2010: The Year in People

Generation Z · Year of the Tiger 🐅 · Born in 2010 turn 16 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$2.79

Median home

$147,800

Minimum wage

$7.25/hr

Movie ticket

$7.89

US population

6.96B

US president

Barack Obama

Top song

"Tik Tok" — Kesha

Top film

Toy Story 3

Top TV show

American Idol

Best Picture

The King's Speech

In the news: Deepwater Horizon oil spill; iPad launched

What happened in 2010

2010 (MMX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2010th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 10th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2010s decade.

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Born in 2010

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Tanitoluwa Adewumi

b. 2010 · September 3

American chess player

Died in 2010

Alexander McQueen1969–2010 · British fashion designer
J. D. Salinger1919–2010 · American author
Blake Edwards1922–2010 · American filmmaker
Dixie Carter1939–2010 · American actress
Captain Beefheart1941–2010 · American musician
Barbara Billingsley1915–2010 · American actress
Gloria Stuart1910–2010 · American actress and painter
Corin Redgrave1939–2010 · English actor
George Steinbrenner1930–2010 · American businessman
Alex Chilton1950–2010 · American musician
Alexander Haig1924–2010 · American politician
Luna Vachon1962–2010 · American-Canadian professional wrestler