August Birthdays

Since it's August, time to say Happy Birthday

Valtteri Bottas

-Birth name: Valtteri Viktor Bottas

-DOB: 8/28/1989

-Where: Nastola, Finland

-He drove for Mercedes from 2017-2021

Bruce Dickinson

-Birth name: Paul Bruce Dickinson

-DOB: 8/7/1958

-Where: Worksop, United Kingdom

-He is often known for his outspoken nature

Joe Elliott

-Birth name: Joseph Thomas Elliott

-DOB: 8/1/1959

-Where: Sheffield, England

-He moved to Ireland because it was similar to an English culture

Rob Halford

-Birth name: Robert John Arthur Halford

-DOB: 8/25/1951

-Where: Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom

-He realized that, as early as ten years old, that he was gay

Glenn Hughes

-DOB: 8/21/1951

-Where: Cannock, United Kingdom

-He got sober for good in the 1990s after an EMT threatened bodily harm to him if he didn't be quiet during his ambulance ride to the hospital

James Jagger

-DOB: 8/28/1985

-Where: New York City, New York

-He told the New York Times he shared a drama class in high school with Robert Pattinson

Shawn Michaels

-Birth name: Michael Shawn Hickenbottom

-DOB: 7/22/1965

-Where: Chandler, Arizona

-He developed a lazy eye after an injury in the ring

Sean Connery

-Birth name: Thomas Sean Connery

-DOB: 8/25/1930

-Where: Edinburgh, Scotland

-DOD: 10/31/2020

-Where: Lyford Cay, The Bahamas

-Out of all the actors who played James Bond, he is the only one who, like James Bond, actually served in the Royal Navy

Mark Webber

-Birth name: Mark Alan Webber

-DOB: 8/27/1976

-Where: Queanbeyan, Australia

-He drove in Formula 1 from 2002-2013

Raoul Bova

-DOB: 8/14/1971

-Where: Rome, Italy

-His father was an employee of Alitalia Airlines and his mother was a housewife