1986: The Year in People

Millennials · Year of the Tiger 🐅 · Born in 1986 turn 40 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.86

Median home

$66,600

Minimum wage

$3.35/hr

Movie ticket

$3.71

US population

4.96B

US president

Ronald Reagan

Top song

"That's What Friends Are For" — Dionne & Friends

Top film

Top Gun

Top TV show

The Cosby Show

Best Picture

Platoon

In the news: Challenger disaster; Chernobyl nuclear meltdown

What happened in 1986

1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1986th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 986th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1980s decade.

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Born in 1986

754 people in our data · most viewed first

Edin Džeko

b. 1986 · March 17

Bosnian footballer

Alexandra Daddario

b. 1986 · March 16

American actress

Deepika Padukone

b. 1986 · January 5

Indian actress

Amanda Bynes

b. 1986 · April 3

American actress

Ana Kasparian

b. 1986 · July 7

American political commentator

Amber Heard

b. 1986 · April 22

American actress

Lindsay Lohan

b. 1986 · July 2

American actress and singer

Brittany Snow

b. 1986 · March 9

American actress

James Milner

b. 1986 · January 4

English footballer

Jameela Jamil

b. 1986 · February 25

British actress

Aldis Hodge

b. 1986 · September 20

American actor

Ashley Olsen

b. 1986 · June 13

American businesswoman, fashion designer and actress

Charlotte Flair

b. 1986 · April 5

American professional wrestler

Alfie Allen

b. 1986 · September 12

English actor

Candace Parker

b. 1986 · April 19

American basketball player

Annie Murphy

b. 1986 · December 19

Canadian actress

Anderson .Paak

b. 1986 · February 8

American singer

Aaron Swartz

1986–2013 · November 8

American computer programmer and activist

Dianna Agron

b. 1986 · April 30

American actress and singer

Pom Klementieff

b. 1986 · May 3

French actress

Andrew McCutchen

b. 1986 · October 10

American baseball player

Lily Gladstone

b. 1986 · August 2

American actress

Alex Turner

b. 1986 · January 6

British rock musician

Bree Olson

b. 1986 · October 7

American former pornographic actress

Died in 1986

Christa McAuliffe1948–1986 · American teacher and astronaut
Cary Grant1904–1986 · British-American actor
Desi Arnaz1917–1986 · Cuban-American musician, actor, producer and television studio head
Judith Resnik1949–1986 · American engineer and astronaut
Ellison Onizuka1946–1986 · American astronaut and engineer
Dick Scobee1939–1986 · American astronaut
Andrei Tarkovsky1932–1986 · Soviet filmmaker
Cliff Burton1962–1986 · American bassist
Aleksandr Akimov1953–1986 · Soviet engineer
Jagjivan Ram1908–1986 · Indian independence activist and politician
Donna Reed1921–1986 · American actress
Broderick Crawford1911–1986 · American actor