List of Famous people who died at 86

John Shively Knight was an American newspaper publisher and editor based in Akron, Ohio.

Fritiof Gunnar Blix was a Swedish chemist and Professor of Medical and Physiological chemistry at the University of Uppsala. He was the son of Professor Magnus Blix, father of politician Hans Blix, and grandfather of journalist Erik Blix.

Bruno Lionel Schroder was a British banker and billionaire and a significant landowner in Scotland. He was a direct descendant of Johann Heinrich Schröder, co-founder of financial institution Schroders, and the longest serving non-executive board member of any company on the London FTSE 100. Forbes magazine estimated Schroder's family wealth at US$6.2 billion in August 2018.

Nicolás Eduardo Lindley López was a Peruvian military commander who headed the military government in Peru for several months in 1963 and served as the 56th President of Peru.

Fadey Sargsyan was an Armenian scientist and politician.

Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director, film producer and screenplay writer. In his youth he played juvenile roles in vaudeville and silent film comedies.

Raúl Salinas Lozano was a Mexican economist. He was a former Secretary of Agriculture, Mexican Ambassador to the Soviet Union and father of former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).