July Birthdays

Since it's July, it's time to say Happy Birthday!

Triple H

-Birth name: Paul Michael Levesque

-DOB: 07/27/1969

-Where: Nashua, New Hampshire

-He shaved his head in 2012 to have a more professional look while working in the office

Kevin Nash

-Birth name: Kevin Scott Nash

-DOB: 7/9/1959

-Where: Detroit, Michigan

-He had his hair cut short for his role as the Russian in the 2004 film The Punisher. During the scene where he and Thomas Jane are fighting, Jane accidentally stabbed him with a knife and Nash didn't know he was really bleeding until someone told him

Bret Hart

-Birth name: Bret Sergeant Hart

-DOB: 7/2/1957

-Where: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

-To this day, he is still deeply affected by the death of his brother Owen Hart

Mick Jagger

-Birth name: Michael  Phillip Jagger

-DOB: 7/26/1943

-Where: Dartford, Kent, England

-Is half Australian from his mother's side and half English from his father's side

Sylvester Stallone

-Birth name: Sylvester Enzio Stallone

-DOB: 7/6/1946

-Where: New York City, New York

-When he was 15, his classmates voted him "most likely to end up in the electric chair"

Lauren Harris

-DOB: 7/6/1984

-Where: Essex, England

-The oldest child to current Iron Maiden bassist/founding member/primary songwriter Steve Harris

Geezer Butler

-Birth name: Terence Michael Butler

-DOB: 7/17/1949

-Where: Birmingham, England

-He earned the nickname "Geezer", which is British slang for "guy", "dude", because he had a habit of calling everyone a "geezer"

Ringo Starr

-Birth name: Richard Starkey

-DOB: 7/7/1940

-Where: Liverpool, England

-He wrote the song "Octopus's Garden" after conversing with a chef about octopi on vacation

Ronnie James Dio

-Birth name: Ronald James Padavona

-DOB: 7/10/1942

-Where: Portsmouth, New Hampshire

-DOD: 5/16/2010

-Where: Los Angeles, California (stomach cancer)

-Prior to music, Dio attended the University of Buffalo in New York in 1960-1961. He was studying to become a pharmacist

Eric Carr

-Birth name: Paul Charles Caravello

-DOB: 7/12/1950

-Where: Brooklyn, New York

-DOD: 11/24/1991

-Where: New York City, New York (cancer)

-The Kiss album Revenge is dedicated to him

Daniel Radcliffe

-Birth name: Daniel Jacob Radcliffe

-DOB: 7/23/1998

-Where: Fulham, London, England

-Out of all the Harry Potter books, he says his favorite is the third book, Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkban

Helen Mirren

-Birth name: Helen Lydia Mironoff

-DOB: 7/26/1945

-Where: Hammersmith, London, England

-She has a tattoo of a star on her left hand, which she had gotten at an American Indian reservation in Minnesota

Brian May

-Birth name: Brian Harold May

-DOB: 7/19/1947

-Where: Hampton, Middlesex, England

-His trademark "Red Special" guitar was assembled from various pieces of junk, including motorcycle valve springs, a knitting needle, mother-of-pearl buttons, a discarded fireplace mantle.

Roger Taylor

-Birth name: Roger Meddows Taylor

-DOB: 7/26/1949

-Where: Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England

-He's multi-talented. He can not only play drums, but he can play bass, guitar, keyboards

Ian Anthony Dale

-DOB: 7/3/1978

-Where: St. Paul, Minnesota

-He's of Japanese, French and English descent