List of Famous people who died in 1986

Heinz Braun was a German autodidact painter and occasional actor.

Gerold von Braunmühl was a senior West German diplomat who was assassinated in 1986 by the German far-left guerrilla group, the Red Army Faction (RAF).

Helen Craig was an American actress, perhaps best known for her role on Broadway as the main character, Belinda, in Johnny Belinda.

Maruthur Gopala Menon Chakrapani, commonly known as Ettan, was an Indian actor and producer based in the Tamil film industry. He was the elder brother of actor-politician M. G. Ramachandran.

Sallie-Anne Huckstepp was an Australian writer, sex worker and whistleblower.

Anthony John Spilotro, nicknamed "Tony the Ant", was an American mobster for the Chicago Outfit in Las Vegas during the 1970s and '80s.

Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee was an Indian classical sitarist of the Maihar Gharana. A student of the legendary Baba Allauddin Khan, Pandit Nikhil Banerjee was known for his technical virtuosity and clinical execution. Along with Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan, he emerged as one of the leading exponents of the sitar. He was a recipient of the Indian civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan.

Leonid Fedorovych Toptunov was a Soviet engineer who was the senior reactor control chief engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4 on the night of the Chernobyl disaster, 26 April 1986.

Deng Jiaxian was a Chinese nuclear physicist and academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was a leading organizer and key contributor to the Chinese nuclear weapon programs.

Campo Elías Delgado Morales was a Colombian spree killer and self-described Vietnam War veteran who killed 29 people, and wounded 12 more, most of them at an upscale Bogotá restaurant, before being shot dead by police.