January Birthdays

Since it's January, time to say Happy Birthday

Jensen Button

-Birth name: Jensen Alexander Lyons Button

-DOB: 1/19/1980

-Where: Frome, United Kingdom

-Competed in Formula 1 from 2000-2017. Now does interviews in the pit area

Lewis Hamilton

-Birth name: Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton

-DOB: 1/7/1985

-Where: Stevenage, United Kingdom

-As of the next Formula 1 season, Lewis Hamilton will be said to be driving for Ferrari

Karun Chandhok

-DOB: 1/19/1984

-Where: Chennai, India

-He now works as a sports analyst for Sky Sports

Sergio Perez

-Birth name: Sergio Michel Perez

-DOB: 1/26/1990

-Where: Guadalajara, Mexico

-He is no longer on the Red Bull F1 team, alongside Dutch driver Max Verstappen

Peter Steele

-Birth name: Peter Thomas Ratajczyk

-DOB: 1/4/1962

-Where: Red Hook, New York

-DOD: 4/14/2010

-Where: Scranton, Pennsylvania

-Did 30 days in prison for assault. He discovered his girlfriend was cheating on him and showed up at the man's apartment and smacked him in the face

Janick Gers

-Birth name: Janick Robert Gers

-DOB: 1/27/1957

-Where: Hartlepool, England

-He replaced Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith in 1990, but stayed in the band even when Smith returned in 1999

Ian Hill

-DOB: 1/20/1952

-Where: West Bromwich, England

-He is one of the founding members of Judas Priest

Richie Faulkner

-Birth name: Richard Ian Faulkner

-DOB: 1/1/1980

-Where: London, England

-Underwent a 10.5 hour surgery in 2021 to correct an aortic aneurysm after he collapsed at the Louder Than Life music festival

Rod Stewart

-Birth name: Roderick David Stewart

-DOB: 1/10/1945

-Where: Highgate, London, England

-He started his music career in 1962 playing harmonica for money

David Bowie

-Birth name: David Robert Jones

-DOB: 1/8/1947

-Where: Brixton, London, England

-DOD: 1/10/2016

-Where: New York, New York

-It's said that, to this day, his wife Iman still misses him

James May

-Birth name: James Daniel May

-DOB: 1/16/1963

-Where: Bristol, England

-He does a cooking show called Oh Cook

Kate Middleton

-DOB: 1/9/1982

-Where: Reading, England

-She recently was declared to be in remission from cancer. As a token of gratitude, she visited the hospital where she received treatment and spent time with the patients and the doctors and nurses

Phil Collins

-Birth name: Phillip David Charles Collins

-DOB: 1/30/1951

-Where: Chiswick, London, England

-He moved to Los Angeles for a time to be near his daughter Lily, who was pursuing acting as a career

Malcolm Young

-Birth name: Malcolm Mitchell Young

-DOB: 1/6/1953

-Where: Glasgow, Scotland

-DOD: 11/18/2017

-Where: Sydney, Australia

-His nephew Stevie Young took over for him in AC/DC