Famous birthdays for July 18: Wendy Williams, James Brolin

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

They include:

-- Writer William Makepeace Thackeray in 1811

-- Titanic survivor Margaret Brown "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" in 1867

-- 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 Richard Button in 1929 (age 95)

-- Writer Hunter S. Thompson in 1937

-- Filmmaker Paul Verhoeven in 1938 (age 86)

-- Musician Dion DiMucci in 1939 (age 85)

-- Actor James Brolin in 1940 (age 84)

-- Former baseball manager Joe Torre in 1940 (age 84)

-- Musician Martha Reeves (Martha and the Vandals) in 1941 (age 83)

-- Publisher Steve Forbes in 1947 (age 77)

-- Businessman Richard Branson in 1950 (age 74)

-- Actor Margo Martindale in 1951 (age 73)

-- Musician Ricky Skaggs in 1954 (age 70)

-- Actor Elizabeth McGovern in 1961 (age 64)

-- Talk show host Wendy Williams in 1964 (age 60)

-- Actor Vin Diesel in 1967 (age 57)

-- Filmmaker Joe Russo in 1971 (age 53)

-- Musician M.I.A., born Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, in 1975 (age 49)

-- Musician Daron Malakian (System of a Down) in 1975 (age 49)

-- Model/actor Elsa Pataky in 1976 (age 48)

-- Musician Tony Fagenson (Eve 6) in 1978 (age 46)

-- Actor Kristen Bell in 1980 (age 44)

-- Actor Michiel Huisman in 1981 (age 43)

-- Actor Priyanka Chopra in 1982 (age 42)

-- Musician Ryan Cabrera in 1982 (age 42)

-- Actor Chace Crawford in 1985 (age 39)

-- Actor James Norton in 1985 (age 39)

-- Boxer Canelo álvarez in 1990 (age 34)

-- Actor Fionn Whitehead in 1997 (age 27)