https://madmen.fandom.com/wiki/Don_Draper

Jon Hamm's iconic character was born on June 1, 1926 -- the same day as Marilyn Monroe and Andy Griffith.

Happy birthday!!!

Happy 100th birthday to Mad Men’s Don Draper (https://www.reddit.com/r/the1975/comments/1ttu1ix/happy_100th_birthday_don_draper_born_june_1st_the/)

Pour the Canadian Club and light up a Lucky Strike—legendary ad man Don Draper (born Dick Whitman) hits the century mark this year (https://www.google.com/search?q=Happy+100th+birthday+to+Mad+Men%E2%80%99s+Don+Draper&sca_esv=b94a19475bd036fd&sxsrf=ANbL-n6NhmsWSaBK49CiqIcbpx7BmGUa9A%3A1780373122719&source=hp&ei=glYearXiKfWP8L0P_u7wyAw&iflsig=AFdpzrgAAAAAah5kkhO123XvH0TJvumdhfgOR_dieDgY&ved=0ahUKEwi1q67c1ueUAxX1B7wBHX43HMkQ4dUDCD0&uact=5&oq=Happy+100th+birthday+to+Mad+Men%E2%80%99s+Don+Draper&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6Ii5IYXBweSAxMDB0aCBiaXJ0aGRheSB0byBNYWQgTWVu4oCZcyBEb24gRHJhcGVyMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigAUizAlAAWABwAHgAkAEAmAGGAaABhgGqAQMwLjG4AQPIAQD4AQL4AQGYAgGgApYBmAMAkgcDMC4xoAf6A7IHAzAuMbgHlgHCBwMyLTHIBweACAE&sclient=gws-wiz). If we trace the Mad Men timeline to his June 1st birthday, the fictional icon was born exactly 100 years ago in 1926.

While a centennial bash with 1960s revelry at the Monkey Bar or a private dinner at the St. Regis feels perfectly fitting, Don himself notoriously hated birthdays. For a man who built his entire life on hiding his true identity, a birthday is less a cause for celebration and more a bleak reminder of time ticking away and the lies he had to maintain.

Even so, it's hard not to look back at the enigmatic genius of advertising. Here is to the man who gave us iconic pitches like the Kodak Carousel, the "love is a marketing tool" philosophy, and countless moments of brooding at Sterling Cooper.

If you are raising a glass to the master of reinvention today, make sure to drink it neat!