1986 (people)


 * 1 January - Actor Colin Morgan was born.
 * 2 February - Actor Donald Eccles died.
 * 16 February - Narrator Howard Da Silva died.
 * 27 April - Actor Jenna-Louise Coleman was born.
 * 14 May - Actor William Lindsay died.
 * 24 May - Writer Robert Holmes died.
 * 31 May - Actor Sylvia Coleridge died.
 * 11 June - Actor Reed De Rouen died.
 * 23 June - Actor Nigel Stock died.
 * 23 June - Actor Willis Chung was born.
 * 15 September - Actor Christian Cooke was born.
 * 20 September - Script editor Dennis Spooner died.
 * 28 September - Actor Denis Carey died.
 * 8 October - Actor Michael Obiora was born.
 * 28 October - Actor and writer Ian Marter died.
 * 14 December - Actor Dermot Tuohy died.
 * 26 December - Actor Leslie Dwyer died.