In the year 2010
1,040 Notable deaths
Jacqueline de Romilly
French philologist, classical scholar (1913–2010).
Born March 26th, 1913 in Chartres.
Died December 18th, 2010 at 97 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Jack Levine
American artist (1915-2010).
Born January 3rd, 1915 in Boston.
Died November 8th, 2010 at 95 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Valentina Tolkunova
Russian singer (1946-2010).
Born July 12th, 1946 in Armavir.
Died March 22nd, 2010 at 63 years old in Moscow (brain cancer). [ref]
David Kimche
Israeli diplomat and spy (1928-2010).
Born February 14th, 1928 in London.
Died March 8th, 2010 at 82 years old in Ramat HaSharon (brain cancer). [ref]
Sotigui Kouyaté
Burkinabé actor and football player (1936–2010).
Born July 19th, 1936 in Bamako.
Died April 17th, 2010 at 73 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (lung disease). [ref]
Carl Adam Petri
German mathematician (1926-2010).
Born July 12th, 1926 in Leipzig.
Died July 2nd, 2010 at 83 years old in Siegburg. [ref]
Ferdinand Oyono
Cameroonian diplomat (1929-2010).
Born September 14th, 1929 in Ngoulemakong.
Died June 10th, 2010 at 80 years old in Yaoundé. [ref]
Thomas Molnar
Hungarian academic (1921-2010).
Born June 26th, 1921 in Budapest.
Died July 20th, 2010 at 89 years old in Richmond. [ref]
Tzannis Tzannetakis
Prime minister of greece (1927-2010).
Born September 13th, 1927 in Gytheio.
Died April 1st, 2010 at 82 years old in Athens. [ref]
Art Van Damme
American musician (1920–2010).
Born April 9th, 1920 in Norway.
Died February 15th, 2010 at 89 years old in Roseville (pneumonia). [ref]
Andor Lilienthal
Hungarian chess player (1911–2010).
Died May 8th, 2010 at 99 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Raimund Abraham
Architect (1933-2010).
Born July 23rd, 1933 in Lienz.
Died March 4th, 2010 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (blunt trauma). [ref]
Loris Kessel
Racecar driver (1950-2010).
Born April 1st, 1950 in Lugano.
Died May 15th, 2010 at 60 years old in Montagnola (leukemia). [ref]
Daniel Bensaïd
French philosopher (1946-2010).
Born March 25th, 1946 in Toulouse.
Died January 12th, 2010 at 63 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris (cancer, HIV/AIDS). [ref]
Franco Ballerini
Italian racing cyclist (1964–2010).
Born December 11th, 1964 in Florence.
Died February 7th, 2010 at 45 years old in Pistoia (traffic collision). [ref]
William Donald Borders
Catholic bishop (1913–2010).
Born October 9th, 1913 in Washington.
Died April 19th, 2010 at 96 years old in Baltimore County. [ref]
Elise M. Boulding
American sociologist.
Died June 24th, 2010 at 89 years old in Needham (liver disease). [ref]
Jacek Karpiński
Polish computer scientist (1927–2010).
Born April 9th, 1927 in Turin.
Died February 21st, 2010 at 82 years old in Wrocław. [ref]
Max Jammer
Israeli physicist and philosopher of physics (1915-2010).
Born April 13th, 1915 in Berlin.
Died December 18th, 2010 at 95 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Tomás Eloy Martínez
Argentinian author and journalist (1934–2010).
Born July 16th, 1934 in San Miguel de Tucumán.
Died January 31st, 2010 at 75 years old in Buenos Aires (brain cancer).
Ben Gascoigne
Australian optical astronomer (1915–2010).
Born November 11th, 1915 in Napier.
Died March 25th, 2010 at 94 years old in Canberra. [ref]
Anna Samokhina
Russian actress (1963-2010).
Born January 14th, 1963 in Guryevsk.
Died February 8th, 2010 at 47 years old in Pargolovo (stomach cancer). [ref]
Hermann Scheer
German politician (1944-2010).
Born April 29th, 1944 in Wehrheim.
Died October 14th, 2010 at 66 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Jacques Martin
French comics author (1921-2010).
Born September 25th, 1921 in Strasbourg.
Died January 21st, 2010 at 88 years old in Orbe (pulmonary edema). [ref]
Fernando Riera
Chilean footballer (1920-2010).
Born June 27th, 1920 in Santiago.
Died September 23rd, 2010 at 90 years old in Santiago (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Deaths 551 to 575 of 1040
As soon as you’ll realize it was a gift, you’ll be free. Maxime Lagacé