List of Famous people who died in 2010

Peter Anton Orlovsky was an American poet and actor. He was the long-time partner of Allen Ginsberg.

Franco Ballerini was an Italian road racing cyclist.

Khaled Mohamed Saeed was an Egyptian man whose death in police custody in the Sidi Gaber area of Alexandria on 6 June 2010 helped incite the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Photos of his disfigured corpse spread throughout online communities and incited outrage over allegations that he was beaten to death by Egyptian security forces. A prominent Facebook group, "We are all Khaled Said", moderated by Wael Ghonim, brought attention to his death and contributed to growing discontent in the weeks leading up to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. In October 2011, two Egyptian police officers were found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years in prison for beating Saeed to death. They were granted a retrial and sentenced to ten years in prison on 3 March 2014.

Henricus Antonius Franciscus Maria Oliva "Hans" van Mierlo was a Dutch politician and co-founder of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and journalist.

Marlene Neubauer-Woerner, born Marlene Woerner, was a German sculptor. She was born in Landshut, Germany.

Nicolas George Hayek, was a Swiss businessman of Lebanese descent, co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of The Swatch Group, with principal headquarters in Biel/Bienne.

Heinz Schimmelpfennig was a German actor and director.

Patrick Pollen was a British stained-glass artist who spent most of his life working in Ireland.

Georg Heuberger was founding director of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt and representative of the Claims Conference.

William Soeryadjaya, a.k.a. Tjia Kian Liong, also known as Oom (Uncle) Willem, born in Majalengka, was a Chinese Indonesian businessman who co-founded Astra International, Indonesia's largest conglomerate.