It’s kind of strange how someone from hundreds of years ago can look almost the same as a completely different important figure, even when there’s nothing connecting them.
The young revolutionary with a familiar face
When he was younger, Russian leader Joseph Stalin didn’t have that thick mustache or serious appearance. He had a full head of dark, wavy hair instead, and he looked a lot like the pop singer Zayn Malik. Yes, really.
The thick eyebrows are doing a lot of the work here, and so are their rather intense eyes. There’s also the fact that they both have narrow faces. That helps. It’s kind of weird to imagine a dictator could’ve looked like he was part of a boy band.
The psychiatrist who could’ve been a movie star
Hermann Rorschach was a Swiss psychiatrist who’s best known for introducing the Rorschach inkblot test in 1921. You know, the test where you say what you see in a series of unusual pictures. But the weirdest detail is that he looks so much like Brad Pitt.
They have the same defined cheekbones and kind of messy hair, along with similar eyes. You can mostly see the similarities in Pitt’s younger photos, especially the black-and-white ones. It’s a pretty convincing resemblance.
Two leading men with an old-fashioned look
There’s something about George Clooney’s face that wouldn’t look out of place in an old Hollywood movie. In fact, he looks a lot like some silver screen legends, like Clark Gable. Gable was one of the biggest actors of the 1930s, and he appeared in Gone with the Wind.
Clooney and Gable could easily be brothers. After all, they have the same strong jaw and swept-back hair. Let’s not forget their crooked smiles. Gable’s thin mustache was his trademark, but even without one, Clooney still looks like him.
A presidential face in Hollywood
If there’s ever a movie about Millard Fillmore, Alec Baldwin could probably play him without much help from the makeup department. Fillmore was America’s 13th president. When you look at his official portraits, he really does look like Baldwin’s character from 30 Rock.
They both have fairly broad foreheads and deep-set eyes. They also have the same kind of shape around their mouths, and the similarities are really noticeable in photographs of middle-aged Baldwin.
The familiar face from Hollywood’s golden age
Hedy Lamarr was a major Hollywood star during the 1930s and 1940s, appearing in films like Samson and Delilah. She also helped develop a frequency-hopping communication system. But we’re looking at her face today.
Specifically, we’re looking at how similar her face looks to Rose McGowan. Both of them are actresses, although McGowan did slightly different films, like Scream.
The unmistakable eyebrows
Lily Collins is someone who’s probably heard about how much she looks like Audrey Hepburn. The nose, the eyebrows, and the eyes are all very similar. It’s a little surprising because Hepburn was recognizable in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Collins is an actress, too, and the right kind of hairstyle makes her resemble Hepburn even more. But what made Collins the perfect pick was when she was chosen to play Audrey Hepburn herself in a movie about the making of Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
The general with an action-star appearance
During most of World War II, Douglas MacArthur spent his time commanding Allied troops in the Southwest Pacific. He also happened to look a little like Bruce Willis. You wouldn’t really notice it, though, not unless you looked underneath his famous military cap and sunglasses.
Have a look at photographs of MacArthur in his later years, and you’ll see it. He has that familiar jawline and narrow mouth that look spookily like the Die Hard actor’s facial features. Willis could’ve played the general quite easily.
Two screen stars with more than a name in common
It’d be easy to mistake a young Sophia Loren for SofÃa Vergara in certain photographs. Both of them are actresses, for one. Loren was an Italian who became a major Hollywood star in the 1950s, eventually winning an Oscar for Two Women.
However, Vergara made a name for herself after appearing as Gloria on Modern Family. Beyond their careers, there’s something so unmistakable about their faces, whether it’s the full lips or high cheekbones. Their dark, wavy hair only makes them seem even more alike.
The royal portrait with a modern resemblance
There’s quite a strange painting of Philip IV of Spain. The picture itself isn’t all that weird, but Philip looks so much like Mark Zuckerberg that it’s almost as though someone dressed the Facebook founder in 17th-century royal clothing.
The painting is from around 1626 to 1628, when Philip was still a young king. Facebook came around in 2004, and Zuckerberg became internationally famous shortly after. They have very similar narrow faces and slightly drooping eyelids.
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