List of Famous people who died in 2010

Witold Skaruch was a Polish character actor and director. He appeared in films, television shows and miniseries from 1953 until 2009.

Tony Robert Judt was a British-American historian, essayist and university professor who specialized in European history. Judt moved to New York and served as the Erich Maria Remarque Professor in European Studies at New York University and director of NYU's Erich Maria Remarque Institute. He was a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books. In 1996 Judt was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2007 a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.

Walter Womacka was a German Socialist Realist artist. His work was pioneering early German Democratic Republic (GDR) aesthetics.

David John Howard Thompson QC was the Prime Minister of Barbados from 15 January 2008 until his death from pancreatic cancer on 23 October 2010.

Malcolm Alexander Allison was an English football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Mal", he was one of English football's most flamboyant and intriguing characters because of his panache, fedora and cigar, controversies off the pitch and outspoken nature.