...aka Michael Richards.
Gus Van Sant is 57 today, and other birthdays include Amelia Earhart, Simon Bolivar, Alexander Dumas pere, Robert Graves, Lynda Carter, Doug Liman, Chief Dan George, Anna Paquin, and Bindi Irwin (daughter of, and TV successor to, Steve-the Crocodile Hunter-Irwin).
special bonus Happy Birthday wishes to
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