Today's celebrity birthdays: July 18, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Wendy Williams, Vin Diesel, and Kristen Bell! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for July 18, 2025:
Actress Margo Martindale (1951) racked up roles in "Million Dollar Baby" and "Paris, je t'aime" plus three Emmy wins for "Justified" and "The Americans." She swiped scenes as a maple syrup bandit in "The Sticky" and voiced Mrs. Twit in "The Twits."
Actress Anne-Marie Johnson (1960) broke out on "What's Happening Now!!" and settled in as Althea Tibbs on "In the Heat of the Night." She jumped over to "In Living Color" for its final season and later turned up as Dr. Patel on "Days of Our Lives."
TV host Wendy Williams (1964) turned her shock-jock radio roots and her "How you doin'?" catchphrase into daytime stardom on "The Wendy Williams Show." Lifetime dug into her health struggles in "Where Is Wendy Williams?," and she's still under a court-ordered guardianship she's fighting to shake.
Actor Vin Diesel (1967) growled his way to fame as Riddick in "Pitch Black" and built an empire on "family" as Dominic Toretto in the "Fast & Furious" franchise. He voices Groot in the "Guardians of the Galaxy" films and climbs back behind the wheel to close out the saga in "Fast Forever."
Actress Kristen Bell (1980) cut her teeth as the teen detective in "Veronica Mars," found the afterlife on "The Good Place," and voiced Princess Anna in "Frozen." She landed her first Emmy nomination for "Nobody Wants This" and jumped back in for its second season.
Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas (1982) turned her Miss World crown into history as the first South Asian to headline an American network drama on "Quantico" and made her Hollywood debut as the villain in "Baywatch." She teamed up for "Heads of State" and slipped back into spy mode for the second season of "Citadel."
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Director Paul Verhoeven (1938), Keyboardist Brian Auger (1939), Singer Dion (1939), Actor James Brolin (1940), Singer Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas (1941), Guitarist Wally Bryson of Raspberries (1949), Businessperson Richard Branson (1950), Singer Ricky Skaggs (1954), Actress-singer Audrey Landers (1956), Golfer Nick Faldo (1957), Drummer Nigel Twist of The Alarm (1958), Actress Elizabeth McGovern (1961), Keyboardist John Hermann of Widespread Panic (1962), Actor Andre Royo (1968), Actor Grant Bowler (1968), Reality TV personality Cirie Fields (1970), Rapper M.I.A. (1975), Guitarist Daron Malakian of System of a Down (1975), Actress Elsa Pataky (1976), Actress Kelly Reilly (1977), Actor Eddie Matos (1978), Drummer Tony Fagenson of Eve 6 (1978), Director Jared Hess (1979), Actor-singer Jason Weaver (1979), Actor Michiel Huisman (1981), Singer Ryan Cabrera (1982), Drummer Aaron Gillespie of Underoath (1983), Actor Chace Crawford (1985), Actor James Norton (1985), Bassist Paul Kowert of Punch Brothers (1986), Banjo player Joe Dean Jr. (1989), Boxer Canelo Álvarez (1990), Actress Lee Yoo-mi (1994), Actress Taylor Russell (1994), Sprinter Noah Lyles (1997), Actor-singer JD McCrary (2007)
