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Actors Born on July 18

  • 1871 Sada Yacco [Kawakami Sadayakko], Japanese geisha and stage actress, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1946)
  • 1891 Gene Lockhart, American actor (Going My Way, Christmas Carol), born in New York City (d. 1957)
  • 1893 Richard Dix, American actor (10 Commandments, Cimarron, The Ghost Ship), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1949)
  • 1895 Marie Ney, British actress (Brief Ecstasy, Simba, Witchcraft), born in London, England (d. 1981)
  • 1898 John Stuart, Scottish actor (Kittie, Superman, Number Seventeen), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1979)
  • 1902 (Theodore Childress) "Chill" Wills, American pop baritone singer (Avalon Boys), and actor (The Alamo; Rounders), born in Seagoville, Texas (d. 1978)
  • 1908 Barry Gray [John Livesey Eccles], British pianist, ondist, Hammond organ player, film and television composer (Thunderbirds; Space:1999), born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England (d. 1984)
  • 1909 Harriet (Hilliard) Nelson [Peggy Lou Snyder], American singer and actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Follow the Fleet), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1994)
  • 1909 Lupe Vélez [María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez], Mexican-American actress (Joe Palooka), born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico (d. 1944)
  • 1911 Hume Cronyn, Canadian stage and screen Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor (Lifeboat; Cocoon; To Dance with the White Dog), and screenwriter, born in London, Ontario (d. 2003)
  • 1913 Marvin Miller [Mueller], American actor (Space Patrol, Dead Reckoning, Millionaire), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1985)
  • 1913 Red Skelton [Richard], American comedian (Red Skelton Show), born in Vincennes, Indiana (d. 1997)
  • 1915 Jane Frazee [Mary Jane Frehse], American actress, singer, and dancer (Beautiful But Broke; Beulah), born in Duluth, Minnesota (d. 1985)
  • 1920 Adolphus "Dolph" Sweet, American actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up), born in New York City (d. 1985)
  • 1923 Michael Medwin, English actor and film producer ("Four in a Jeep, Scrooge"; "Checkpoint"), born in London (d. 2020)
  • 1925 Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Spanish actor and publicist (Last Judgement), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1995)
  • 1926 Jane Hylton [Audrey Gwendolene Clark], British actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot, Daybreak), born in London, England (d. 1979)
  • 1926 Richard Pasco, British actor (Gorgon, Arch of Triumph), born in Barnes, London (d. 2014)
  • 1926 Robert Sloman, English screenwriter, born in Oldham, Lancashire, England (d. 2005)
  • 1929 (Jalacy) "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, American blues-rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter ("I Put a Spell On You"), and actor, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2000)
  • 1930 Burt Kwouk, English actor (Pink Panther movies), born in Warrington (d. 2016)
  • 1932 Robert Ellis Miller, American film director, born in New York City (d. 2017)
  • 1934 Darlene Conley, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), born in Chicago Heights, Illinois (d. 2007)
  • 1934 Edward Bond, English playwright and director (Blow-up), born in Holloway, North London
  • 1938 Britt Leach, American actor (Mickey-Spencer's Pilots), born in Gadsden, Alabama
  • 1938 Paul Verhoeven, Dutch film director (Basic Instinct, Total Recall), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1940 James Brolin, American actor (Dr Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1946 Leo Madder, Belgian actor (Spoed), born in Lier, Flanders, Belgium
  • 1947 Ayn Rumen, American actress (Janet-McLean Stevenson Show), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1947 Kurt Mann, American actor (Bad Penny), born in Roslyn, New York
  • 1948 Carlos Colón, Sr., Puerto Rican professional wrestler, born in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  • 1951 Margo Martindale, American actress (The Americans), born in Jacksonville, Texas
  • 1955 Teresa Ann Savoy, British actress in Italian Films (Caligula; Salon Kitty), born in London, England (d. 2017)
  • 1956 Audrey Landers [Hamburg], American actress and singer (Dallas; A Chorus Line), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1960 Anne-Marie Johnson, American actress (In the Heat of the Night), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1961 Elizabeth McGovern, American actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer), born in Evanston, Illinois
  • 1962 Jensen Buchanan, American actress (Vicky/Marley-Another World), born in Montgomery, Alabama
  • 1962 Lee Arenberg, American actor (Pintel - Pirates of the Caribbean), born in Palo Alto, California
  • 1962 Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian
  • 1963 Al Snow, American professional wrestler
  • 1964 Susan Marie Snyder, actress (Julie-As the World Turns)

Vin Diesel (56 years old)

1967 American actor (The Fast and the Furious), born in Alameda County, California

  • 1969 Masanori Murakawa, Japanese professional wrestler
  • 1971 Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress
  • 1976 Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress
  • 1977 Dylan Lane, American television host
  • 1977 Kelly Reilly, English actress (Yellowstone), born in London, England
  • 1978 Eugene Cordero, American comedian, actor, and writer (Star Trek: Lower Decks; Loki), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1978 Mélissa Theuriau, French newscaster
  • 1979 Jared Hess, American film director and screenwriter
  • 1979 Joey Mercury, American professional wrestler

Kristen Bell (43 years old)

1980 American actress (Veronica Mars, Frozen), born in Huntington Woods, Michigan

  • 1980 Ryōko Hirosue, Japanese actress and singer, born in Kōchi, Japan

Priyanka Chopra (41 years old)

1982 Indian actress, singer and beauty queen (Miss World, 2000), born in Jamshedpur, India

  • 1982 Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter ("Take It All Away"), born in Dallas, Texas
  • 1985 Chace Crawford, American actor
  • 1993 Taemin [Lee Tae-min], South Korean pop singer-songwriter, dancer (Shinee - "Sherlock"; "Danger"; Super M), and actor, born in Seoul, South Korea
  • 1994 Taylor Russell, Canadian actress (Bones and All), born in Vancouver, British Columbia