October Birthdays

Since it's October, time to say Happy Birthday

K.K. Downing

-Birth name: Kenneth Keith Downing

-DOB: 10/27/1951

-Where: West Bromwich, United Kingdom

-He grew up poor and had to suffer, along with his siblings, with their dad's gambling addiction

Lance Stroll

-Birth name: Lance Strulovitch

-DOB: 10/29/1988

-Where: Montreal, Canada

-Previously drove for Williams Racing Team

Hugh Jackman

-Birth name: Hugh Michael Jackman

-DOB: 10/12/1968

-Where: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

-Russell Crowe was originally supposed to play the character Wolverine in the 2000 film X-Men, but he turned it down. He personally recommended his good friend, Hugh Jackman, for the role to director Bryan Singer

Kevin Magnussen

-Birth name: Kevin Jan Magnussen

-DOB: 10/5/1992

-Where: Roskilde, Denmark

-His father, Jan Magnussen, is a four time Le Mans winner and former Formula 1 driver

Sting (singer)

-Birth name: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

-DOB: 10/2/1951

-Where: Wallsend, United Kingdom

-He was part of a group called the Phoenix Jazzmen when he earned his nickname "Sting", from wearing a black and yellow striped sweater, which gave him the look of a hornet

Kate Winslet

-Birth name: Kate Elizabeth Winslet

-DOB: 10/5/1975

-Where: Reading, Berkshire, England

-Her children are incredibly close to Leonardo DiCaprio

Brian Johnson

-DOB: 10/5/1947

-Where: Dunston, United Kingdom

-He started wearing his iconic hat after his brother lent him a hat of the same variety to keep his hair out of his face and also pay tribute to the working class heritage of the area Brian comes from

Chris Slade

-DOB: 10/30/1946

-Where: Pontypridd, United Kingdom

-His first album with AC/DC was 1990's The Razor's Edge

Mikkey Dee

-Birth name: Micael Kiriakos Delaglou

-DOB: 10/31/1963

-Where: Gothenburg, Sweden

-Says he had blisters on his hands after the aggressive playing style needed for Motorhead

"Fast" Eddie Clarke

-Birth name: Edward Allan Clarke

-DOB: 10/5/1950

-Where: Twickenham, United Kingdom

-DOD: 1/10/2018

-Where: London, United Kingdom

-He formed a band called Fastway with Pete Way of UFO

Glenn Tipton

-Birth name: Glenn Raymond Tipton

-DOB: 10/25/1947

-Where: Blackheath, United Kingdom

-Had to medically retire from Judas Priest in 2015 due to his diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease

Ken Watanabe

-Birth name: Kensaku Watanabe

-DOB: 10/21/1959

-Where: Uonuma, Japan

-His Hollywood breakthrough came in the form of The Last Samurai with Tom Cruise

Charles LeClerc

-Birth name: Charles Marc Herve Perceval Leclerc

-DOB: 10/16/1997

-Where: Monte Carlo, Monaco

-Like most future F1 drivers, he started out go karting