Famous birthdays for July 3: Sandra Lee, Audra McDonald

July 3 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer.

They include:

-- Writer/social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1860

-- Writer Franz Kafka in 1883

-- Writer Tom Stoppard in 1937

-- Musician Fontella Bass in 1940

-- Celebrity attorney Gloria Allred in 1941 (age 85)

-- Actor Kurtwood Smith in 1943 (age 83)

-- Writer Dave Barry in 1947 (age 79)

-- Actor Betty Buckley in 1947 (age 79)

-- Musician Laura Branigan in 1952

-- Actor Bruce Altman in 1955 (age 71)

-- TV personality Montel Williams in 1956 (age 70)

-- Musician Vince Clarke (Erasure) in 1960 (age 66)

-- Actor Tom Cruise in 1962 (age 64)

-- Actor Thomas Gibson in 1962 (age 64)

-- Actor Yeardley Smith in 1964 (age 62)

-- Actor Connie Nielsen in 1965 (age 61)

-- Actor Tommy Flanagan in 1965 (age 61)

-- Celebrity chef Sandra Lee in 1966 (age 60)

-- Musician Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies) in 1969 (age 57)

-- Actor Shawnee Smith in 1969 (age 57)

-- Actor/musician Audra McDonald in 1970 (age 56)

-- Actor Benedict Wong in 1971 (age 55)

-- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 1971 (age 55)

-- Actor Patrick Wilson in 1973 (age 53)

-- Actor Andrea Barber in 1976 (age 50)

-- Actor Olivia Munn in 1980 (age 46)

-- Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel in 1987 (age 39)

-- Musician Elle King in 1989 (age 36)

-- Musician PARTYNEXTDOOR in 1993 (age 33)

-- Actor Mia McKenna-Bruce in 1997 (age 29)