1986 deaths

American astronaut (1944-1986)

Irish rock musician (1949–1986)

Italian politician (1907-1986)

American astronaut (1945-1986)

Chilean politician and President (1896–1986)

Chinese writer (1904-1986)

American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, first Asian American to reach space, later died in the Space Shuttle Challenger accident

American businessman, politician and diplomat (1891–1986)

Cuban-born American musician, actor and television producer (1917-1986)

Mexican film director and actor (1904-1986)

English mathematician (1919–1986)

African-American civil rights and human rights activist (1903–1986)

French aircraft industrialist (1892-1986)

American jazz pianist (1912–1986)

Indian actress (1955–1986)

American astronomer (1910–1986)

American writer (1916–1986)

American mathematician (1899–1986)

Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer (1905–1986)

Hungarian-British economist

French-born American industrial designer (1893-1986)

Italian cyclist

Jewish-American cardiologist (1898-1986)

Roy Marcus Cohn was an American lawyer and prosecutor. He first gained fame as a prosecutor of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in their trials (1952–1953) and as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954. Cohn had been assisting McCarthy's investigations of suspected communists. In the 1970s and during the 1980s, he became a prominent legal and political fixer in New York City. He represented and mentored Donald Trump during Trump's early business career.

American architect (1912–1986)

French Jesuit and scholar (1925–1986)

Austrian-German actress (1897–1986)

American entertainer (1910–1986)

Nazi leader, war criminal, art collector (1896-1986)

American novelist (1923–1986)

Sultan of Brunei (1914-1986)

singer, musician, actor, writer, director (1938-1986)

Austrian philanthropist (1919–1986)

Hungarian footballer (1906–1986)

Finnish long-distance runner

American actress (1896–1986)

Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1892-1986)

Canadian ice hockey player (1929–1986)

British writer, aviator, adventurer, racehorse trainer (1902–1986)

United States admiral; Father of the Nuclear Navy (1900–1986)

French cellist (1906–1986)

French composer and organist

American actor (1916–1986)

Soviet playwright (1908-1986)

French writer (1899–1986)

American actress (1903–1986)

British military officer, scholar and author (1897–1986)

Scottish-born Canadian politician (1904-1986)

Swedish actor (1909–1986)

American singer, actor, and entertainer (1901–1986)

British-born Argentine politician (1885-1986)

Soviet firefighter who responded to the Chernobyl disaster (1961–1986)

American photographer (1921-1986)

athletics competitor (1897–1986)

American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)

German general of infantry in the Second World War (1897-1986)

French photographer and painter (1894–1986)

Brazilian footballer (1902-1986)

Soviet engineer and shift supervisor during the events of the Chernobyl disaster (1953–1986)

French archaeologist (1911-1986)