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Browse our brand-new gallery of beautiful Ian photos. We would have given him 33 candles, but this is a website — not a cake.

Damon Salvatore may be in the triple digits, but Ian Somerhalder is only 33 — and wouldn’t you know it, today is his birthday! Whether he’s making us swoon on The Vampire Diaries or saving the world through the efforts of the Ian Somerhalder Foundation, there’s no denying that he’s a man worth celebrating.

So enjoy our 33 favorite pictures of Ian — which were not easy to narrow down, by the way — and drop your birthday wishes for him in the comments section below!