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, England

-After leaving Judas Priest in 2011, he formed his own band called KK's Priest

Glenn Tipton

-Birth name: Glenn Raymond Tipton

-DOB: 10/25/1947

-Where: Blackheath, England

-Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing thought Glenn was too much of a showoff

Lance Stroll

-Birth name: Lance Strulovitch

-DOB: 10/29/1988

-Where: Montreal, Canada

-He has driven for the Aston Martin Aramco F1 team since 2021

Hugh Jackman

-Birth name: Hugh Michael Jackman

-DOB: 10/12/1968

-Where: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

-He is terribly near sighted and has to wear contacts otherwise his vision is blurry. When he hosted both the Tonys and Saturday Night Live, he memorized everything so he wouldn't have to struggle to read anything

Kevin Magnussen

-Birth name: Kevin Jan Magnussen

-DOB: 10/5/1992

-Where: Roskilde, Denmark

-He was a welder before entering the world of Formula 1 racing

Sting (singer)

-Birth name: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

-DOB: 10/2/1951

-Where: Wallsend, Newcastle, England

-He is best known for being both the bassist and vocalist for The Police

Kate Winslet

-Birth name: Kate Elizabeth Winslet

-DOB: 10/5/1975

-Where: Reading, United Kingdom

-She missed the 1997 premier of Titanic because she was attending the funeral of her former boyfriend and very close friend Stephen Tredre

Brian Johnson

-DOB: 10/5/1947

-Where: Dunston, United Kingdon

-He honestly thought his vocals were going to be wiped from the master tapes after recording 1980s Back in Black

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 Delaoglou

-DOB: 10/31/1963

-Where: Gothenburg, Sweden

-In addition to playing drums for Motorhead from 1992-2015, he has played drums for King Diamond, Helloween, Don Dokken and now Scorpions

Ken Watanabe

-Birth name: Kensaku Watanabe

-DOB: 10/21/1959

-Where: Uonuma, Japan

-Despite some of his roles having varying degrees of fluency in English, he himself is perfectly fluent in English. This comes from studying acting in England for several years

Charles LeClerc

-Birth name: Charles Marc Herve Perceval LeClerc

-DOB: 10/16/1997

-Where: Monte Carlo, Monaco

-He won the Karting World Cup in 2011