| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Sherman Adams |
Government |
8-Jan-1899 |
27-Oct-1986 |
Eisenhower's Chief of Staff |
| Joseph P. Addabbo |
Politician |
17-Mar-1925 |
10-Apr-1986 |
Congressman from New York, 1961-86 |
| Brian Aherne |
Actor |
2-May-1902 |
10-Feb-1986 |
I Confess |
| Robert Alda |
Actor |
26-Nov-1914 |
3-May-1986 |
Cloak and Dagger |
| J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. |
Politician |
15-Jun-1898 |
15-Apr-1986 |
Governor of Virginia, 1958-62 |
| V. C. Andrews |
Author |
6-Jun-1923 |
19-Dec-1986 |
Flowers in the Attic |
| Heather Angel |
Actor |
9-Feb-1909 |
13-Dec-1986 |
Lifeboat |
| Harold Arlen |
Songwriter |
15-Feb-1905 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Wrote score to Wizard of Oz |
| Desi Arnaz |
Actor |
2-Mar-1917 |
2-Dec-1986 |
Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy |
| Hermione Baddeley |
Actor |
13-Nov-1906 |
19-Aug-1986 |
Brighton Rock |
| Buddy Baer |
Boxing |
11-Jun-1915 |
18-Jul-1986 |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
| Raymond E. Baldwin |
Politician |
31-Aug-1893 |
4-Oct-1986 |
Governor and Senator from Connecticut |
| David Ballantyne |
Novelist |
14-Jun-1924 |
24-Feb-1986 |
The Cunninghams |
| Celal Bayar |
Head of State |
16-May-1883 |
22-Aug-1986 |
President of Turkey, 1950-60 |
| Simone de Beauvoir |
Activist |
9-Jan-1908 |
14-Apr-1986 |
The Second Sex |
| Elisabeth Bergner |
Actor |
22-Aug-1897 |
12-May-1986 |
Escape Me Never |
| Herschel Bernardi |
Actor |
20-Oct-1923 |
9-May-1986 |
Voiced Charlie the Tuna, Jolly Green Giant |
| Joseph Beuys |
Artist |
12-May-1921 |
23-Jan-1986 |
German conceptual artist |
| Len Bias |
Basketball |
18-Nov-1963 |
19-Jun-1986 |
Boston Celtics draft pick, died of cocaine OD |
| Ludwig Biermann |
Astronomer |
13-Mar-1907 |
12-Jan-1986 |
Solar winds |
| Jorge Luis Borges |
Author |
24-Aug-1899 |
14-Jun-1986 |
The Garden of Forking Paths |
| Chester Bowles |
Politician |
5-Apr-1901 |
25-May-1986 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1949-51 |
| John Braine |
Novelist |
13-Apr-1922 |
28-Oct-1986 |
Room at the Top |
| John W. Bricker |
Politician |
6-Sep-1893 |
22-Mar-1986 |
Governor of Ohio, 1939-45 |
| Walter Burkemo |
Golf |
9-Oct-1918 |
8-Oct-1986 |
Winner, 1953 PGA Championship |
| Cliff Burton |
Bassist |
10-Feb-1962 |
27-Sep-1986 |
Bassist for Metallica |
| Susan Cabot |
Actor |
9-Jul-1927 |
10-Dec-1986 |
The Wasp Woman |
| Adolph Caesar |
Actor |
5-Dec-1933 |
6-Mar-1986 |
A Soldier's Story |
| James Cagney |
Actor |
17-Jul-1899 |
30-Mar-1986 |
New York tough guy |
| Cass Canfield |
Publisher |
26-Apr-1897 |
27-Mar-1986 |
Harper & Brothers |
| Yakima Canutt |
Actor |
29-Nov-1895 |
24-May-1986 |
Legendary stuntman |
| Gia Carangi |
Model |
29-Jan-1960 |
18-Nov-1986 |
Troubled supermodel, died from AIDS |
| Roger C. Carmel |
Actor |
27-Sep-1932 |
11-Nov-1986 |
Harcourt Fenton Mudd |
| James V. Casey |
Religion |
22-Sep-1914 |
14-Mar-1986 |
Archbishop of Denver, 1967-86 |
| Lord David Cecil |
Author |
9-Apr-1902 |
1-Jan-1986 |
Melbourne |
| Adolfo Celi |
Actor |
27-Jul-1922 |
19-Feb-1986 |
And Then There Were None |
| Jack Christiansen |
Football |
20-Dec-1928 |
29-Jun-1986 |
NFL Hall of Famer, coach |
| John Ciardi |
Poet |
24-Jun-1916 |
30-Mar-1986 |
How Does a Poem Mean? |
| Myron Cohen |
Comic |
1-Jul-1902 |
10-Mar-1986 |
Borscht Belt comic |
| Roy Cohn |
Government |
20-Feb-1927 |
2-Aug-1986 |
Joseph McCarthy's henchman |
| Jerry Colonna |
Radio Personality |
17-Sep-1904 |
21-Nov-1986 |
Sidekick of Bob Hope |
| Coluche |
Actor |
28-Oct-1944 |
19-Jun-1986 |
Le maître d'école |
| Broderick Crawford |
Actor |
9-Dec-1911 |
26-Apr-1986 |
All the King's Men |
| Scatman Crothers |
Jazz Musician |
23-May-1910 |
22-Nov-1986 |
Jazz musician and actor |
| John N. Dalton |
Politician |
11-Jul-1931 |
30-Jul-1986 |
Governor of Virginia, 1978-82 |
| George Dangerfield |
Historian |
28-Oct-1904 |
26-Dec-1986 |
The Strange Death of Liberal England |
| Edward A. Doisy |
Scientist |
3-Nov-1893 |
23-Oct-1986 |
Chemical structure of Vitamin K |
| Terry Dolan |
Activist |
1950 |
28-Dec-1986 |
Conservative activist |
| Robert Drivas |
Actor |
21-Nov-1938 |
29-Jun-1986 |
Bad Habits |
| Leslie Dwyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1906 |
29-Dec-1986 |
Mr Partridge in Hi-de-Hi! |
| John Porter East |
Politician |
5-May-1931 |
29-Jun-1986 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| James O. Eastland |
Politician |
28-Nov-1904 |
19-Feb-1986 |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1943-78 |
| Perry Ellis |
Fashion Designer |
3-Mar-1940 |
30-May-1986 |
Founder, Perry Ellis International |
| Leif Erickson |
Actor |
27-Oct-1911 |
29-Jan-1986 |
The High Chaparral |
| Derek Farr |
Actor |
7-Feb-1912 |
22-Mar-1986 |
The Projected Man |
| Jim Ferrier |
Golf |
24-Feb-1915 |
13-Jun-1986 |
Winner, 1947 PGA Championship |
| Cliff Finch |
Politician |
4-Apr-1927 |
22-Apr-1986 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1976-80 |
| Pierre Fournier |
Cellist |
24-Jun-1906 |
8-Jan-1986 |
French cello virtuoso |
| Paul Frees |
Actor |
22-Jun-1920 |
2-Nov-1986 |
The Man of a Thousand Voices |
| Martin Gabel |
Actor |
19-Jun-1912 |
22-May-1986 |
The First Deadly Sin |
| Jean Genet |
Novelist |
19-Dec-1910 |
15-Apr-1986 |
Theatre of the Absurd |
| Benny Goodman |
Jazz Musician |
30-May-1909 |
13-Jun-1986 |
Bespectacled jazz clarinetist |
| Cary Grant |
Actor |
18-Jan-1904 |
29-Nov-1986 |
North by Northwest |
| Hank Greenberg |
Baseball |
1-Jan-1911 |
4-Sep-1986 |
Two-time American League MVP |
| Virginia Gregg |
Actor |
6-Mar-1916 |
15-Sep-1986 |
Radio actress |
| Brion Gysin |
Artist |
19-Jan-1916 |
13-Jul-1986 |
Inventor of the Dreamachine |
| Florence Halop |
Actor |
23-Jan-1923 |
15-Jul-1986 |
Florence Kleiner on Night Court |
| Murray Hamilton |
Actor |
24-Mar-1923 |
1-Sep-1986 |
Jaws |
| W. Averell Harriman |
Diplomat |
15-Nov-1891 |
26-Jul-1986 |
Ambassador to USSR, Governor of NY |
| Sterling Hayden |
Actor |
26-Mar-1916 |
23-May-1986 |
Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove |
| Bessie Head |
Novelist |
6-Jul-1937 |
17-Apr-1986 |
A Question of Power |
| Loy W. Henderson |
Diplomat |
28-Jun-1892 |
24-Mar-1986 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1951-54 |
| Frank Herbert |
Author |
8-Oct-1920 |
11-Feb-1986 |
Dune |
| Laura Z. Hobson |
Novelist |
19-Jun-1900 |
28-Feb-1986 |
Gentleman's Agreement |
| L. Ron Hubbard |
Religion |
13-Mar-1911 |
24-Jan-1986 |
Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology |
| Christopher Isherwood |
Author |
26-Aug-1904 |
4-Jan-1986 |
The Berlin Stories |
| Storm Jameson |
Novelist |
8-Jan-1891 |
1986 |
The Pot Boils |
| Howard Jarvis |
Activist |
22-Sep-1903 |
11-Aug-1986 |
Anti-tax crusader |
| Jacob K. Javits |
Politician |
18-Mar-1904 |
7-Mar-1986 |
US Senator from New York, 1957-81 |
| Thad Jones |
Jazz Musician |
28-Mar-1923 |
20-Aug-1986 |
Jazz cornet/fluglehorn/trumpeter and bandleader |
| Claude Jutra |
Film Director |
11-Mar-1930 |
5-Nov-1986 |
Mon Oncle Antoine |
| Nicholas Kaldor |
Economist |
12-May-1908 |
30-Sep-1986 |
An Expenditure Tax |
| Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich |
Mathematician |
19-Jan-1912 |
7-Apr-1986 |
Linear programming |
| Bob Kaufman |
Poet |
18-Apr-1925 |
12-Jan-1986 |
Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness |
| Ted Knight |
Actor |
7-Dec-1923 |
26-Aug-1986 |
Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore |
| Frederick Kohner |
Novelist |
25-Sep-1905 |
7-Jul-1986 |
Gidget |
| J. Krishnamurti |
Religion |
12-May-1895 |
18-Feb-1986 |
Theosophist guru |
| Elsa Lanchester |
Actor |
28-Oct-1902 |
26-Dec-1986 |
Bride of Frankenstein |
| Bobby Layne |
Football |
19-Dec-1926 |
1-Dec-1986 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Alan Jay Lerner |
Playwright |
31-Aug-1918 |
14-Jun-1986 |
An American in Paris |
| Fritz Lipmann |
Scientist |
12-Jun-1899 |
24-Jul-1986 |
Carbohydrate oxidation |
| Raymond Loewy |
Designer |
5-Nov-1893 |
14-Jul-1986 |
Father of industrial design |
| Bessie Love |
Actor |
10-Sep-1898 |
26-Apr-1986 |
The Broadway Melody |
| Robert A. Lovett |
Government |
14-Sep-1895 |
7-May-1986 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1951-53 |
| Phil Lynott |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Aug-1949 |
4-Jan-1986 |
Founder of Thin Lizzy |
| John D. MacDonald |
Novelist |
24-Jul-1916 |
28-Dec-1986 |
Travis McGee mystery novels |
| Samora Machel |
Head of State |
29-Sep-1933 |
19-Oct-1986 |
President of Mozambique, 1975-86 |
| Helen Mack |
Actor |
13-Nov-1913 |
13-Aug-1986 |
The Son of Kong |
| Harold Macmillan |
Head of State |
10-Feb-1894 |
29-Dec-1986 |
UK Prime Minister, 1957-63 |
| Gordon MacRae |
Actor |
12-Mar-1921 |
24-Jan-1986 |
Oklahoma |
| Bernard Malamud |
Author |
26-Apr-1914 |
18-Mar-1986 |
The Fixer |
| Dumas Malone |
Historian |
10-Jan-1892 |
27-Dec-1986 |
Jefferson and His Time |
| Richard Manuel |
Musician |
3-Apr-1943 |
4-Mar-1986 |
The Band |
| Beryl Markham |
Aviator |
26-Oct-1902 |
3-Aug-1986 |
West with the Night |
| Yasuzo Masumura |
Film Director |
25-Aug-1924 |
23-Nov-1986 |
Blind Beast |
| H. Freeman Matthews |
Diplomat |
26-May-1899 |
19-Oct-1986 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Christa McAuliffe |
Astronaut |
2-Sep-1948 |
28-Jan-1986 |
First teacher in space |
| John P. McConnell |
Military |
7-Feb-1908 |
21-Nov-1986 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1965-69 |
| Una Merkel |
Actor |
10-Dec-1903 |
2-Jan-1986 |
Summer and Smoke |
| Ray Milland |
Actor |
3-Jan-1907 |
10-Mar-1986 |
The Lost Weekend |
| Vincente Minnelli |
Film Director |
28-Feb-1903 |
25-Jul-1986 |
The Courtship of Eddie's Father |
| Vyacheslav Molotov |
Government |
9-Mar-1890 |
8-Nov-1986 |
Stalin's right-hand-man |
| Robert B. Monier |
Politician |
5-Mar-1922 |
8-Sep-1986 |
Acting Governor of New Hampshire, 1982 |
| Dan K. Moore |
Politician |
2-Apr-1906 |
7-Sep-1986 |
Governor of North Carolina, 1965-69 |
| Henry Moore |
Sculptor |
30-Jul-1898 |
31-Aug-1986 |
20th c. English humanist sculptor |
| Robert S. Mulliken |
Chemist |
7-Jun-1896 |
31-Oct-1986 |
Molecular orbital theory |
| Alva Myrdal |
Politician |
31-Jan-1902 |
1-Feb-1986 |
Swedish diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Anna Neagle |
Singer |
20-Oct-1904 |
3-Jun-1986 |
Victoria the Great |
| Frank Nelson |
Actor |
6-May-1911 |
12-Sep-1986 |
Foil to Jack Benny |
| Tenzing Norgay |
Explorer |
15-May-1914 |
9-May-1986 |
With Edmund Hilllary on Everest |
| George M. O'Brien |
Politician |
17-Jun-1917 |
18-Jul-1986 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1973-86 |
| Georgia O'Keeffe |
Painter |
15-Nov-1887 |
6-Mar-1986 |
American abstract and landscape painter |
| Olof Palme |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1927 |
28-Feb-1986 |
Swedish Prime Minister, assassinated |
| Lilli Palmer |
Actor |
24-May-1914 |
27-Jan-1986 |
The Four Poster |
| Jerry Paris |
Actor |
25-Jul-1925 |
31-Mar-1986 |
Jerry Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| Glubb Pasha |
Military |
16-Apr-1897 |
17-Mar-1986 |
Commander of the Arab Legion, 1939-56 |
| Marlin Perkins |
Zoologist |
28-Mar-1905 |
14-Jun-1986 |
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom |
| Jacques Plante |
Hockey |
17-Jan-1929 |
27-Feb-1986 |
NHL Hall of Famer |
| Fritz Pollard |
Football |
27-Jan-1894 |
11-May-1986 |
First black coach in the NFL |
| Otto Preminger |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1906 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Anatomy of a Murder |
| James Rainwater |
Physicist |
9-Dec-1917 |
31-May-1986 |
Determined shapes of nuclei |
| Donna Reed |
Actor |
27-Jan-1921 |
14-Jan-1986 |
The Donna Reed Show |
| Judith Resnik |
Astronaut |
5-Apr-1949 |
28-Jan-1986 |
Challenger astronaut |
| Hyman Rickover |
Military |
27-Jan-1900 |
8-Jul-1986 |
Built the nuclear navy |
| Dora Russell |
Activist |
3-Apr-1894 |
31-May-1986 |
Feminist, birth control and peace activist |
| Harold Schuster |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1902 |
19-Jul-1986 |
My Friend Flicka |
| Barry Seal |
Criminal |
19-Jul-1939 |
19-Feb-1986 |
DEA informant, CIA contract pilot |
| Jaroslav Seifert |
Poet |
23-Sep-1901 |
10-Jan-1986 |
The Nightingale Sings Out of Tune |
| Nikolay Semyonov |
Chemist |
15-Apr-1896 |
25-Sep-1986 |
Combustion, explosions, and chemical kinetics |
| Howard Da Silva |
Actor |
4-May-1909 |
16-Feb-1986 |
Bartender in The Lost Weekend |
| Wallis Simpson |
Royalty |
19-Jun-1896 |
24-Apr-1986 |
Duchess of Windsor |
| Kate Smith |
Singer |
1-May-1907 |
17-Jun-1986 |
God Bless America |
| Charles Starrett |
Actor |
28-Mar-1903 |
22-Mar-1986 |
The Durango Kid |
| Robert Stevenson |
Film Director |
31-Mar-1905 |
4-Nov-1986 |
The Love Bug |
| Paul Stewart |
Actor |
13-Mar-1908 |
17-Feb-1986 |
Citizen Kane |
| Nigel Stock |
Actor |
21-Sep-1919 |
22-Jun-1986 |
Dr. Watson in BBC's Sherlock Holmes |
| Walter Stoessel |
Diplomat |
24-Jan-1920 |
9-Dec-1986 |
Ambassador to the USSR, Germany, Poland |
| Chiune Sugihara |
Diplomat |
1-Jan-1900 |
31-Jul-1986 |
Helped Jews escape Lithuania |
| Albert Szent-Györgyi |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1893 |
22-Oct-1986 |
Vitamins C and B2 |
| Andrei Tarkovsky |
Film Director |
4-Apr-1932 |
28-Dec-1986 |
Solaris |
| Helen B. Taussig |
Doctor |
24-May-1898 |
20-May-1986 |
Mother of pediatric cardiology |
| James R. Trueman |
Business |
25-May-1935 |
11-Jun-1986 |
Founder of Red Roof Inns |
| Forrest Tucker |
Actor |
12-Feb-1919 |
25-Oct-1986 |
Sgt. O'Rourke on F Troop |
| Lurene Tuttle |
Actor |
20-Aug-1907 |
28-May-1986 |
First Lady of Radio |
| Al Ullman |
Politician |
9-Mar-1914 |
11-Oct-1986 |
Congressman from Oregon, 1957-81 |
| Rudy Vallee |
Actor |
28-Jul-1901 |
3-Jul-1986 |
Singer, actor, bandleader |
| James E. Van Zandt |
Politician |
18-Dec-1898 |
6-Jan-1986 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania |
| Bill Veeck |
Baseball |
9-Feb-1914 |
2-Jan-1986 |
Chicago White Sox owner |
| Herb Vigran |
Actor |
5-Jun-1910 |
29-Nov-1986 |
Television character actor |
| Joseph Vlasic |
Business |
1904 |
10-Jul-1986 |
Pickle baron |
| Wallace Wade |
Football |
15-Jun-1892 |
7-Oct-1986 |
Alabama and Duke Head Coach |
| Hal B. Wallis |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Sep-1899 |
5-Oct-1986 |
Casablanca |
| Theodore H. White |
Historian |
6-May-1915 |
15-May-1986 |
The Making of the President |
| Leona Woods |
Physicist |
9-Aug-1919 |
10-Nov-1986 |
Physicist at University of Chicago |
| Keenan Wynn |
Actor |
27-Jul-1916 |
14-Oct-1986 |
Col. Bat Guano in Dr. Strangelove |
