List of Famous people who died in 1986

Carlos Aneese "Sully" Kothmann was an American pair skater. After winning the bronze medal with partner Kay Servatius at the 1953 U.S National Championships, he teamed with Lucille Ash. He and Ash were twice silver medalists at the U.S. Championships and finished seventh at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He was born in San Antonio, Texas.

John Porter East was a Republican U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1981 until his suicide in 1986.

Emerson Hugh De Lacy,, an American politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1945 to 1947. He represented the First Congressional District of Washington as a Democrat.

António de Medeiros e Almeida (1895–1986), ComC; OB; ComB; GOMAI; GCMAI; OBE; OMC, was a Portuguese businessman, industrialist, collector and benefactor. He created the Medeiros e Almeida Foundation to bequeath his collection of decorative arts to his country.

Theodore John Kent was an American film editor who was nominated for Best Film Editing at the 1964 Academy Awards for the film Father Goose. He worked on over 150 films from 1929 to 1967, including many classic Universal horror films.