Celebrity Birthdays for July 18: Olympic gold medal figure skater Tenley Albright is 90. Director Paul Verhoeven (“Basic Instinct,” ”Showgirls”) is 87. Keyboard wizard Brian Auger is 86. Singer Dion DiMucci is 86. Actor James Brolin is 85.
Celebrity Birthdays for July 18:
Olympic gold medal figure skater Tenley Albright is 90.
Director Paul Verhoeven (“Basic Instinct,” ”Showgirls”) is 87.
Keyboard wizard Brian Auger is 86.
Singer Dion DiMucci is 86.
Actor James Brolin is 85.
Baseball Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre is 85.
Singer Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandals is 84.
Drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk (Golden Earring) is 77.
Guitarist Wally Bryson of The Raspberries is 76.
Country-rock singer Craig Fuller (Pure Prairie League) is 76.
Business mogul Richard Branson is 75.
Actress Margo Martindale is 74.
Bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs is 71.
Actress Audrey Landers (“Dallas”) is 69.
World Golf Hall-of-Famer Nick Faldo is 68.
Actress Anne-Marie Johnson is 65.
Actress Elizabeth McGovern (“Downton Abbey”) is 64.
Keyboardist John Hermann of Widespread Panic is 64.
Drummer Jack Irons is 63.
Talk show host/actress Wendy Williams is 61.
Actor Vin Diesel is 58.
Actor Grant Bowler (“True Blood,” ”Ugly Betty”) is 57.
Actor Eddie Matos (“All My Children”) is 53.
Bluegrass musician Jesse Brock (The Gibson Brothers) is 53.
Alt-country singer Elizabeth Cook is 53.
Rapper M.I.A. is 50.
Guitarist Daron Malakian of System of a Down and of Scars on Broadway is 50.
Actress Elsa Pataky (“The Fast and the Furious” films) is 49.
Movie director Jared Hess is 46.
Actor Jason Weaver is 46.
Actress Kristen Bell is 45.
Actor Michiel Huisman (“Game of Thrones”) is 44.
Singer Ryan Cabrera is 43.
Actress Priyanka Chopra (“Quantico”) is 43.
Rapper Shad (born Shadrach Kabango) is 43.
Actor Chace Crawford (“Gossip Girl”) is 40.
Actor James Norton is 40.
Actor Travis Milne is 39.
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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 1929, skating champion and commentator Dick Button. (Jan. 30, 2025)
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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