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Historical Hotties

223 replies

CharliesAngles · 13/09/2023 18:23

Who floats your boat?

I think Nathaniel Hawthorne (19th century American novelist) is a bit of a dish.

And if we’re going back even further, like a few millennia, then Alexander the Great gets my vote too 😆

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RubaiyatOfAnyone · 13/09/2023 19:45

D H Lawrence - can’t stand his writing, and he slightly looks like he’s grown the beard to get served in pubs, but clean shaven he looks like he’d be quite a looker.

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Sugarcoatt · 13/09/2023 19:46

Ernest Hemingway 😍

Jackydaytona · 13/09/2023 19:47

Rorschach (of ink blot fame)

Phwoar

MansfieldLark · 13/09/2023 19:47

Probably not classed as historical, the the best looking man that's ever lived in my opinion

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AltheaVestr1t · 13/09/2023 19:53

Gustave Courbet

SparkyBlue · 13/09/2023 20:01

@roundcork I get the impression Charles Brandon was generally considered very good looking and charismatic . Didn't Henry's younger sister marry him despite him being no great catch money wise.

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 13/09/2023 20:04

Frederick Douglass.

The cheekbones, the eyes. Wowzers.

KnickerlessParsons · 13/09/2023 20:06

MansfieldLark · 13/09/2023 19:47

Probably not classed as historical, the the best looking man that's ever lived in my opinion

Completely agree. He really was beautiful.

roundcork · 13/09/2023 20:07

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OnAFrolicOfMyOwn · 13/09/2023 20:08

Jackydaytona · 13/09/2023 19:47

Rorschach (of ink blot fame)

Phwoar

Just googled - he looks a bit like Matt Damon.

CheshireCat1 · 13/09/2023 20:08

Richard 111 is my pin up.

SparkyBlue · 13/09/2023 20:09

@roundcork yes I totally agree. I imagine him to look like that as well

Supercat100 · 13/09/2023 20:10

MrsMontyD · 13/09/2023 18:58

Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford.

Rather niche. I'd go for Warwick the Kingmaker or John Lord Montagu.

Supercat100 · 13/09/2023 20:11

OnAFrolicOfMyOwn · 13/09/2023 20:08

Just googled - he looks a bit like Matt Damon.

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Blimey. He's actually the spit of Brad Pitt!

Mother87 · 13/09/2023 20:13

Yes to young Stalin - and young Charlie Chaplin..

TheBirdintheCave · 13/09/2023 20:14

Nikola Tesla!

FernsAndFlowers · 13/09/2023 20:17

Franklin D Roosevelt Jr every time

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Lantyslee · 13/09/2023 20:18

Came on to say Prince Rupert of the Rhine (my teenage history nurd crush) and am impressed @OnAFrolicOfMyOwn beat me to it 😁

HuwEdwardsBottom · 13/09/2023 20:21

Bloody hell. Young Roosevelt looks like a male model! Surprised no one has said Nikola Tesla.

MissHarrietBede · 13/09/2023 20:22

I often have a gaze at him! swoooooon 😍

CarolinaInTheMorning · 13/09/2023 20:22

Prince Rupert of the Rhine's cousin Charles II as portrayed by Rufus Sewell

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MissHarrietBede · 13/09/2023 20:24

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 13/09/2023 19:17

This bloke took a selfie in 1839. Got a kind of Mr.Darcy vibe going on:

Gah! this one is my swoooooon guy!

DameEtna · 13/09/2023 20:25

Young Stalin looks like he belongs on Love Island 🏝️😍

KatherineofGaunt · 13/09/2023 20:27

No! Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne in the Victoria TV series!

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CarolinaInTheMorning · 13/09/2023 20:30

Actually, Rufus Sewell playing just about any historical figure. 😀