List of Famous people who died in 1986

Saunders Teddell, or Saunders Terrell, known as Sonny Terry, was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occasionally imitations of trains and fox hunts.

Bishop Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M. was a Ukrainian-born Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He served as the Titular Bishop of Ios and Auxiliary Bishop of Apostolic Exarchate of Canada from 3 April 1943 until 19 January 1948 and as the first Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton from 19 January 1948 until his death on 8 January 1986.

Michele Mara was an Italian cyclist.

Sir Gordon Richards was an English jockey. He was the British flat racing Champion Jockey 26 times and is often considered the world's greatest jockey ever. He remains the only flat jockey to have been knighted.

Fritz Tillmann was a German actor.

Lloyd Espenschied was an American electrical engineer who invented the modern coaxial cable with Herman Andrew Affel.