August Birthdays

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

Valtteri Bottas

-Birth name: Valtteri Viktor Bottas

-DOB: 8/28/1989

-Where: Nastola, Finland

-He drove for the Mercedes team from 2017-2021 and the Williams racing team from 2013-2016

Bruce Dickinson

-Birth name: Paul Bruce Dickinson

-DOB: 8/7/1958

-Where: Nottinghamshire, Englnad

-He is known for his highly operatic singing style and high energy performance on stage

Joe Elliott

-Birth name: Joseph Thomas Elliott

-DOB: 8/1/1959

-Where: Sheffield, England

-As a child, he would make up names for imaginary rock bands and Deaf Leopard was one of them. Later on, the spelling was changed to Def Leppard and the name stuck

Rob Halford

-Birth name: Robert John Arthur Halford

-DOB: 8/25/1951

-Where: Sutton Coldfield, England

-He realized he was gay when he was ten years old

Glenn Hughes

-DOB: 8/21/1951

-Where: Cannock, United Kingdom

-He's known more for his operatic vocals than his unique style of playing bass

James Jagger

-DOB: 8/28/1985

-Where: New York City, New York

-In an interview with the New York Times, he said he was classmates with Robert Pattinson, with whom he shared a drama class

Antonio Banderas

-Birth name: Jose Antonio Dominguez Banderas

-DOB: 8/10/1960

-Where: Malaga, Spain

-He's provided the voice for Spanish sword fighting cat Puss in Boots ever since his first appearance in Shrek 2

Viola Davis

-DOB: 8/11/1965

-Where: St. Matthews, South Carolina

-She was the first black actress to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the TV show How to Get Away with Murder

John Deacon

-Birth name: John Richard Deacon

-DOB: 8/19/1951

-Where: Leicester, United Kingdom

-After Freddie Mercury died, John Deacon quit Queen because of his close friendship to the singer

Sean Connery

-Birth name: Thomas Sean Connery

-DOB: 8/25/1930

-Where: Edinburgh, Scotland

-DOD: 10/31/2020

-Where: Nassau, Bahamas

-Prior to becoming an actor, he held a variety of odd jobs, such as coffin polisher, milkman, truck driver, artist's model for the Edinburgh College of Art

Shawn Michaels

-Birth name: Michael Shawn Hickenbottom

-DOB: 7/22/1965

-Where: Chandler, Arizona

-Took his wrestling name from rearranging his real name to Shawn Michaels