Famous birthdays for July 18: Vin Diesel, Kristen Bell

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/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)

— 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)

— Rapper MIA, born Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, in 1975 (age 43)

— Actor Kristen Bell in 1980 (age 38)

— 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)