Famous People Who Died In 1986
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1986. This list includes people like Cary Grant, Desi Arnaz, Gia Carangi, Harold Macmillan, James Cagney and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include novelists, poets, political leaders and actresses who died in 1986. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Germany and many more countries.
Cary Grant18 January 1904, British, American
American-British actor
Desi Arnaz02 March 1917, Cuban, American
Phil Lynott20 August 1949, Irish, British
Singer
Georgia O'Keeffe15 November 1887, American
Artist
Jiddu Krishnamurti12 May 1895, Indian
Public Speaker & Philosopher
Cliff Burton10 February 1962, American
Bass Guitarist for the American heavy metal band
Harold Macmillan10 February 1894, British
Former British Prime Minister
Gia Carangi29 January 1960, American
Model
James Cagney17 July 1899, American
Actor, Dancer
Tenzing Norgay29 May 1914, Nepalese
Mountaineer
Simone de Beauvoir09 January 1908, French
Writer
Neerja Bhanot07 September 1963, Indian
Air Hostess for Hijacked Pan Am Flight 73
Vyacheslav Molotov09 March 1890, Russian
Politician
Jorge Luis Borges24 August 1899, Argentinian
Poet
Ted Knight07 December 1923, American
Actor
Anthony Spilotro19 May 1938, American
Mobster
Tommy Douglas20 October 1904, Canadian
Former Canadian Politician & Baptist Minister
Scatman Crothers23 May 1910, American
Actor, dancer, singer, musician
Sterling Hayden26 March 1916, American
Actor
Benny Goodman30 May 1909, American
Bandleader and clarinetist
J. Allen Hynek01 May 1910, American
Astronomer, Ufologist
Keenan Wynn27 July 1916, American
Actor
Elsa Lanchester28 October 1902, American
Actress
Ray Milland03 January 1907, Welsh
Actor
Otto Preminger05 December 1905, American
Director
Hermione Baddeley13 November 1906, British, American
Actress
Broderick Crawford09 December 1911, American
Actor
Murray Hamilton24 March 1923, American
Actor
Henry Moore30 July 1898, British
Gian-Carlo Coppola17 September 1963, American
Film Producer
Samora Machel29 September 1933, Mozambican
Political leader
Rukmini Devi Arundale29 February 1904, Indian
Bharatnatyam Dancer
Alan Jay Lerner31 August 1918, American
American lyricist
Bernard Malamud26 April 1914, American
American novelist
Bessie Love10 September 1898, American
Actress
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Albert Szent-Györgyi16 September 1893, Austrian, Hungarian, American
Physiologist
Leonid Kantorovich19 January 1912, Russian, Russian
Economist
Alva Myrdal31 January 1902, Swedish
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Assi Rahbani04 May 1923, Lebanese
Composer
Elisabeth Bergner22 August 1897, British
Actress
L Ron Hubbard13 March 1911, American
Founder of Church of Scientology
Robert S. Mulliken07 June 1896, American
Chemist, Physicist
James Rainwater09 December 1917, American
Physicist
Paul Tournier12 May 1898, Swiss
Physician
John Dann MacDonald24 July 1916, American
Novelist, Short Story Writer
L. Ron Hubbard13 March 1911, American
Officer, Novelist, Musician, Writer, Screenwriter,
Vincente Minnelli28 February 1903, American
Theatre director, Film director
Andrei Tarkovsky04 April 1932, Russian
Film director, Actor, Film editor, Screenwriter,
Christa McAuliffe02 September 1948, American
Astronaut, Teacher
Smita Patil17 October 1955, Indian
Actor
Donna Reed27 January 1921, American
American film actress
Mircea Eliade13 March 1907, Romanian
Historian
Richard Manuel03 April 1943, Canadian
Singer-songwriter, Singer, Pianist, Musician
Marlin Perkins28 March 1905, American
Zoologist
Chiune Sugihara01 January 1900, Japanese
Diplomat
Anna Neagle20 October 1904, British
Actor, Singer, Musician
Paola Mori18 September 1928, Italian
Actor
Joseph Beuys12 May 1921, German
Sculptor, Choreographer, Painter, University
Jean Genet19 December 1910, French
Writer, Playwright, Poet, Film director,
Perry Ellis03 March 1940, American
Fashion designer
Ronald McNair21 October 1950, American
Physicist, Astronaut
Paul Frees22 June 1920, American
Actor, Screenwriter, Dub actor, Film actor,
Raymond Loewy05 November 1893, French, American
Designer, Automotive designer, Postage stamp
Hyman G. Rickover27 January 1900, American
Officer, Submariner
Lilli Palmer24 May 1914, German
Actor, Writer, Table tennis player, Autobiographer
Hank Greenberg01 January 1911, American
Famous Baseball Players
Minoru Yamasaki01 December 1912, American
Architect
Jacqueline Roque24 February 1926, French
choreographer, painter, model
Ellison Onizuka24 June 1946, American
Officer, Astronaut, Engineer
Dick Scobee19 May 1939, American
Officer, Astronaut
Beryl Markham26 October 1902, British
Horse trainer
Henri Toivonen25 August 1956, Finnish
Rally driver, Motorcycle racer, Racecar driver
Frank DeCicco05 November 1935, American
Jacques Plante17 January 1929, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Harold Arlen15 February 1905, American
Composer, Songwriter, Music arranger, Film
Herbert W. Armstrong31 July 1892, American
Fritz Pollard27 January 1894, American
American coach
Elio de Angelis26 March 1958, Italian
Motorcycle racer, Racecar driver, Pianist
Urho Kekkonen03 September 1900, Finnish
Politician, Diplomat, Athletics competitor,
Kate Wolf27 January 1942, American
Composer, Singer-songwriter
Gregory Jarvis24 August 1944, American
Engineer, Astronaut, Officer
Abel Meeropol10 February 1903, American
Poet, Songwriter, Writer
Adolfo Celi27 July 1922, Italian
Film director, Actor, Film producer
Erich Koch19 June 1896, German
politician
Michael Spilotro12 September 1944, American
Actor, Television actor
Juan Rulfo16 May 1917, Mexican
writer, screenwriter, photographer, novelist
Felix Mitchell1954 AD, American
Drug Dealer, Organized Crime
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar06 June 1891, Indian
Writer
Emilio Fernández26 March 1904, Mexican
Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Military
Gardner Fox20 May 1911, American
Comics artist, Writer, Novelist, Science fiction
Jim Laker09 February 1922, British
Cricketer
John Bagot Glubb16 April 1897, British
Engineer, Officer
Marcel Dassault22 January 1892, French
Politician, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Aerospace
Teddy Wilson1912 AD
Pianist
Ye Jianying28 April 1897
Politician
Michel de Certeau17 May 1925, French
Historian, Philosopher, University teacher