Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.

Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions

In the year 1986

554 Notable deaths

József Asbóth

Hungarian tennis player (1917–1986).

Born September 18th, 1917 in Szombathely.

Died September 22nd, 1986 at 69 years old in Munich.

Charlie Colombo

American soccer player (1920-1986).

Born July 20th, 1920 in St. Louis.

Died May 7th, 1986 at 65 years old in St. Louis.

Eduard Imhof

Swiss cartographer and professor at eth zurich (1895-1986).

Born January 25th, 1895 in Schiers.

Died April 27th, 1986 at 91 years old in Erlenbach.

Sandro Puppo

Italian footballer and manager (1918-1986).

Born January 28th, 1918 in Piacenza.

Died October 16th, 1986 at 68 years old in Piacenza.

Lajos Bárdos

(1899–1986) hungarian musician.

Born October 1st, 1899 in Budapest.

Died November 18th, 1986 at 87 years old in Budapest.

Käthe Haack

German actress.

Born August 11th, 1897 in Berlin.

Died May 5th, 1986 at 88 years old in Berlin.

Ida Rhodes

Mathematician.

Born May 15th, 1900 in Kamianets-Podilskyi.

Died February 1st, 1986 at 85 years old in Rockville.

Richard van der Riet Woolley

British astronomer royal.

Born April 24th, 1906 in Weymouth.

Died December 24th, 1986 at 80 years old in Somerset West.

Maria Bellonci

Italian writer (1902–1986).

Born November 30th, 1902 in Rome.

Died May 13th, 1986 at 83 years old in Rome. [ref]

Bryan Grant

American tennis player.

Born December 25th, 1910 in Atlanta.

Died June 5th, 1986 at 75 years old in Atlanta (cancer).

Deaths 361 to 370 of 554

« 1985
1987 »

Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir