25 Gorgeous Historical Figures That Are Utterly Swoon-Worthy
Good-looking historical icons whose face cards ate.
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We see beautiful faces on social media frequently. Most of which is thanks to either make-up, filters, plastic surgery or other enhancement tools. Historical figures didn’t have access to such amenities when they were photographed, however. Which makes it even more alluring to see photos or paintings of their authentic beauty. These swoon-worthy heartthrobs broke many hearts back in the day, and we can imagine that they had hordes of fans who chucked bloomers in their direction.
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Image source: Fred Hartsook
Image source: Chéri-Rousseau
Image source: Robert-Schumann-Haus Zwickau
Image source: Annemarie Heinrich
Image source: Arthur St. John Adcock
Image source: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. Alain de Mijolla
Image source: Napoleon Sarony
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Image source: Emil Rabending
Image source: I. W. Taber
Image source: Otto Sarony Co.
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Image source: John Mathew Smith
Image source: Napoleon Sarony
Image source: A. Pasetti
Image source: Philip Pikart
Image source: Miklós Barabás
Image source: Vivienne
Image source: Alexander Gardner
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#1 Lady Caroline Blackwood
Image source: Evening Standard / Getty
#2 Jack Kerouac
Image source: USGov
#3 Princess Fawzia Fuad Of Egypt
Image source: Armand
#4 Sessue Hayakawa
Image source: Fred Hartsook
#5 Mata Hari
Image source: Chéri-Rousseau
#6 Johannes Brahms
Image source: Robert-Schumann-Haus Zwickau
#7 Eva Perón
Image source: Annemarie Heinrich
#8 Rupert Brooke
Image source: Arthur St. John Adcock
#9 Hermann Rorschach
Image source: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. Alain de Mijolla
#10 Nikola Tesla
Image source: Napoleon Sarony
#11 Hunter S. Thompson
Image source: Cashman Photo Enterprises, Inc.
#12 Empress Elisabeth Of Austria
Image source: Emil Rabending
#13 Princess Kaʻiulani
Image source: I. W. Taber
#14 Jack Johnson
Image source: Otto Sarony Co.
#15 Joseph Stalin
Image source: Police record
#16 John F. Kennedy Jr
Image source: John Mathew Smith
#17 Lillie Langtry
Image source: Napoleon Sarony
#18 Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix Of Hesse)
Image source: A. Pasetti
#19 Nefertiti
Image source: Philip Pikart
#20 Franz Liszt
Image source: Miklós Barabás
#21 Gayatri Devi
Image source: Vivienne
#22 Lewis Powell (Conspirator)
Image source: Alexander Gardner
#23 Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh
Image source: PA Images / Getty
#24 Harry Houdini
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
#25 Susan Sontag
Image source: Peter HujarDE
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