Birthday wishes go out to Kristen Bell, Kelly Reilly and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on July 18th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on July 18, 2025
Actor James Brolin turns 85
Fun fact: Has been married to Barbra Streisand since 1998
Actress Margo Martindale turns 74
Fun fact: Has two older brothers
Actress Elizabeth McGovern turns 64
Fun fact: Played Conrad’s girlfriend Jeannnine in the film “Ordinary People,” one of her earliest roles
Actor Vin Diesel turns 58
Fun fact: Directed, wrote and starred in the 1997 film “Strays”
Actress Elsa Pataky turns 49
Fun fact: Originally from Madrid, Spain
Actress Kelly Reilly turns 48
Fun fact: Kelly is her middle name. Her first name is Jessica.
Actress Kristen Bell turns 45
Fun fact: Has two children, Delta and Lincoln
Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas turns 43
Fun fact: Recently appeared in the film “Heads of State”
More celebrities with birthdays today
Director Paul Verhoeven (“Basic Instinct,” ″Showgirls”) is 87. Singer Brian Auger is 86. Singer Dion is 86. Singer Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandals is 84. Guitarist Wally Bryson of The Raspberries is 76. Bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs is 71. Actor Audrey Landers (“Dallas”) is 69. Drummer Nigel Twist of The Alarm is 68. Actor Anne-Marie Johnson (“That’s So Raven,” “In The Heat of the Night”) is 65. Keyboardist John Hermann of Widespread Panic is 63. Talk show host/actor Wendy Williams is 61. Actor Grant Bowler (“True Blood,” ″Ugly Betty”) is 57. Actor Eddie Matos (“All My Children”) is 53. Rapper M.I.A. is 50. Guitarist Daron Malakian of System of a Down is 50. Drummer Tony Fagenson (Eve 6) is 47. Director Jared Hess (“Nacho Libre,” “Napoleon Dynamite”) is 46. Actor Michiel Huisman (“Game of Thrones”) is 44. Singer Ryan Cabrera is 43. Drummer Aaron Gillespie of Underoath is 42. Actor Chace Crawford (“Gossip Girl”) is 40. Actor James Norton (“Bob Marley: One Love”) is 40. Bassist Paul Kowert of Punch Brothers is 39. Guitarist Joe Dean Jr. (Dailey and Vincent) is 36.
Other popular or historical birthdays on July 18th
Margaret ‘Molly’ Brown, socialite and philanthropist
Gene Lockhart, actress
George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly, gangster
Red Skelton, comedian
Nelson Mandela, former South African president
John Glenn, astronaut/senator
Hunter S. Thompson, journalist and author
with The Associated Press
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