Birthday wishes go out to Priyanka Chopra Jonas and all the other celebrities turning a year older on July 18th. It is also the birthday of the father of modern South Africa, Nelson Mandela, the first Black president of South Africa (1994–99).
Let’s know the most interesting facts about the top 10 famous celebrities with birthdays on the 18th of July.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013)
In 1993, Nelson Mandela received the Nobel Peace Prize for peacefully destroying the Apartheid regime and for the democracy foundation. He was a great politician, philanthropist, and social rights activist. Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942 and became South Africa’s first Black president from 1994 to 1999.
James Brolin
James Brolin was born in Craig Kenneth Bruderlin; on July 18, 1940. He has won a “Primetime Emmy” for his best supporting role in ‘Marcus Welby, M.D.’. He is an actor and producer for Traffic (2000), The Amityville Horror (1979), and West world (1973).
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, Richard Branson in short, was born in Black heath, London on 18 July 1950. In the 1970s, he founded the Virgin Group controls more than 400 companies in various fields today. In 2007, he was on the World list of 100 Most Influential People of the Time. Branson’s estimated net worth at US$5.7 billion According to the Forbes billionaires list of July 2021. In a suborbital test flight for his spaceflight company, Virgin Galactic Branson traveled as a passenger on board Virgin Galactic Unity 22 on 11 July 2021, at the edge of space, and became the third oldest person to fly to space.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Miss World, Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas, in Jamshedpur, India on 18 July 1982. She won the beauty contest and was announced Miss World, in 2000. She has become one of Bellwood’s highest-paid actresses and has won many awards. She worked for the US television series “Quantico”, which started on September 27, 2015.
Margo Martindale
Margo Martindale was born in Jacksonville, Texas on the 18th of July, 1951. For her performance in the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Best Featured Actress in 2004, and a Critics’ Choice Television Award on Justified, for her recurring role as Mags Bennett. She also voiced in Bo Jack Horseman’s show.
Kristen Bell
Kristen Bell, full name Kristen Anne Bell, was born in Huntington Woods, Michigan on July 18, 1980. Kristen Bell is well known for her roles on TV’s ‘Veronica Mars’ and her films Forgetting Sarah Marshall,’ ‘Couples Retreat’ and ‘Get Him to the Greek.
Elsa Lafuente Medianu
Elsa Lafuente Medianu, professionally known as Elsa Pataky, was born in Madrid, Spain on 18 July 1976. Elsa Pataky is well known for her role in the Fast & Furious franchise as Elena Neves. She has worked on many films like “Snakes on a Plane” (2006), “Giallo” (2009), and “Give ‘Em Hell, Malone” (2009). She also starred in the well-known Spanish film “Di Di Hollywood” in 2010.
Mark Sinclair
Mark Sinclair, known professionally as Vin Diesel, was born on July 18, 1967, in Alameda County, California, United States. Vin Diesel is one of the world’s highest-worthwhile actors. He rocked the film industry with his role as Dominic Toretto in the media franchise “Fast & Furious”. He founded “One Race Films”, a production company with headquarters in Studio City, California. He also developed the record label Racetrack Records and video game developer Tigon Studios, providing his voice and motion capture for all of Tigon’s releases.
Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth McGovern, debut in Robert Redford’s Oscar-winning Ordinary People (1980) was born in Evanston, Illinois on July 18, 1961. She is the recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Award, three Golden Globe Award nominations, one Academy Award nomination, and numerous other accolades. McGovern is also well known due to his great performance as Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime (1981)
Paul Verhoeven
Paul Verhoeven, Dutch director while active in the Netherlands, France and the United States, was born on July 18, 1938, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is specialized in violent action movies with nonetheless thoughtful and morally nuanced. Verhoeven had similar success in Hollywood, after making several popular films in the Netherlands.