Famous birthdays for July 18: Kristen Bell, Vin Diesel

July 18 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer.

They include:

-- English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray in 1811

-- Titanic survivor Margaret Brown "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" in 1867

-- Playwright Clifford Odets in 1906

-- Comedian Red Skelton in 1913

-- South African leader/Nobel Peace Price laureate Nelson Mandela in 1918

-- Astronaut-turned-Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, in 1921

-- Gold medal ice skater Dick Button in 1929 (age 88)

-- Journalist/author Hunter S. Thompson in 1937

-- Pop singer Dion DiMucci in 1939 (age 78)

-- Actor James Brolin in 1940 (age 77)

-- Former baseball Manager Joe Torre in 1940 (age 77)

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-- Singer Martha Reeves in 1941 (age 76)

-- Publisher Steve Forbes in 1947 (age 70)

-- Businessman Richard Branson in 1950 (age 67)

-- Country singer Ricky Skaggs in 1954 (age 63)

-- Actor Elizabeth McGovern in 1961 (age 56)

-- Talk show host Wendy Williams in 1964 (age 53)

-- Actor Vin Diesel in 1967 (age 50)

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-- Rapper MIA in 1975 (age 42)

-- Actor Kristen Bell in 1980 (age 37)

-- Actor Priyanka Chopra in 1982 (age 35)

-- Actor Michiel Huisman in 1981 (age 36)

-- Actor Chace Crawford in 1985 (age 32)

-- Hockey player Jamie Benn in 1989 (age 28)

-- Singer Avery Wilson in 1995 (age 22)

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