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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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Viviennemary · 13/09/2023 20:38

I liked the sound of John of Gaunt in Katherine.

Sorry, this.👆🏼👆🏼

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 13/09/2023 21:12

Actual 16th Century HH, William the Silent, a nobleman under the Hapsburgs.

Those lucky Hapsburgs.

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CharliesAngles · 13/09/2023 21:12

Can anyone guess who this is?

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TheFireflies · 13/09/2023 21:14

Yuri Gagarin, but only when he’s smiling

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BitOutOfPractice · 13/09/2023 21:14

The Hapsburgs had the chin thing going on though didn’t they?

Oldsoldiersfadeaway · 13/09/2023 21:16

Agree with young Joe Biden. On a presidential theme, here’s young FDR…
Great idea for a thread!

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LadyOfTheCanyon · 13/09/2023 21:19

Constantin Brancusi. I like a brooding beardy guy and his beard game was strong.

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 13/09/2023 21:21

BitOutOfPractice · 13/09/2023 21:14

The Hapsburgs had the chin thing going on though didn’t they?

He wasn’t related to them.

CarolinaInTheMorning · 13/09/2023 21:22

King Olav of Norway (father of the present king) as a young man.

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AltheaVestr1t · 13/09/2023 21:26

CharliesAngles · 13/09/2023 21:12

Can anyone guess who this is?

Bill Clinton?

lljkk · 13/09/2023 21:27

Reality? He was probably a horrible self-precious self-important sop.
But I used to spend a lot of time swooning over this chap's portrait.
James Stuart, Duke of Richmond. 1612-1655

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Brightredtulips · 13/09/2023 21:29

Prince William of Gloucester

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CharliesAngles · 13/09/2023 21:32

Well if we’re going down the US presidential route, here are my top 3

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CharliesAngles · 13/09/2023 21:32

AltheaVestr1t · 13/09/2023 21:26

Bill Clinton?

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Nope 🙂

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AlwaysGinPlease · 13/09/2023 21:32

Brightredtulips · 13/09/2023 21:29

Prince William of Gloucester

Yay another fan!

PosyPrettyToes · 13/09/2023 21:34

@CharliesAngles its not a young David Attenborough is it?

PosyPrettyToes · 13/09/2023 21:35

Phineas Gage was very nice prior to the whole massive facial/brain injury thing….

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3luckystars · 13/09/2023 21:36

What a brilliant thread!!

I found some amazing photos thanks to this thread.

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BoobyDazzler · 13/09/2023 21:36

I think me and Hadrian would have got on well.

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Brightredtulips · 13/09/2023 21:36

Here is the handsome William of Gloucester

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SandTigerSharkFart · 13/09/2023 21:36

@CharliesAngles
Is it Mr Brown in Paddington? Just forgotten his name....

PosyPrettyToes · 13/09/2023 21:38

Oh, and Lewis Powell, one of the Lincoln assassins….

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CheeseMuffin · 13/09/2023 21:41

Who's this dashing young blade??

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3luckystars · 13/09/2023 21:42

Tell us!!!

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CharliesAngles · 13/09/2023 21:42

@SandTigerSharkFart Hugh Bonneville? Nope

@PosyPrettyToes No, but young DA is a total fox 🦊

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