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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Sherman Adams
Government
8-Jan-1899 27-Oct-1986 Eisenhower's Chief of Staff
Joseph P. Addabbo
Politician
17-Mar-1925 10-Apr-1986 Congressman from New York, 1961-86
Brian Aherne
Actor
2-May-1902 10-Feb-1986 I Confess
Robert Alda
Actor
26-Nov-1914 3-May-1986 Cloak and Dagger
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.
Politician
15-Jun-1898 15-Apr-1986 Governor of Virginia, 1958-62
V. C. Andrews
Author
6-Jun-1923 19-Dec-1986 Flowers in the Attic
Heather Angel
Actor
9-Feb-1909 13-Dec-1986 Lifeboat
Harold Arlen
Songwriter
15-Feb-1905 23-Apr-1986 Wrote score to Wizard of Oz
Desi Arnaz
Actor
2-Mar-1917 2-Dec-1986 Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy
Hermione Baddeley
Actor
13-Nov-1906 19-Aug-1986 Brighton Rock
Buddy Baer
Boxing
11-Jun-1915 18-Jul-1986 Jack and the Beanstalk
Raymond E. Baldwin
Politician
31-Aug-1893 4-Oct-1986 Governor and Senator from Connecticut
David Ballantyne
Novelist
14-Jun-1924 24-Feb-1986 The Cunninghams
Celal Bayar
Head of State
16-May-1883 22-Aug-1986 President of Turkey, 1950-60
Simone de Beauvoir
Activist
9-Jan-1908 14-Apr-1986 The Second Sex
Elisabeth Bergner
Actor
22-Aug-1897 12-May-1986 Escape Me Never
Herschel Bernardi
Actor
20-Oct-1923 9-May-1986 Voiced Charlie the Tuna, Jolly Green Giant
Joseph Beuys
Artist
12-May-1921 23-Jan-1986 German conceptual artist
Len Bias
Basketball
18-Nov-1963 19-Jun-1986 Boston Celtics draft pick, died of cocaine OD
Ludwig Biermann
Astronomer
13-Mar-1907 12-Jan-1986 Solar winds
Jorge Luis Borges
Author
24-Aug-1899 14-Jun-1986 The Garden of Forking Paths
Chester Bowles
Politician
5-Apr-1901 25-May-1986 Governor of Connecticut, 1949-51
John Braine
Novelist
13-Apr-1922 28-Oct-1986 Room at the Top
John W. Bricker
Politician
6-Sep-1893 22-Mar-1986 Governor of Ohio, 1939-45
Walter Burkemo
Golf
9-Oct-1918 8-Oct-1986 Winner, 1953 PGA Championship
Cliff Burton
Bassist
10-Feb-1962 27-Sep-1986 Bassist for Metallica
Susan Cabot
Actor
9-Jul-1927 10-Dec-1986 The Wasp Woman
Adolph Caesar
Actor
5-Dec-1933 6-Mar-1986 A Soldier's Story
James Cagney
Actor
17-Jul-1899 30-Mar-1986 New York tough guy
Cass Canfield
Publisher
26-Apr-1897 27-Mar-1986 Harper & Brothers
Yakima Canutt
Actor
29-Nov-1895 24-May-1986 Legendary stuntman
Gia Carangi
Model
29-Jan-1960 18-Nov-1986 Troubled supermodel, died from AIDS
Roger C. Carmel
Actor
27-Sep-1932 11-Nov-1986 Harcourt Fenton Mudd
James V. Casey
Religion
22-Sep-1914 14-Mar-1986 Archbishop of Denver, 1967-86
Lord David Cecil
Author
9-Apr-1902 1-Jan-1986 Melbourne
Adolfo Celi
Actor
27-Jul-1922 19-Feb-1986 And Then There Were None
Jack Christiansen
Football
20-Dec-1928 29-Jun-1986 NFL Hall of Famer, coach
John Ciardi
Poet
24-Jun-1916 30-Mar-1986 How Does a Poem Mean?
Myron Cohen
Comic
1-Jul-1902 10-Mar-1986 Borscht Belt comic
Roy Cohn
Government
20-Feb-1927 2-Aug-1986 Joseph McCarthy's henchman
Jerry Colonna
Radio Personality
17-Sep-1904 21-Nov-1986 Sidekick of Bob Hope
Coluche
Actor
28-Oct-1944 19-Jun-1986 Le maître d'école
Broderick Crawford
Actor
9-Dec-1911 26-Apr-1986 All the King's Men
Scatman Crothers
Jazz Musician
23-May-1910 22-Nov-1986 Jazz musician and actor
John N. Dalton
Politician
11-Jul-1931 30-Jul-1986 Governor of Virginia, 1978-82
George Dangerfield
Historian
28-Oct-1904 26-Dec-1986 The Strange Death of Liberal England
Edward A. Doisy
Scientist
3-Nov-1893 23-Oct-1986 Chemical structure of Vitamin K
Terry Dolan
Activist
1950 28-Dec-1986 Conservative activist
Robert Drivas
Actor
21-Nov-1938 29-Jun-1986 Bad Habits
Leslie Dwyer
Actor
28-Aug-1906 29-Dec-1986 Mr Partridge in Hi-de-Hi!
John Porter East
Politician
5-May-1931 29-Jun-1986 US Senator, committed suicide
James O. Eastland
Politician
28-Nov-1904 19-Feb-1986 US Senator from Mississippi, 1943-78
Perry Ellis
Fashion Designer
3-Mar-1940 30-May-1986 Founder, Perry Ellis International
Leif Erickson
Actor
27-Oct-1911 29-Jan-1986 The High Chaparral
Derek Farr
Actor
7-Feb-1912 22-Mar-1986 The Projected Man
Jim Ferrier
Golf
24-Feb-1915 13-Jun-1986 Winner, 1947 PGA Championship
Cliff Finch
Politician
4-Apr-1927 22-Apr-1986 Governor of Mississippi, 1976-80
Pierre Fournier
Cellist
24-Jun-1906 8-Jan-1986 French cello virtuoso
Paul Frees
Actor
22-Jun-1920 2-Nov-1986 The Man of a Thousand Voices
Martin Gabel
Actor
19-Jun-1912 22-May-1986 The First Deadly Sin
Jean Genet
Novelist
19-Dec-1910 15-Apr-1986 Theatre of the Absurd
Benny Goodman
Jazz Musician
30-May-1909 13-Jun-1986 Bespectacled jazz clarinetist
Cary Grant
Actor
18-Jan-1904 29-Nov-1986 North by Northwest
Hank Greenberg
Baseball
1-Jan-1911 4-Sep-1986 Two-time American League MVP
Virginia Gregg
Actor
6-Mar-1916 15-Sep-1986 Radio actress
Brion Gysin
Artist
19-Jan-1916 13-Jul-1986 Inventor of the Dreamachine
Florence Halop
Actor
23-Jan-1923 15-Jul-1986 Florence Kleiner on Night Court
Murray Hamilton
Actor
24-Mar-1923 1-Sep-1986 Jaws
W. Averell Harriman
Diplomat
15-Nov-1891 26-Jul-1986 Ambassador to USSR, Governor of NY
Sterling Hayden
Actor
26-Mar-1916 23-May-1986 Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove
Bessie Head
Novelist
6-Jul-1937 17-Apr-1986 A Question of Power
Loy W. Henderson
Diplomat
28-Jun-1892 24-Mar-1986 US Ambassador to Iran, 1951-54
Frank Herbert
Author
8-Oct-1920 11-Feb-1986 Dune
Laura Z. Hobson
Novelist
19-Jun-1900 28-Feb-1986 Gentleman's Agreement
L. Ron Hubbard
Religion
13-Mar-1911 24-Jan-1986 Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology
Christopher Isherwood
Author
26-Aug-1904 4-Jan-1986 The Berlin Stories
Storm Jameson
Novelist
8-Jan-1891 1986 The Pot Boils
Howard Jarvis
Activist
22-Sep-1903 11-Aug-1986 Anti-tax crusader
Jacob K. Javits
Politician
18-Mar-1904 7-Mar-1986 US Senator from New York, 1957-81
Thad Jones
Jazz Musician
28-Mar-1923 20-Aug-1986 Jazz cornet/fluglehorn/trumpeter and bandleader
Claude Jutra
Film Director
11-Mar-1930 5-Nov-1986 Mon Oncle Antoine
Nicholas Kaldor
Economist
12-May-1908 30-Sep-1986 An Expenditure Tax
Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich
Mathematician
19-Jan-1912 7-Apr-1986 Linear programming
Bob Kaufman
Poet
18-Apr-1925 12-Jan-1986 Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
Ted Knight
Actor
7-Dec-1923 26-Aug-1986 Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore
Frederick Kohner
Novelist
25-Sep-1905 7-Jul-1986 Gidget
J. Krishnamurti
Religion
12-May-1895 18-Feb-1986 Theosophist guru
Elsa Lanchester
Actor
28-Oct-1902 26-Dec-1986 Bride of Frankenstein
Bobby Layne
Football
19-Dec-1926 1-Dec-1986 NFL Hall of Famer
Alan Jay Lerner
Playwright
31-Aug-1918 14-Jun-1986 An American in Paris
Fritz Lipmann
Scientist
12-Jun-1899 24-Jul-1986 Carbohydrate oxidation
Raymond Loewy
Designer
5-Nov-1893 14-Jul-1986 Father of industrial design
Bessie Love
Actor
10-Sep-1898 26-Apr-1986 The Broadway Melody
Robert A. Lovett
Government
14-Sep-1895 7-May-1986 US Secretary of Defense, 1951-53
Phil Lynott
Singer/Songwriter
20-Aug-1949 4-Jan-1986 Founder of Thin Lizzy
John D. MacDonald
Novelist
24-Jul-1916 28-Dec-1986 Travis McGee mystery novels
Samora Machel
Head of State
29-Sep-1933 19-Oct-1986 President of Mozambique, 1975-86
Helen Mack
Actor
13-Nov-1913 13-Aug-1986 The Son of Kong
Harold Macmillan
Head of State
10-Feb-1894 29-Dec-1986 UK Prime Minister, 1957-63
Gordon MacRae
Actor
12-Mar-1921 24-Jan-1986 Oklahoma
Bernard Malamud
Author
26-Apr-1914 18-Mar-1986 The Fixer
Dumas Malone
Historian
10-Jan-1892 27-Dec-1986 Jefferson and His Time
Richard Manuel
Musician
3-Apr-1943 4-Mar-1986 The Band
Beryl Markham
Aviator
26-Oct-1902 3-Aug-1986 West with the Night
Yasuzo Masumura
Film Director
25-Aug-1924 23-Nov-1986 Blind Beast
H. Freeman Matthews
Diplomat
26-May-1899 19-Oct-1986 Career US Ambassador
Christa McAuliffe
Astronaut
2-Sep-1948 28-Jan-1986 First teacher in space
John P. McConnell
Military
7-Feb-1908 21-Nov-1986 USAF Chief of Staff, 1965-69
Una Merkel
Actor
10-Dec-1903 2-Jan-1986 Summer and Smoke
Ray Milland
Actor
3-Jan-1907 10-Mar-1986 The Lost Weekend
Vincente Minnelli
Film Director
28-Feb-1903 25-Jul-1986 The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Vyacheslav Molotov
Government
9-Mar-1890 8-Nov-1986 Stalin's right-hand-man
Robert B. Monier
Politician
5-Mar-1922 8-Sep-1986 Acting Governor of New Hampshire, 1982
Dan K. Moore
Politician
2-Apr-1906 7-Sep-1986 Governor of North Carolina, 1965-69
Henry Moore
Sculptor
30-Jul-1898 31-Aug-1986 20th c. English humanist sculptor
Robert S. Mulliken
Chemist
7-Jun-1896 31-Oct-1986 Molecular orbital theory
Alva Myrdal
Politician
31-Jan-1902 1-Feb-1986 Swedish diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient
Anna Neagle
Singer
20-Oct-1904 3-Jun-1986 Victoria the Great
Frank Nelson
Actor
6-May-1911 12-Sep-1986 Foil to Jack Benny
Tenzing Norgay
Explorer
15-May-1914 9-May-1986 With Edmund Hilllary on Everest
George M. O'Brien
Politician
17-Jun-1917 18-Jul-1986 Congressman from Illinois, 1973-86
Georgia O'Keeffe
Painter
15-Nov-1887 6-Mar-1986 American abstract and landscape painter
Olof Palme
Head of State
30-Jan-1927 28-Feb-1986 Swedish Prime Minister, assassinated
Lilli Palmer
Actor
24-May-1914 27-Jan-1986 The Four Poster
Jerry Paris
Actor
25-Jul-1925 31-Mar-1986 Jerry Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show
Glubb Pasha
Military
16-Apr-1897 17-Mar-1986 Commander of the Arab Legion, 1939-56
Marlin Perkins
Zoologist
28-Mar-1905 14-Jun-1986 Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
Jacques Plante
Hockey
17-Jan-1929 27-Feb-1986 NHL Hall of Famer
Fritz Pollard
Football
27-Jan-1894 11-May-1986 First black coach in the NFL
Otto Preminger
Film Director
5-Dec-1906 23-Apr-1986 Anatomy of a Murder
James Rainwater
Physicist
9-Dec-1917 31-May-1986 Determined shapes of nuclei
Donna Reed
Actor
27-Jan-1921 14-Jan-1986 The Donna Reed Show
Judith Resnik
Astronaut
5-Apr-1949 28-Jan-1986 Challenger astronaut
Hyman Rickover
Military
27-Jan-1900 8-Jul-1986 Built the nuclear navy
Dora Russell
Activist
3-Apr-1894 31-May-1986 Feminist, birth control and peace activist
Harold Schuster
Film Director
1-Aug-1902 19-Jul-1986 My Friend Flicka
Barry Seal
Criminal
19-Jul-1939 19-Feb-1986 DEA informant, CIA contract pilot
Jaroslav Seifert
Poet
23-Sep-1901 10-Jan-1986 The Nightingale Sings Out of Tune
Nikolay Semyonov
Chemist
15-Apr-1896 25-Sep-1986 Combustion, explosions, and chemical kinetics
Howard Da Silva
Actor
4-May-1909 16-Feb-1986 Bartender in The Lost Weekend
Wallis Simpson
Royalty
19-Jun-1896 24-Apr-1986 Duchess of Windsor
Kate Smith
Singer
1-May-1907 17-Jun-1986 God Bless America
Charles Starrett
Actor
28-Mar-1903 22-Mar-1986 The Durango Kid
Robert Stevenson
Film Director
31-Mar-1905 4-Nov-1986 The Love Bug
Paul Stewart
Actor
13-Mar-1908 17-Feb-1986 Citizen Kane
Nigel Stock
Actor
21-Sep-1919 22-Jun-1986 Dr. Watson in BBC's Sherlock Holmes
Walter Stoessel
Diplomat
24-Jan-1920 9-Dec-1986 Ambassador to the USSR, Germany, Poland
Chiune Sugihara
Diplomat
1-Jan-1900 31-Jul-1986 Helped Jews escape Lithuania
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Scientist
16-Sep-1893 22-Oct-1986 Vitamins C and B2
Andrei Tarkovsky
Film Director
4-Apr-1932 28-Dec-1986 Solaris
Helen B. Taussig
Doctor
24-May-1898 20-May-1986 Mother of pediatric cardiology
James R. Trueman
Business
25-May-1935 11-Jun-1986 Founder of Red Roof Inns
Forrest Tucker
Actor
12-Feb-1919 25-Oct-1986 Sgt. O'Rourke on F Troop
Lurene Tuttle
Actor
20-Aug-1907 28-May-1986 First Lady of Radio
Al Ullman
Politician
9-Mar-1914 11-Oct-1986 Congressman from Oregon, 1957-81
Rudy Vallee
Actor
28-Jul-1901 3-Jul-1986 Singer, actor, bandleader
James E. Van Zandt
Politician
18-Dec-1898 6-Jan-1986 Congressman from Pennsylvania
Bill Veeck
Baseball
9-Feb-1914 2-Jan-1986 Chicago White Sox owner
Herb Vigran
Actor
5-Jun-1910 29-Nov-1986 Television character actor
Joseph Vlasic
Business
1904 10-Jul-1986 Pickle baron
Wallace Wade
Football
15-Jun-1892 7-Oct-1986 Alabama and Duke Head Coach
Hal B. Wallis
Film/TV Producer
14-Sep-1899 5-Oct-1986 Casablanca
Theodore H. White
Historian
6-May-1915 15-May-1986 The Making of the President
Leona Woods
Physicist
9-Aug-1919 10-Nov-1986 Physicist at University of Chicago
Keenan Wynn
Actor
27-Jul-1916 14-Oct-1986 Col. Bat Guano in Dr. Strangelove


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