{"id":5557,"date":"2019-05-16T12:02:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T12:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topgentlemen.com\/?p=5557"},"modified":"2022-12-01T16:16:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T16:16:33","slug":"celebrities-and-their-real-life-historical-doppelgangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topgentlemen.com\/celebrities-and-their-real-life-historical-doppelgangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrities and Their Real-Life Historical Doppelg\u00e4ngers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everybody knows of at least one person who resembles a\ncelebrity. Whether it\u2019s your next-door neighbor, a classmate, or maybe the\nbarista who scowls at you while you fumble over your coffee order, it\u2019s not\nuncommon to find someone in our lives that could pull off working as a\ncelebrity impersonator. But perhaps it\u2019s not someone you know personally but\nrather someone you know of<\/em>. For\ninstance, a notable figure from history..? Apparently, it\u2019s not too difficult\nto find people from the past who look like the spitting image of current\ncelebs. Here are 20 famous people with doppelg\u00e4ngers from the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Jimmy Fallon and Mahir Cayan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Here\u2019s a picture that is truly odd. How in the world is it that Jimmy Fallon, late-night talk show host, looks exactly like Mahir Cayan, the leader of a communist revolution party in Turkey that was shot killed on March 30, 1972? It\u2019s quite odd to see two people of almost completely opposite backgrounds look exactly alike, but this is just the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Bruce Willis and General Douglas MacArthur<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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In this picture, we see the star of the Christmas movie Die Hard<\/em> next to the five-star general and receiver of a Medal of Honor Douglas MacArthur. With a pipe and hat, Bruce Willis can pull of the Douglas MacArthur look without anyone being the wiser. Maybe both of these badasses share a common ancestor? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Chuck Norris and…Chuck Norris?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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So everyone knows Chuck Norris, but is the guy on the left some impostor? Is it the almighty Chuck as a time traveller? Has he been born before the Big Bang? We may never know, but the person on the left is said to be Vincent Van Gogh, expressionist painter, who suffered from mental ailments that resulted in him cutting one of his ears off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

4. Jesse Ferguson and Vincent Van Gogh<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Source: peoniesandpancakes.com\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Although many people compare Chuck Norris to Vincent Van Gogh, we feel that Jessie Ferguson from Modern Family<\/em> looks more like the painter than anyone else. From Van Gogh\u2019s self-portrait, they both share ginger hair, a mustache-beard combo, and pale skin. Perhaps\u2019 Jesse\u2019s colorful character has a lot to do with channeling the inner artistry of the famed painter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Jack Black and Barber of Seville <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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OK, this one is way too odd to be considered a coincidence. Jack Black and this poster from the Italian opera buffa even share the same goofy, lovable smile. And the weird mustache-and-soul-patch facial hair that the Barber has going on? Jack Black could TOTALLY pull it off. That some crazy Black magic right there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Christian Bale and a Civil War Soldier<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Source: buzzativ.com\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If they had Batman back in the 1910s, this unnamed soldier could definitely play the DC Comics superhero. There might be a very small chance that Christian Bale is related to this soldier, though nothing is known of the man\u2019s origins and lineage so there\u2019s no way of determining this for sure. But we\u2019d like to think that Christian\u2019s pure awesomeness comes from battle-hardened veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

7.  Charlie Sheen and John Brown<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Hollywood-shame Charlie Sheen is growing to look a lot like the abolitionist John Brown from the 1800s. John Brown was truly against slavery in all of its forms and sought to purge his beloved country of the ideology that a certain race was inferior to others. His belief caused him and a rag-tag bunch to murder pro-slavery people across the country. He was executed for his acts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Eddie Murphy and This Guy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Source: tellmenothing.com\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This pictures showed the beloved comedian from the 1980s and 90s side-by-side with this unknown man from the past. For all we know, this person may be Eddie\u2019s great-great-great-grandfather, or he may just be some random guy who happened to look like Eddie. Whoever he is, their similar facial features are uncanny. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Tommy Lee Jones and Andrew Johnson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Tommy Lee Jones, a.k.a. Agent K, has the face of a president. The 17th<\/sup> president of the United States, to be specific. There\u2019s no way that Tommy and Andrew Johnson are not related. Look at them! If there were a movie portraying the chaotic times following Abraham Lincoln\u2019s assassination, we hope that Tommy Lee Jones gets to play President Johnson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

10. Anthony Hopkins and Socrates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Here we see Anthony Hopkins, one of the founders of Western philosophy. Oh wait, that\u2019s Socrates. Oh, wait! That\u2019s a bust of Socrates?! Apparently, the Welsh actor who played the cannibalistic serial killer, Hannibal Lecter, has a lot of the same facial features as the man who is responsible for modern Western politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. Zach Galifianakis and Louis Vuitton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Even we\u2019re weirded out by this picture. On the left is the mustachioed, effeminate Martin \u201cMarty\u201d Huggins in The Campaign<\/em> played by Zach Galifianakis, and on the right, we have the French fashion designer and founder of Louis Vuitton, the <\/em>Louis Vuitton. If they had made the connection in the movie, we\u2019re sure that Will Ferrell\u2019s Cam Brady would\u2019ve made a couple of French jokes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. Sylvester Stallone and Pope Gregory IX<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The guy famous for playing Rocky should also be famous for looking like the 1200\u2019s Pope. Now, to be completely honest with you, this is the only picture Pope Gregory IX that looks like Sylvester, but the similarities are uncanny! The slouching cheek, the eyes, and even the discoloration\/bruises on all the right places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

13. Jay-Z and This Guy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Source: starcasm.com\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

One thing we haven\u2019t addressed yet is time travel, and that\u2019s because we don\u2019t fully understand the technology behind jumping between different moments in history. If you\u2019d like to know more about time travel, perhaps you should ask Jay-Z. This unknown man in the hat also hails from New York (Harlem to be exact). Or maybe reincarnation is real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14. Jennifer Lawrence and Zubaida Tharwat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The case of Jennifer Lawrence and Zubaida Tharwat goes beyond just looking almost identical to one another. Both Jennifer and Zubaida are actresses, though the latter never received superstar status as the former. Perhaps Jennifer is a more successful reincarnate of Zubaida, or maybe it\u2019s all just a super-duper coincidence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

15. Channing Tatum and WW1 Soldier<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This picture of Channing Tatum next to an unnamed soldier from WW1 is kind of freaky. Look at them! Their jawlines, their eyes, their mouths, and their ruggedly handsome looks are far too similar for our liking. We\u2019ve said it before, but perhaps time travel is a real thing. Maybe as a Hollywood celebrity, Channing has access to Jay-Z\u2019s time-traveling machine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

16. Matt Damon and Ivan Kozhedub<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Source: viraliq.com\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In many of Matt\u2019s recent movies, it seems like Hollywood would like to get rid of him by tossing him into outer space. Interstellar <\/em>and Gravity<\/em> are our sources, so check them out if you haven\u2019t seen them yet. But if we did get rid of Matt, he\u2019d probably come back in 100 years or so. Check out this picture of Ivan Kozhedub, a WW2 fighter ace from Soviet Russia. In his next life, Matt would probably be some scientist living in Greece or something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17. Johnny Depp and Arthur Schopenhauer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Johnny Depp\u2019s doppelg\u00e4nger is the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, This 1800s philosopher is known for developing and testing a ton of different theories, and Johnny is famous for playing a pirate, a scissor-wielding monster, a madman in a hat, a pirate, and a Hungarian serial killer wizard. So\u2026 yeah\u2026 not much in common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18. Mark Zuckerberg and Philip IV of Spain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Source: imgur.com\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

They say that the creator of Facebook is an alien or reptile, but in truth, he\u2019s a time traveler who has conquered foreign lands. In the 1600s, he ruled Spain and Portugal until his \u201cdeath\u201d 20 years after taking the throne. Fast forward 400-plus years and here is today, taking over the internet with his social media and billions and billions of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

19. Hank Azaria and Rudolph Steiner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Rudolph Steiner is the voice actor who plays Moe on The Simpsons <\/em>and even had a recurring role on Friends <\/em>as David, Phoebe\u2019s boyfriend. Or is that Hank Azaria? Well, one of them is a voice actor and singer while the other was a philosopher from the late 19th<\/sup> century who published The Philosophy of Freedom<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

20. Rupert Grint and Sir David Wilkie<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Source: pinterest.com\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Apparently, Ruper Grint, the actor-turned-ice-cream-man,\nlooks a lot like the famous British painter from the 1700s, Sir David WIlkie.\nThis is the only picture of Sir David Wilkie that truly resembles Rupert, but\nit\u2019s still an odd image to behold. \nPerhaps Malfoy wouldn\u2019t have been so hard on Ron Weasley if he had\npicked up a history book (not A History\nof Magic<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everybody knows of at least one person who resembles a celebrity. Whether it\u2019s your next-door neighbor, a classmate, or maybe the barista who scowls at you while you fumble over your coffee order, it\u2019s not uncommon to find someone in our lives that could pull off working as a celebrity impersonator. But perhaps it\u2019s not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[305],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgentlemen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgentlemen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgentlemen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topgentlemen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topgentlemen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5557"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/topgentlemen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15919,"href":"https:\/\/topgentlemen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5557\/revisions\/15919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topgentlemen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgentlemen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topgentlemen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topgentlemen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}