Famous people who died in 1986

Famous people who died on 1986

Cary Grant

Cary Grant (1904 - 1986)

English actor

L. Ron Hubbard

L. Ron Hubbard (1911 - 1986)

American science fiction author and founder of Scientology

Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1986)

American painter

Wallis Simpson

Wallis Simpson (1896 - 1986)

American wife of Edward VIII

Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz (1917 - 1986)

Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer

Gia Carangi

Gia Carangi (1960 - 1986)

American model

Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges (1899 - 1986)

Argentine writer

James Cagney

James Cagney (1899 - 1986)

American actor

Len Bias

Len Bias (1963 - 1986)

American basketball player

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895 - 1986)

Indian philosopher

Phil Lynott

Phil Lynott (1949 - 1986)

Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky (1932 - 1986)

Soviet-Russian director

Donna Reed

Donna Reed (1921 - 1986)

American actress

Christa McAuliffe

Christa McAuliffe (1948 - 1986)

American educator and astronaut

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman (1909 - 1986)

American clarinetist, songwriter, and bandleader

Harold Macmillan

Harold Macmillan (1894 - 1986)

English politician

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers (1910 - 1986)

American actor singer, dancer, and musician

Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden (1916 - 1986)

American actor

Cliff Burton

Cliff Burton (1962 - 1986)

American bass player and songwriter

Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys (1921 - 1986)

German artist

Vincente Minnelli

Vincente Minnelli (1903 - 1986)

American director

Tommy Douglas

Tommy Douglas (1904 - 1986)

Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan

Chiune Sugihara

Chiune Sugihara (1900 - 1986)

Japanese diplomat

Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)

American author

Olof Palme

Olof Palme (1927 - 1986)

Swedish politician

Roy Cohn

Roy Cohn (1927 - 1986)

American lawyer

Christopher Isherwood

Christopher Isherwood (1904 - 1986)

English-American author

Mircea Eliade

Mircea Eliade (1907 - 1986)

Romanian historian of religions and writer

Ray Milland

Ray Milland (1907 - 1986)

Welsh-American actor and director

Richard Manuel

Richard Manuel (1943 - 1986)

Canadian musician and songwriter

V. C. Andrews

V. C. Andrews (1923 - 1986)

American author

Jean Genet

Jean Genet (1910 - 1986)

French author, poet, and playwright

Otto Preminger

Otto Preminger (1905 - 1986)

Austrian-American director, producer, and actor

Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester (1902 - 1986)

English-American actress

Keenan Wynn

Keenan Wynn (1916 - 1986)

American actor

Hank Greenberg

Hank Greenberg (1911 - 1986)

American baseball player

Kate Smith

Kate Smith (1907 - 1986)

American singer

Judith Resnik

Judith Resnik (1949 - 1986)

American astronaut

Broderick Crawford

Broderick Crawford (1911 - 1986)

Actor

Minoru Yamasaki

Minoru Yamasaki (1912 - 1986)

American architect

Herbert Armstrong

Herbert Armstrong (1892 - 1986)

Evangelist

Lilli Palmer

Lilli Palmer (1914 - 1986)

German actress

Harold Arlen

Harold Arlen (1905 - 1986)

American songwriter

Ellison Onizuka

Ellison Onizuka (1946 - 1986)

American astronaut

Juan Rulfo

Juan Rulfo (1917 - 1986)

Mexican novelist

Erik Bruhn

Erik Bruhn (1928 - 1986)

ballet dancer, actor

Bill Veeck

Bill Veeck (1914 - 1986)

American franchiser

Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kekkonen (1900 - 1986)

Finnish politician

Coluche

Coluche (1944 - 1986)

French actor

Adolfo Celi

Adolfo Celi (1922 - 1986)

Actor

Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallee (1901 - 1986)

Singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer

Forrest Tucker

Forrest Tucker (1919 - 1986)

American actor