October Birthdays

Since it's October, time to say Happy Birthday

KK Downing

-Birth name: Kenneth Keith Downing

-DOB: 10/27/1951

-Where: West Bromwich, England

-Is one of the founding members of Judas Priest

Hugh Jackman

-Birth name: Hugh Michael Jackman

-DOB: 10/12/19668

-Where: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

-He has a degree in communications with major in journalism from the University of Technology Sydney

Sting

-Birth name: Gordon Thomas Matthew Sumner

-DOB: 10/2/1951

-Where: Wallsend, Newcastle, England

-Earned his nickname "Sting" from his habit of wearing a black and yellow striped sweater during his early days in music

Kate Winslet

-Birth name: Kate Elizabeth Winslet

-DOB: 10/5/1975

-Where: Reading, England

-She turned down the roles played by Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love and Jodie Foster in Anna and The King

Brian Johnson

-Birth name: Brian Francis Johnson

-DOB: 10/5/1947

-Where: Dunston, United Kingdom

-He wears his unique hat because from the part of England he's from, everyone wore a hat, so it was a nod of respect to the locals

Chris Slade

-DOB: 10/30/1946

-Where: Pontypridd, United Kingdom

-His first album with AC/DC was The Razor's Edge

Mikkey Dee

-Birth name: Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou

-DOB: 10/31/1963

-Where: Gothenburg, Sweden

-He claims he had blisters on his hands from playing the manic, breakneck style of music Motorhead was known for

"Fast" Eddie Clarke

-Birth name: Edward Allan Clarke

-DOB: 10/5/1950

-Where: Twickenham, United Kingdom

-DOD: 1/10/2018

-Where: London, England

-He formed a band called Fastway with UFO bassist Pete Way after leaving Motorhead

Glenn Tipton

-Birth name: Glenn Raymond Tipton

-DOB: 10/25/1947

-Where: Blackheath, United Kingdom

-The song "No Surrender" from Judas Priest's Firepower album is about Tipton's fight with Parkinson's Disease

Ken Watanabe

-DOB: 10/21/1959

-Where: Uonuma, Japan

-His big break into Hollywood came when he starred in the film The Last Samurai with Tom Cruise