1986 (people)

* 1 January - Actor Colin Morgan was born.People Pill
* 5 January - Continuity supervisor Pamela Davies died.Doctor Who Guide
* 6 January - Actor Elizabeth Tan was born.Idol Birthdays
* 9 January - Actor Simon Lipkin was born.Famous Birthdays
* 11 January - Actor Kamara Bacchus was born.Doctor Who Guide
* 12 January - Actor Dominique Moore was born.People Pill
* 26 January - Actor Alix Wilton Regan was born.People Pill
* 2 February - Actor Donald Eccles died.Doctor Who Guide
* 16 February - Narrator Howard Da Silva died. New York Times, 18th February 1986
* 6 March - Actor Kyle Redmond-Jones was born.People Pill
* 12 March - Musician Danny Jones was born.Famous Birthdays
* 6 April - Actor David Avery was born.People Pill
* 13 April - Make-up artist Elizabeth Blattner died.Toby Hadoke’s Time Travels
* 27 April - Actor Jenna Coleman was born.DWDVDF 135REF: Who-ology: The Official Miscellany
* 14 May - Actor William Lindsay died.Doctor Who Guide
* 17 May - Actor Erin Richards was born.Famous Birthdays
* 21 May - Actor David Ajala was born.Aveleyman
* 24 May - Writer Robert Holmes died.Doctor Who Guide
* 25 May - Actor Lauren Crace was born.People Pill
* 31 May - Actor Sylvia Coleridge died.Find a Grave
* June - Script editor Sheena Bucktowonsing was born.
* 11 June - Actor Reed De Rouen died.Aveleyman
* 23 June - Actor Nigel Stock died.Aveleyman
* 23 June - Actor Colin Ryan was born.Doctor Who Guide
* 23 June - Actor Willis Chung was born.Doctor Who Guide
* 24 June - Actor Amber Revah was born.People Pill
* 5 July - Actor Clifford Cox died."Deaths", Reading Evening Post, 15 July 1986 (pg.3)
* 19 August - Actor Sara Lloyd Gregory was born.FilmiFeed
* 15 September - Actor Christian Cooke was born.
* 20 September - Script Editor Dennis Spooner died.Find a Grave
* 28 September - Actor Denis Carey died.Aveleyman
* 8 October - Actor Michael Obiora was born.Doctor Who Guide
* 10 October - Actor Lucy Griffiths was born.People Pill
* 11 October - Director John Crockett died.Doctor Who Guide
* 28 October - Actor and Writer Ian Marter died.Aveleyman
* 10 December - Actor Jack Shalloo was born.People Pill
* 11 December - Sound recordist Maurice Askew died.BFI
* 14 December - Actor Dermot Tuohy died.Doctor Who Guide
* 21 December - Actor Eve Mauro was born.Famous Birthdays
* 26 December - Actor Leslie Dwyer died.The Ultimate Directory of the Silent Screen Performers - Page 157
* 30 December - Actor Faye Marsay was born.Doctor Who Guide