Let's make this birthday one to remember.

80 years old (Born on January 31, 1945)

Happy Birthday, Persi Diaconis! May your day be filled with more joy than a perfectly biased coin toss and magic tricks that leave even statisticians baffled. Your incredible knack for unraveling probability puzzles has reshaped our understanding of randomness—so here's hoping today's celebrations defy all predictable outcomes.

Over countless magical lectures and groundbreaking papers, you've bridged numbers and sleight-of-hand with unmatched finesse. From the elegant flip of a coin to decoding life's greatest random mysteries, you've inspired generations. Keep flipping those coins, performing improbable feats—and reminding us always why randomness never looked quite so structured (or entertaining!). Cheers to another amazing year ahead!