List of Famous people who died in 1986
André Leroi-Gourhan
André Leroi-Gourhan was a French archaeologist, paleontologist, paleoanthropologist, and anthropologist with an interest in technology and aesthetics and a penchant for philosophical reflection.
Lien Chen-tung
Ewan George Macpherson of Cluny Macpherson, 18th Chief
Louis-Philippe Pigeon
Louis-Philippe Pigeon, was a Canadian lawyer, academic, and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Hamao Umezawa
Hamao Umezawa was a Japanese scientist who discovered several antimicrobial agents and enzyme inhibitors.
Georg-Wilhelm Schulz
Georg-Wilhelm Schulz was a German U-boat commander of the Second World War. From September 1939 until retiring from front line service in September 1941, he sank 19 ships for a total of 89,885 gross register tons (GRT). For this he received the Knight's Cross, among other commendations.
Walter John Stoessel
Walter John Stoessel Jr. was an American diplomat.
Boris Bibikov
James Corcoran
James Corcoran was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Sound Recording and was nominated for three more in the same category.
Jūlijs Vanags
Jūlijs Vanags was a Latvian writer and translator, a co-author of the text of the Anthem of Latvian SSR.