December Birthdays

Since it's December, time to say Happy Birthday

Dave Murray

-Birth name: David Michael Murray

-DOB: 12/23/1956

-Where: London, England

-Has two sisters named Pauline and Janet

Stevie Young

-Birth name: Stephen Crawford Young Jr

-DOB: 12/11/1956

-Where: Glasgow, Scotland

-He joined AC/DC in 2014

Rick Savage

-Birth name: Richard Savage

-DOB: 12/2/1960

-Where: Sheffield, England

-He contracted Bell's Palsy in 1994. As of today, he is now regaining feeling in part of his face

Richard Hammond

-Birth name: Richard Mark Hammond

-DOB: 12/19/1969

-Where: Birmingham, England

-He's often the source of jokes with Jeremy Clarkson and James May because of his enthusiasm for American muscle cars

Cliff Williams

-Birth name: Clifford Williams

-DOB: 12/14/1949

-Where: Romford, United Kingdom

-Has played bass guitar for AC/DC from 1978 to 2016. Came back in 2020 and has been with them ever since

Maggie Smith

-Birth name: Margaret Natalie Smith

-DOB: 12/28/1934

-Where: Ilford, Essex, England

-DOD: 9/27/2024

-Where: Chelsea, London, England

-When she started acting, she discovered there was already another Margaret Smith, so she shortened her name to Maggie Smith

Phil Collen

-Birth name: Phillip Kenneth Collen

-DOB: 12/8/1957

-Where: London, England

-Suffered from severe alcoholism at one point

Denzel Washington

-Birth name: Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.

-DOB: 12/28/1954

-Where: Mount Vernon, New York

-To prepare for his role as an attorney in the 1993 film Philadelphia, he met two attorneys who were about to become famous in their way: Johnnie Cochran Jr. and Carl Douglas

Lemmy Kilmister

-Birth name: Ian Fraser Kilmister

-DOB: 12/24/1945

-Where: Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England

-DOD: 12/28/2015

-Where: Los Angeles, California

-He worked as a roadie for Jimi Hendrix

Lucy Liu

-Birth name: Lucy Alexis Liu

-DOB: 12/2/1968

-Where: Jackson Heights, New York

-Her mother, Cecilia, was a biochemist from Beijing, China and her father Tom, was a civil engineer from Shanghai, China

Keith Richards

-DOB: 12/18/1943

-Where: Dartford, Kent, England

-Johnny Depp said he based his most iconic character, Captain Jack Sparrow, strongly on Keith Richards. From his mannerisms to his voice, personality and even parts of his appearance. Keith appeared in the third installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, At World's End. He would play Captain Teague