Celebrity Birthdays for July 18:
Skating champion and commentator Dick Button is 90.
Olympic gold medal figure skater Tenley Albright is 84.
Director Paul Verhoeven ("Basic Instinct," ''Showgirls") is 81.
Keyboard wizard Brian Auger is 80.
Singer Dion DiMucci is 80.
Actor James Brolin is 79.
Baseball Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre is 79.
Singer Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandals is 78.
Drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk (Golden Earring) is 71.
Guitarist Wally Bryson of The Raspberries is 70.
Country-rock singer Craig Fuller (Pure Prairie League) is 70.
Business mogul Richard Branson is 69.
Actress Margo Martindale is 68.
Bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs is 65.
Actress Audrey Landers ("Dallas") is 63.
World Golf Hall-of-Famer Nick Faldo is 62.
Drummer Nigel Twist of The Alarm is 61.
Actress Anne-Marie Johnson is 59.
Actress Elizabeth McGovern ("Downton Abbey") is 58.
Keyboardist John Hermann of Widespread Panic is 57.
Drummer Jack Irons is 57.
Talk show host/actress Wendy Williams is 55.
Actor Vin Diesel is 52.
Actor Grant Bowler ("True Blood," ''Ugly Betty") is 51.
Actor Eddie Matos ("All My Children") is 47.
Bluegrass musician Jesse Brock (The Gibson Brothers) is 47.
Alt-country singer Elizabeth Cook is 47.
Rapper M.I.A. is 44.
Guitarist Daron Malakian of System of a Down and of Scars on Broadway is 44.
Actress Elsa Pataky ("The Fast and the Furious" films) is 43.
Drummer Tony Fagenson of Eve 6 is 41.
Movie director Jared Hess is 40.
Actor Jason Weaver is 40.
Actress Kristen Bell is 39.
Actor Michiel Huisman ("Game of Thrones") is 38.
Singer Ryan Cabrera is 37.
Actress Priyanka Chopra ("Quantico") is 37.
Rapper Shad (born Shadrach Kabango) is 37.
Drummer Aaron Gillespie of Underoath is 36.
Actor Chace Crawford ("Gossip Girl") is 34.
Actor James Norton is 34.
Bassist Paul Kowert of Punch Brothers is 33.
Actor Travis Milne is 33.
NHL all-star Jamie Benn is 30.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1900, noted French author Nathalie Sarraute. (Oct. 19, 1999)
In 1909, singer-actress Harriet Nelson. (Oct. 2, 1994)
In 1910, pianist Lou Busch. (Sept. 19, 1979)
In 1911, Canadian actor Hume Cronyn. (June 15, 2003)
In 1913, comedian Red Skelton. (Sept. 17, 1997)
In 1914, singer Billy Eckstine. (March 8, 1993)
In 1916, movie producer David Brown. (Feb. 1, 2010)
In 1918, South African President Nelson Mandela. (Dec. 5, 2013)
In 1921, U.S. Sen. and astronaut John Glenn. (Dec. 8, 2016)
In 1926, author Margaret Laurence. (Jan. 5, 1987)
In 1927, conductor Kurt Masur. (Dec. 19, 2015)
In 1929, singer Screamin' Jay Hawkins. (Feb. 12, 2000)
In 1934, actress Darlene Conley. (Jan. 14, 2007)
In 1937, counterculture writer Hunter S. Thompson. (Feb. 20, 2005)
In 1938, keyboardist Ian Stewart. (Dec. 12, 1985)
In 1941, blues guitarist Lonnie Mack. (April 21, 2106)
In 1950, Glenn Hughes of The Village People. (March 4, 2001)
In 1950, Federal NDP leader Jack Layton. (Aug. 22, 2011)
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