List of Famous people who died at 86

Qazhyghumar Shabdanuly was a Kazakh Chinese political activist and an author writing in Kazakh language. For more than forty years, Shabdanuly was imprisoned by the People's Republic of China for his political views.

Paul Arzens (1903–1990) was a French industrial designer of railway locomotives and motor cars.

Viscount Ilya Romanovich Prigogine was a physical chemist and Nobel laureate noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility.

Willie Pickens was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator.

Conrad Roland was a German architect and pioneer of the construction of spacenets, which primarily are to be found as rope climbing frames on playgrounds. In 1978 he designed and constructed the biggest spacenet of the world until today, the Super Four Mast Spacenet, for the Federal Horticultural Show (BUGA).

Johan Mohr Faye was a Norwegian architect and sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Roberto Farias was a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 15 films during his career. His 1982 film Pra Frente, Brasil was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. Farias' brother Reginaldo Faria is also a film director and actor.

Laila Fawzi, also spelt as Leila Fawzi and Layla Fawzy, was an Egyptian actress and model. She was one of the pioneers of Egyptian cinema and starred in over 85 films throughout her career. In 1940 she was crowned Miss Egypt.

Akira Yamagishi was a Japanese trade union leader.

Thomas William Gould VC was an English Jew who was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was one of three Jewish recipients of the award in the Second World War.