Famous historical figures

Amazing rare historical photos of celebrities, historical figures and famous people when they were young. Step back and see what these stars looked like before you knew them

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These famous doppelgangers - like Matthew McConaughey's historical doppelganger - will make you do a double take. Who shares the strongest resemblance?

Almost Nobody Aces This Historical Figures Quiz. Can You?

Being born in the modern age, we often forget how different things were before us. People could only know what someone looked like based on an artist's subjective vision or a grainy black-and-white photo. Despite the efforts of the artists, paintings can rarely achieve the level of realism that pictures can. And thus, people often wonder how some of the most famous historical figures really looked with all of the subjectiveness removed from the image. Bas Uterwijk, a photographer from…

Artist Bas Uterwijk, from Amsterdam, uses a sophisticated AI software that recognises common facial features to make realistic photo-style portraits of famous figures.

From Shirley Chisholm to the Notorious RBG, these are women your students should get to know for Women's History Month or any time.

Fun Fact: Eddie Redmayne met Stephen Hawking to prep for the film, and said the hardest part about playing the genius was shooting the film out of chronological order. Redmayne explained to Entertainment Weekly, "it was about having to really try and chart his physical deterioration [so] you can jump into it day-to-day, whilst at the same time keeping this spark and wit and humor that he has.”

There’s no need to push your imagination into overdrive speculating what historical figures would look like nowadays. Becca Saladin from ‘Royalty Now’ has successfully covered that for you.

Artist Bas Uterwijk, from Amsterdam, uses a sophisticated AI software that recognises common facial features to make realistic photo-style portraits of famous figures.