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's currently a reserve driver for the Mercedes AMG Petronas team

Bruce Dickinson

-Birth name: Paul Bruce Dickinson

-DOB: 8/7/1958

-Where: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England

-He practices fencing in his spare time

Joe Elliott

-Birth name: Joseph Thomas Elliott

-DOB: 8/1/1959

-Where: Sheffield, England

-He is the lead singer of a band called The Cybernauts, a tribute band to David Bowie

Rob Halford

-Birth name: Robert John Arthur Halford

-DOB: 8/25/1951

-Where: Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom

-He knew ever since he was ten years old that he was gay

Glenn Hughes

-DOB: 8/21/1951

-Where: Cannock, United Kingdom

-He suffered from drug addiction for years, until an EMT threatened him with bodily harm and he got sober for good

James Jagger

-DOB: 8/28/1985

-Where: New York City, New York

-Actress Cyndy Hall is his aunt

Shawn Michaels

-Birth name: Michael Shawn Hickenbottom

-DOB: 7/22/1965

-Where: Chandler, Arizona

-He took his wrestling name from his real name, just switching around his first and middle name

Sean Connery

-Birth name: Thomas Sean Connery

-DOB: 8/25/1930

-Where: Edinburgh, Scotland

-DOD: 10/31/2020

-Where: Nassau, Bahamas

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

John Deacon

-Birth name: John Richard Deacon

-DOB: 8/19/1951

-Where: Leicester, England

-Played bass for hard rock band Queen

Mark Webber

-Birth name: Mark Alan Webber

-DOB: 8/27/1976

-Where: Queanbeyan, Australia

-Joined the Porsche team and won the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship

Raoul Bova

-DOB: 8/14/1971

-Where: Rome, Italy

-Prior to becoming an actor, he took the entrance exam to become part of the Carabinieri, the Italian military police, but he was refused