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Famous birthdays for July 18: Vin Diesel, Kristen Bell

By UPI Staff
Vin Diesel arrives on the red carpet at the 45th Chaplin Award Gala at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center on April 30 in New York City. The actor turns 51 on July 18. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Vin Diesel arrives on the red carpet at the 45th Chaplin Award Gala at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center on April 30 in New York City. The actor turns 51 on July 18. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

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

They include:

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-- 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/Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, in 1921

-- Gold medal ice skater Dick Button in 1929 (age 89)

-- Journalist/author Hunter S. Thompson in 1937

-- Pop singer Dion DiMucci in 1939 (age 79)

-- Actor James Brolin in 1940 (age 78)

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-- Former baseball Manager Joe Torre in 1940 (age 78)

-- Singer Martha Reeves in 1941 (age 77)

-- Publisher Steve Forbes in 1947 (age 71)

-- Businessman Richard Branson in 1950 (age 68)

-- Country singer Ricky Skaggs in 1954 (age 64)

-- Actor Elizabeth McGovern in 1961 (age 57)

-- Talk show host Wendy Williams in 1964 (age 54)

-- Actor Vin Diesel in 1967 (age 51)

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-- Rapper MIA, born Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, in 1975 (age 43)

-- Actor Kristen Bell in 1980 (age 38)

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-- Actor Michiel Huisman in 1981 (age 37)

-- Actor Priyanka Chopra in 1982 (age 36)

-- Actor Chace Crawford in 1985 (age 33)

-- Hockey player Jamie Benn in 1989 (age 29)

-- Singer Avery Wilson in 1995 (age 23)

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