Authors born in 1886
- Al Jolson Singer, 1886
- Aleck Bourne Gynaecologist, 1886
- Amedee Ozenfant Painter, 1886
- Apsley Cherry-Garrard Explorer, 1886
- Archibald Hill Physiologist, 1886
- Aron Nimzowitsch Chess Player, 1886
- Arthur Baer Journalist, 1886
- Arthur W. Pink Teacher, 1886
- Arthur Whitten Brown Navigator, 1886
- Austin Osman Spare Painter, 1886
- Bela Kun Politician, 1886
- Ben Hur Lampman Poet, 1886
- Bernard Iddings Bell Author, 1886
- Bruce Barton Author, 1886
- Charles E. Wilson Chief Executive Officer, 1886
- Charles Williams Poet, 1886
- Constance Spry Teacher, 1886
- David A. Embury Attorney At Law, 1886
- David Ben-Gurion Minister, 1886
- Diego Rivera Painter, 1886
- Douglas Southall Freeman Historian, 1886
- Ed Wynn Character Actor, 1886
- Edward Bach Writer, 1886
- Edward J. Flanagan Priest, 1886
- Edward James Salisbury Botanist, 1886
- Edward Weston 1886
- Edwin Boring Psychologist, 1886
- Emmet Fox Author, 1886
- Ernst Thalmann Politician, 1886
- Evalyn Walsh McLean Celebrity, 1886
- Everette Lee DeGolyer Philanthropist, 1886
- F. E. Adcock Historian, 1886
- Francis Biddle Lawyer, 1886
- Geoffrey Hodson Philosopher, 1886
- George Leigh Mallory Mountaineer, 1886
- Georges Vantongerloo Painter, 1886
- Hal Price Actor, 1886
- Hans Arp Sculptor, 1886
- Harold Nicolson Author, 1886
- Hattie Carnegie Entrepreneur, 1886