List of Famous people who died in 1986

Francis Michael "King" Clancy was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, referee, coach and executive. Clancy played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was a member of three Stanley Cup championship teams and won All-Star honours. After he retired in 1937, he remained in hockey, becoming a coach for the Montreal Maroons. Clancy next worked as a referee for the NHL. He joined the Maple Leafs organization and worked in the organization as a coach and team executive until his death in 1986. In 2017 Clancy was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

René Joffroy was a French archaeologist.

Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky was a Soviet composer and teacher of Russian gentry descent.

Gotfrid Köchert was an Austrian who went on to become a yacht racer after World War II, and competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Adam Włodek was a Polish poet, editor and translator.

Sarah Lucie Cunningham was an American film, stage and television actress.

Pierre Bertaux was a noted French resistance fighter and scholar of German literature. While holding administrative positions, he also wrote on Friedrich Hölderlin. He participated in the French resistance in Toulouse, where he imposed Charles De Gaulle's authority during the liberation of France. After the war he was a high-ranking police officer.