Rocky Johnson
Rocky Johnson was a Canadian professional wrestler. Among many National Wrestling Alliance titles, he was the first Black Georgia Heavyweight Champion as well as the NWA Television Champion. He won the World Tag Team Championship in 1983, along with his partner Tony Atlas, to become the first black champions in WWE history. He was the father of actor and current WWE wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and the grandfather of Simone Johnson.
24 August 1944
Born on the same birth date (24 August 1944): Bill Goldsworthy • Gregory Jarvis
Born on the same birth day (24 August): Alexander McCall Smith • Benoît Brunet • Bruno Giacometti • Cal Ripken Jr. • Fernand Braudel • Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou • Gregory Jarvis • Lavinia Fontana • Maya Yoshida • Paulo Coelho • Philip Henry • René Lévesque • Sam Torrance • Sophia Brahe • Susan Sheehan
Born in the same month (August 1944): Andrew Longmore • Frederick W. Smith • Freek de Jonge • Gregory Jarvis • Jean-Bernard Pommier • Kevin Tighe • Larry Ellison • Michael Johnson (singer) • Michael Mingos • Richard Belzer