Jon Speelman

Chess player, mathematician, writer.

Born October 2nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in London.

Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

British poet (1878–1962).

Born October 2nd, 1878 in Hexham.

Died May 26th, 1962 at 83 years old in Virginia Water.

Liang En-shuo

Taiwanese female tennis player.

Born October 2nd, 2000 (age 25 years) in Kaohsiung. ^[ref]

Trine Skei Grande

Norwegian politician.

Born October 2nd, 1969 (age 56 years) in Overhalla Municipality. ^[ref]

Ali Mohammed Ghedi

Somalian politician.

Born October 2nd, 1952 (age 73 years) in Mogadishu.

Andreas Helgstrand

Danish equestrian.

Born October 2nd, 1977 (age 48 years) in Copenhagen.

Viatcheslav Mukhanov

German cosmologist and theoretical physicist.

Born October 2nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Kanash.

Siegfried Hecker

Nuclear scientist.

Born October 2nd, 1943 (age 82 years) in Tomaszew, Masovian Voivodeship.

Philip Wilson

Australian roman catholic archbishop (1950–2021).

Born October 2nd, 1950 in Cessnock. ^[ref]

Died January 17th, 2021 at 70 years old ^[ref]

Tohir Yo‘ldosh

Uzbekistani islamist (1967–2009).

Born October 2nd, 1967 in Namangan.

Died August 27th, 2009 at 41 years old in Pakistan (drone attack).