William Orlando Smith ( 1859 – 1932 ), member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ( 1903 – 1906 )

* Bill Smith ( footballer born 1906 ) ( 1906 – 1979 ), English footballer with Norwich City and Exeter City

Another new downtown building now on the National Register was Frank L. Smith Bank opened in 1906, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

* George Smith ( cricketer, born 1906 ) ( 1906 – 1989 ), English cricketer

1997 was a career year for Els first winning his second U. S. Open ( once again over Colin Montgomerie ) this time at Congressional Country Club, making him the first foreign player since Alex Smith ( 1906, 1910 ) to win the U. S. Open twice.

* Lionel Smith Beale ( 1828 – 1906 ), British medical doctor and professor at King's College London

* James Francis Smith ( 1859 – 1928 ), U. S. administrator, governor of the Philippines, 1906 – 1909

* James Parker Smith ( 1854 – 1929 ), British Member of Parliament for Glasgow Partick, 1890 – 1906

* 1906 in art-Death of Paul Cézanne, Birth of Philip Johnson, David Smith

* G. C. Moore Smith, ed., Victoria: A Latin Comedy, by Abraham Fraunce, Louvain, Belgium: A. Uystpruyst, 1906.

He served on the boards of Philander Smith College in Little Rock and Hendrix College in Conway, where his service extended from 1906 until his death.

From 1906 to 1928, he worked as a newspaper reporter, editor, and publisher at the Grand Rapids Herald, which was owned by William Alden Smith, who served as a Republican in the U. S. Senate from 1907 to 1919.

* Samuel Smith ( 1836 – 1906 ), British Member of Parliament for Liverpool, 1882 – 1885 and Flintshire, 1886 – 1906