Since it's February, time to say Happy Birthday
George Russell
-Birth name: George William Russell
-DOB: 2/15/1998
-Where: King's Lynn, England
-He began in competitive go kart racing at age 7
Pierre Gasly
-Birth name: Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly
-DOB: 2/7/1996
-Where: Rouen, France
-Like most Formula 1 drivers, he started out in competitive go kart racing at age 10
Tony Iommi
-Birth name: Anthony Frank Iommi
-DOB: 2/19/1948
-Where: Birmingham, England
-Spent a year playing guitar for Jethro Tull
Paul Wight
-Birth name: Paul Donald Wight
-DOB: 2/8/1972
-Where: Aiken, South Carolina
-He got his wrestling name "The Giant" from his massive height
Rod Smallwood
-Birth name: Roderick Charles Smallwood
-DOB: 2/17/1950
-Where: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
-His father was a police officer
Adrian Smith
-Birth name: Adrian Frederick Smith
-DOB: 2/27/1957
-Where: Hackney, London, England
-He left Iron Maiden after they announced that they wanted to return to a more basic style of music, like what they started out doing, after their Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album. Adrian wanted to go bigger and felt this return to basic approach was a step backwards
Alice Cooper
-Birth name: Vincent Damon Furnier
-DOB: 2/4/1948
-Where: Detroit, Michigan
-He once suffered from severe alcoholism. In order to keep himself from falling back into alcoholism, he plays golf
Alan Rickman
-Birth name: Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
-DOB: 2/21/1946
-Where: London, England
-DOD: 1/14/2016
-Where: London, England
-The 2016 film Alice Through the Looking Glass was dedicated to him
Steve Irwin
-Birth name: Stephen Robert Irwin
-DOB: 2/22/1962
-Where: Upper Ferntree Gully, Australia
-DOD: 9/4/2006
-Where: Batt Reef, Australia
-He was known for his strong love of animals of all types
Matt Groening
-Birth name: Matthew Abram Groening
-DOB: 2/15/1954
-Where: Portland, Oregon
-He based The Simpsons character Comic Book Guy on himself
George Harrison
-DOB: 2/25/1943
-Where: Liverpool, England
-DOD: 11/29/2001
-Where: Beverly Hills, California
-The location where he passed away was falsified on his death certificate out of fear fans would turn it into a Beatles shrine
Rachel Bolan
-Birth name: James Richard Southworth
-DOB: 2/9/1964
-Where: Point Pleasant, New Jersey
-He took the name "Rachel Bolan" from a combination of his brother Richard's name and his grandfather's name, Manuel. The "Bolan" part came from his idol, T. Rex front man Marc Bolan
Henry Rollins
-Birth name: Henry Lawrence Garfield
-DOB: 2/13/1961
-Where: Washington, D.C.
-Was bullied as a child. He started working out and in tenth grade, while defending himself, he put a senior in the hospital
Rickey Medlocke
-DOB: 2/17/1950
-Where: Jacksonville, Florida
-Prior to joining Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, he sang lead vocals and played lead guitar for fellow Southern rockers Blackfoot
Billie Joe Armstrong
-DOB: 2/17/1972
-Where: Oakland, California
-Wrote "Wake Me Up When September Ends" about his father passing away
Johnny Van Zant
-Birth name: John Roy Van Zant
-DOB: 2/27/1960
-Where: Jacksonville, Florida
-Was in a band before Lynyrd Skynyrd called the Austin Nickels Band, who changed their name to the Johnny Van Zant Band
