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Apparently presidential hopeful John McCain shares a birthday with Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson! What does THAT say about his ability to lead?!

Just kidding. We won’t hold sharing August 29 as a of birth with the King of Crazy against John McCain, who turns 102 (give or take 30) today.

As for Michael Jackson, he officially reaches the half-century mark today after decades of pop hits, plastic surgeries and absurd news stories.

We’d recount some of them here, but we just don’t have that much server space. So here’s a brief photo tribute to the birthday boys instead …

Check out The Hollywood Gossip’s celebrity birthdays calendar to see who’s up next – and when your favorite stars celebrate their special days.