List of Famous people who died at 86

Karl Ferdinand Herzfeld was an Austrian-American physicist.

Christa Williams was a German pop singer most popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Ernst Kolman or Arnošt Yaromirovich Kolman ; 6 December 1892 – 22 January 1979) was a Marxist philosopher, who renounced his former activities as an ideological enforcer in Soviet science. At the age of 84 he sought asylum in Sweden and published a retraction of his previous activity.

Arnoldus Isaac Zacharias Mononutu was a nationalist involved in the struggle for Indonesian independence. Mononutu gained his sense of Indonesian nationalism during his post-secondary studies in the Netherlands. In the early years of the Indonesian government, he served as Information Minister and was the first Ambassador of Indonesia to China. He later became Rector of Hasanuddin University. Mononutu was posthumously given the honorary title of National Hero of Indonesia in 2020.

Herman Christian Salling was a Danish merchant and director. He was a pioneer in the department store and retail business in Denmark.

Wanda Tuchock was an American advertising copywriter, screenwriter, director, and producer during the early 20th century. She was credited with writing for over thirty films, and was one of the at least three women in the 1930s to be credited as a director on a Hollywood film.

Otto Tief was an Estonian politician, military commander, and a lawyer.