1986 deaths

Central African political activist, human rights advocate (1921-1986)

Irish actress (1922–1986)

Italian physicist (1899–1986)

Montenegrin poet (1907–1986)

American actor (1932-1986)

Swedish mathematician (1905–1986)

Swiss racing cyclist (1913-1986)

Serbian football manager (1918–1986)

American science fiction and space illustrator (1888-1986)

German opera singer (1911–1986)

Montenegrin prince (1908-1986)

Czechoslovak soccer player and soccer coach (1925-1986)

American actor (1923–1986)

fencer (1923–1986)

Japanese businessman (1894-1986)

Ukrainian actress (1898-1986)

Soviet astronomer

American soccer player (1920-1986)

American racing driver (1917–1986)

Catholic cardinal (1903-1986)

Chernobyl pump operator, the first casualty of the incident on April 26th, 1986.

Italian fencer (1893-1986)

Indian sitar player (1931–1986)

Soviet actor and theatre directror (1913–1986)

American swimmer (1907–1986)

Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1893–1986)

Romanian linguist (1888-1986)

67th governor of New Hampshire (1899-1986)

SS officer (1899–1986)

American industrial designer (1908–1986)

Canadian ice hockey player (1907-1986)

actress

American novelist and short story writer (1916–1986)

film producer and actor (1963-1986)

Indian revolutionary and nationalist

(1899–1986) Hungarian musician

American biochemist (1917–1986)

American ethnobiologist (1898-1986)

Canoe racer (1934–1986)

Polish composer (1895–1986)

Argentine novelist and journalist (1922–1986)

American poet, professor, translator (1916–1986)

American actress (1919-1986)

German politician (1896-1986)

American baseball player and coach (1900-1986)

Romanian competitive canoeist (1930–1986)

Lebanese translator

Spanish football player/manager (1902-1986)

American sailor and banker (1924–1986)

fencer (1905-1986)

British-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist (1916-1986)

Canadian boxer

Belgian cyclist (1907–1986)

Hungarian film actor (1899–1986)

French sprinter (1899-1986)

Swedish composer (1905-1986)

athletics competitor (1909–1986)

Polish writer and politician (1910-1986)

American rower (1923-1986)

Austrian writer (1911-1986)