August Birthdays

Since it's August, it's time to say Happy Birthday

Bruce Dickinson

-Birth name: Paul Bruce Dickinson

-DOB: 8/7/1958

-Where: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England

-What introduced him to music was hearing "Child in Time" by Deep Purple blasting out of a student's dorm room while he was at boarding school

Joe Elliott

-Birth name: Joseph Thomas Elliott

-DOB: 8/1/1959

-Where: Sheffield, England

-He's one of the original members of Def Leppard since it's creation in 1977

Rob Halford

-Birth name: Robert John Arthur Halford

-DOB: 5/25/1951

-Where: Sutton Coldfield, England

-He knew that he would end up being a gay man, even at the age of 10

Glenn Hughes

-DOB: 8/21/1951

-Where: Cannock, England

-Prior to joining Deep Purple on bass and backing vocals, he was the bassist of the three piece funk band Trapeze

Robert Plant

-Birth name: Robert Anthony Plant

-DOB: 8/20/1948

-Where: West Bromwich, England

-He told his then wife Maureen that if he was not able to break into music by the time he reached his twenties, he would officially get a proper job

James Jagger

-DOB: 8/28/1985

-Where: New York City, New York

-He shared a drama class with Robert Pattinson in high school

Antonio Banderas

-Birth name: Jose Antonio Dominguez Banderas

-DOB: 8/10/1960

-Where: Malaga, Andalucia, Spain

-His debut into American movies came in 1992 with The Mambo Kings. He didn't speak English at the time and had to learn English phonetically

Viola Davis

-DOB: 8/11/1965

-Where: St. Matthews, South Carolina

-She is the first black woman in history to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the television series How to Get Away with Murder

Vivian Campbell

-Birth name: Vivian Patrick Campbell

-DOB: 8/25/1962

-Where: Belfast, Ireland

-His official debut in the band was at the Freddie Mercury AIDS-awareness concert at Wembley Stadium in 1992. In fact, his first album with the band was 1992's Adrenalize

John Deacon

-Birth name: John Richard Deacon

-DOB: 8/19/1951

-Where: Leicester, England

-He retired from the band after vocalist Freddie Mercury's death

Sean Connery

-Birth name: Thomas Sean Connery

-DOB: 8/25/1930

-Where: Edinburgh, Scotland

-DOD: 10/31/2020

-Where: Nassau, Bahamas

-He was a good friend of actors Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Michael Caine