List of Famous people who died in 1986

Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. He won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honors.

Risei Kano was one of the three sons of Kanō Jigorō, the creator of Judo. Risei Kanō was the second president of the International Judo Federation, from 1952 to 1965. He managed the Kōdōkan from 1946 until 1980.

Prince George Valdemar Carl Axel of Denmark was a Danish prince. He was a second cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Elisha Netanyahu was an Israeli mathematician specializing in complex analysis. Over the course of his work at the Technion he was the Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and established the separate Department of Mathematics. Historian Benzion Netanyahu was his brother and Benjamin Netanyahu, current Prime Minister of Israel was his nephew.

Major-General Sir Robert Anthony Pigot, 7th Baronet CB OBE DL RM was a Royal Marines officer. Son of George Douglas Hugh Pigot and Hersey Elizabeth Maltby. He was educated at Stowe. He was commissioned into the RM in 1934 and served during the Second World War, and afterwards.

Sir Spencer Le Marchant was a British Conservative Party politician.