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demoneyespaul posted:David Vivian Currie, Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross. He was a Major in the South Alberta Regiment during the Second World War, and one handsome devil: From a few pages back but this iconic photo is of David Currie during the action where he won his VC, probably the only photo ever of any VC action.  He is third from left, with the pistol in his hand.
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Calipygian Venus Classical art makes it clear Rome was a civilization of rear end men.  Not to be offensive, but I always thought Jesus was a handsome dude- a dark-featured well-built guy with kind eyes and a beard. It's a winning combination.
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Mr. Pumroy posted:
That's a picture of Nancy Carroll, a different historical hotty  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emCmjPuISmY&t=5m12s
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:His son, Lord Louis Mountbatten, was no ugly duckling either. Evidence:  
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Armyman25 posted:Realistic Jesus? Eh, I'd nail it. 
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:Eh, I'd nail it.  I present to you all the stunning dapperness that is the 7th Earl of Elgin:  ...and I've always had a soft spot for the young Trudeau. (linked for size) http://i.imgur.com/7mYBn.jpg For all of those ladies and gents who have a soft spot for tortured souls, Yukio Mishima and his batshittery are pretty delicious: 
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South Australian politician Don Dunstan. This guy puts Harvey Milk to shame. Not only was he suave,sophisticated and bi-sexual he decriminalized marijuana use, decriminalized homosexuality, appointed the first female judge, abolished the death penalty, relaxed laws on censorship and drinking. He also famously refused to wear old stuffy suits in government, preferring to address the floor in pink hot pants!! 
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markhate posted:South Australian politician Don Dunstan. I already knew about Don Dunstan and I like him much better than Tony Abbott. Speedos and policy-wise. 
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magic pantaloons posted:I already knew about Don Dunstan and I like him much better than Tony Abbott. Speedos and policy-wise. Agreed!! Maybe when Abbott starts holding press conferences in his silk pajamas and kimono Dunstan style I'll respect him more.
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markhate posted:Agreed!! Maybe when Abbott starts holding press conferences in his silk pajamas and kimono Dunstan style I'll respect him more. I would start to follow politics if this was a thing.
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 Heinrich Schliemann discoverer of Troy, horrible Archaeologist This is his wife who he gave her jewelry from the ruins of Troy (Again lovely archaeologist) 
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I always thought Mozart was a pretty good looking dude.
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bringmyfishback posted:I would start to follow politics if this was a thing.   and just stylin... 
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Pineapple Salad posted:Speaking of great works of sculpture, Caesar Augustus wasn't bad either: Rosa Luxemburg was quite cute in her youth:  Unknown woman from Anarchist Spain during the Civil War. I wonder what happened to her  
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I am in love with Julie Andrews and likely always will be: Also Prince Philip was good looking gent in his younger days: 
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I've always liked Natalie Wood since I saw Love with the Proper Stranger. It's really not a date movie though.
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Bertram posted:I've always liked Natalie Wood since I saw Love with the Proper Stranger. Also not a movie to watch while on a cruise.
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bobkatt013 posted:Also not a movie to watch while on a cruise. You never want to watch a Natalie Wood movie when you're on a boat.
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One of the main players in the Irish war of independance (and following Civil war)and an absolute hotty, Michael Collins Looking dapper in his uniform:  Looking slightly serious:  This man knew how to dress: 
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ohforthewings posted:One of the main players in the Irish war of independance (and following Civil war)and an absolute hotty, Michael Collins If you haven't seem the Movie about him, also called Michael Collins, you should. he's played by Liam Neeson, and Eamon de Valera is played by Alan Rickman. It's wicked awesome.
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I always liked June Elvidge for some reason. She was a lesser-known silent-era actress. I saw her first in the recently-discovered Valentino/Swanson film "Beyond the Rocks" and she made an impression on me. 
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Michael Collins was the father of modern revolutionary warfare / terrorism. The movie is OK, but I recommend hitting your local public library and ILL'ing a few biographies of the dude. De Valera may (or may not) have said it best: "It is my considered opinion that in the fullness of time history will record the greatness of Collins and it will be recorded at my expense".
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Smiling Jack posted:Michael Collins was the father of modern revolutionary warfare / terrorism. The movie is OK, but I recommend hitting your local public library and ILL'ing a few biographies of the dude. Asymmetrical warfare is not terrorism. The Easter uprising was aimed at independence. The response resulted in the horrible destruction of parts of Dublin, by the British.
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TampaTango posted:Asymmetrical warfare is not terrorism. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Also, while Collins was a participiant in the Easter Rising he thought it was a complete failure (it was) and a total fiasco (it was) and during the War of Independence (which truly kicked off three years after the Easter Rising) he tried to completely avoid such battles. Smiling Jack has a new favorite as of 16:47 on Jul 30, 2012 |
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Smiling Jack posted:One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. The rising was obviously a military failure, but to people like Pearse it was a massive success. It destroyed the Home Rule Party's grip on the electorate,lead to the rise of Sinn Fein and eventually the War of Independence. Smiling Jack posted:One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. I wish people wouldn't say this. Terrorism has a well defined meaning. It can be a legitimate tactic and is certainly not mutually exclusive to "fighting for freedom". Regardless, the IRA rarely used terrorism in that war. The British on the other hand... bpower has a new favorite as of 23:11 on Jul 30, 2012 |
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bpower posted:Terrorism has a well defined meaning. It can be a legitimate tactic and is certainly not mutually exclusive to "fighting for freedom". Regardless, the IRA rarely used terrorism in that war. The British on the other hand... A good looking man from that era, the heroic yet doomed Padraig Pearse.  Padraig Pearse posted:"To break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our political evils, and to assert the independence of my country—these were my objects. To unite the whole people of Ireland, to abolish the memory of all past dissentions, and to substitute the common name of Irishmen in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter—these were my means." Don't you dare call this man a terrorist.
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Spiderfist Island posted:Unknown woman from Anarchist Spain during the Civil War. I wonder what happened to her Spanish Revolution girls are all awesome 
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Zelda Fitzgerald.   The quintessential American Girl.
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Toshiro Mifune was classy as gently caress  Also love Martin Sheen in Badlands 
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Smiling Jack posted:
I always thought that this girl was in the IRA? the picture was definitely taken after the 1954 or so, simply because of the gun she's using.
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Shining path girls, a brutal communist movement in Peru. Like FARC, they are mostly a cocaine smuggling operation in 2012. 
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Harold Gould. I'm used to seeing him with a cute little moustache, but those eyebrows just make me swoon every time.  Paul Robeson, with his big, warm, friendly face, I just want to cuddle up to him and listen to him tell stories. (He has a beautiful voice, definitely recommend looking up and listening to some of his music)  Cab Calloway. God drat.  Maurice Ravel, who might be best known for a piece he didn't even think was that good, much to his chagrin.   Those eyes, the cheekbones, the nose  Robert Shaw, you beautiful son of a gun. Died aged 51 of a heart attack possibly from alcohol abuse  
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Myrna Loy, the Queen of Hollywood in the 30s (when Clark Gable was King of Hollywood apparently)  I fell in love with her thanks to the Thin Man movies, in which she played Nora, wife of detective Nick Charles. Here she is with William Powell (not a bad looker himself).  They had amazing on-screen chemistry, due in part to their close friendship, which makes the Thin Man series absolutely fantastic and well worth watching for anyone who has not seen them.
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I always thought Annie Oakley was really cute.  So was Sylvia Plath. Shame about the depression and the insanity and the death.
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Jane Goodall. She was beautiful.    So beautiful, in fact, that sexist biologists (it was the 1960's after all) wrote her off as a cover girl for National Geographic. I fell in love with her as a 12 year old watching My Life With the Chimpanzees. It's still one of my favorite documentaries. Unlike many of the old fogies posted here, she's still alive, doing great work, and still retains a sense of humor. When a Gary Larson cartoon implied that she had sex with a chimpanzee, this happened: Jane Goodall posted:...my then Exectutive director thrust the cartoon at me. "Just look at that, will you!" she announced, in icy tones. I thought the folded paper nust contain some bad news so I opened it apprehensively. When I saw it I remember making some kind of explosive mirthful sound-I like to think it was a guffaw, because that is such a wonderful word, a real Far Side sort of word. And I said something like: "Wow! Fantastic! Real fame at last! Fancy being in a Gary Larson Cartoon!" I could hardly believe it when my then executive director told me she had found it so offensive that she had asked a lawyer to write a letter of complaint! It implied, she said, that I had sexual relations with the chimps!"
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 History's first muscle bound hunk of man, the great Eugene Sandow.  It's OK to stare ladies. It's artistic!  I think I have the vapors!
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