Authors born in 1886
- Home Run Baker Baseball Player, 1886
- Hugh Lofting Author, 1886
- Hugo Black Politician, 1886
- Isabel Paterson Journalist, 1886
- Jean Arp Sculptor, 1886
- Joyce Kilmer Writer, 1886
- Karl Barth Theologian, 1886
- Karl Polanyi Economic Historian, 1886
- Karl von Frisch Beekeeper, 1886
- Kay Bojesen Designer, 1886
- L. Wolfe Gilbert Composer, 1886
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Architect, 1886
- Ma Rainey Singer, 1886
- Marc Bloch Historian, 1886
- Margaret Anderson Founder, 1886
- Michael Curtiz Film Director, 1886
- Norman W. Walker Businessman, 1886
- Olaf Stapledon Philosopher, 1886
- Oskar Kokoschka Painter, 1886
- Paul Dudley White Physician, 1886
- Paul Tillich Theologian, 1886
- Randolph Bourne Writer, 1886
- Rex Stout Writer, 1886
- Sessue Hayakawa Actor, 1886
- Siegfried Sassoon Poet, 1886
- Ty Cobb Baseball Player, 1886
- Van Wyck Brooks Literary Critic, 1886
- William Rose Benet Poet, 1886
- Zoe Akins Playwright, 1886