Famous birthdays for July 4: Tahar Rahim, Tracy Letts

July 4 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer.

They include:

-- Musician Stephen Foster in 1826

-- Circus operator James Bailey in 1847

-- Astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt in 1868

-- Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States, in 1872

-- Cartoonist Rube Goldberg in 1883

-- Film mogul Louis B. Mayer in 1885

-- Actor Gloria Stuart in 1910

-- Advice columnists Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren, twin sisters, in 1918

-- Actor Eva Marie Saint in 1924 (age 102)

-- Playwright Neil Simon in 1927

-- Actor Gina Lollobrigida in 1927

-- Musician Bill Withers in 1938

-- TV reporter Geraldo Rivera in 1943 (age 83)

-- Musician Annette Beard (Martha and the Vandellas) in 1943 (age 83)

-- Activist Ron Kovic in 1946 (age 80)

-- Musician Ralph Johnson (Earth, Wind & Fire) in 1951 (age 75)

-- Musician Kirk Pengilly (INXS) in 1958 (age 68)

-- Chef Andrew Zimmern in 1961 (age 65)

-- International Tennis Hall of Fame member Pam Shriver in 1962 (age 64)

-- Musician Matt Malley (Counting Crows) in 1963 (age 63)

-- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in 1964 (age 62)

-- Actor/playwright Tracy Letts in 1965 (age 61)

-- Actor Becki Newton in 1978 (age 48)

-- Actor Tahar Rahim in 1981 (age 45)

-- Actor Luke Thompson in 1988 (age 38)

-- Actor Melissa Barrera in 1990 (age 36)

-- Musician Post Malone in 1995 (age 31)

-- Malia Obama, daughter of former President Barack Obama, in 1998 (age 28)

-- Actor Alex Hibbert in 2004 (age 22)