List of Famous people who died in 2010

Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was an Iraqi politician and military commander under Saddam Hussein who served as Defence Minister, Interior Minister, and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service. He was also the governor of Kuwait during much of the 1990-91 Gulf War.

Nathalie Nattier (1925–2010) was a French film actress.

Ilse Thiele was an East German politician. She was a member of the powerful Central Committee of the country's ruling SED (party) between 1954 and 1989. She served as the Chair of the national Democratic Women's League from 1953 till 1989.

Henrique Walter Pinotti was a Brazilian physician and gastric surgeon, and a full professor of surgery at the University of São Paulo's Medical School. He was the author of the book Accesso ao Esôfago Torácico por Transecção Mediana do Diafragma (1999). Pinotti became notable in 1985 by operating on the elected president Tancredo Neves.

Roger Gicquel was born on 22 February 1933 in Thiers-sur-Thève in the Oise department, and died on 6 March 2010 in Plouër-sur-Rance in the Côtes-d'Armor was a French journalist. He presented the 20 hour Journal on the TV channel TF1 from 1975 to 1981.

Wolfgang Wagner was a German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's death in 1966. From then on, he assumed total control until he retired in 2008, although many of the productions which he commissioned were severely criticized in their day. He had been plagued by family conflicts and criticism for many years. He was the son of Siegfried Wagner, who was the son of Richard Wagner, and the great-grandson of Franz Liszt.

Yamaguchi Hisashi was a sumo wrestler from Nakatsu Ōita, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 1971 and reached the top division in May 1978. Upon his promotion he changed his shikona from his real name to Taniarashi Hisashi. His highest rank was maegashira 4. He retired in November 1982.

Arthur Hiller Penn was an American director and producer of film, television and theater. Closely associated with the American New Wave, Penn directed critically acclaimed films throughout the 1960s such as the drama The Chase (1966), the biographical crime film Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and the comedy Alice's Restaurant (1969). He also got attention for his revisionist Western Little Big Man (1970).

Pierre Maguelon was a French actor.

Ingrid Pitt was a Polish-British actress, author and writer best known for her work in horror films of the 1960s and 1970s.