List of Famous people who died in 1986

James Lincoln de la Mothe Borglum was an American sculptor, photographer, author and engineer; he was best known for overseeing the completion of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial after the death of the project's leader, his father, Gutzon Borglum, in 1941. One of his best-known works, a bust of his father, is on display outside the Lincoln Borglum Visitors Center at Mount Rushmore.

Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez was a Mexican Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Mexico City from 1956 to 1977, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.

Gerhard Max Richard Bienert was a German stage and film actor.

Alan Hewitt was an American film, television, and stage actor. His most prominent TV roles were Detective Brennan in My Favorite Martian and the district attorney in How to Murder Your Wife.

Marcel Arland was a French novelist, literary critic, and journalist.

Michele Pellegrino was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Turin from 1965 until 1977.