Funny Looking Historical People

From John Rockefeller's Benjamin Button skin to the Hapsburg family's trademark chin, this blog is filled with history's most successful oddities.

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This is a facial construction of Richard III, the King of England and the Lord of Ireland between 1483 and 1485. His death marked the beginning of the War of Roses.

Richard is often depicted, both in paintings and media, as stern, angry, and violent. This reconstruction shows him looking like a lesbian dressed as Lord Farquaad.

Sources:

https://living.alot.com/entertainment/35-beloved-historical-figures-who-werent-as-great-as-we-remember--17207?isLong=0&isVertical=1

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-III-king-of-England

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Richard III | Biography & Facts

Richard III, the last Plantagenet and Yorkist king of England. He usurped the throne of his nephew Edward V in 1483 and perished in defeat t

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Description: “Portrait of Philip the Handsome” by Juan de Flandes. Portrait painted for his marriage to Joan the Mad. Philip was the royal heartthrob of the late 1400′s, due to his “fine hair” and “attractive eyes.”

https://www.wga.hu/html_m/j/juan/1/portrai2.html

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The Hapsburgs, a branch of Spanish royalty, are known primarily for their protruding jaws and knack for marrying their cousins. As a result, many royals became the victims of an incest-caused phenomenon called the Hapsburg lip. 

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Henry Clay: America’s first skeleton politician.

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John P. Morgan was famous for two things: owning a large, monopolizing corporation, and have a large, bulbous nose. Also, he looks like he’s insane.

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John Rockefeller. Fun fact: he didn’t have hair, so he wore wigs of different lengths in a cycle, providing the illusion of growing hair. 

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Terence Powderly, a post-civil war USA politician, achieved many things, but mastering his hair was not one of those things.