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Inspired by The Bugle Podcast. Post your favourite attractive and/or alluring historical figures. Henry VIII of England  Yes, he went downhill towards the end, and there was all that unfortunate business with the executions, but as a young man he was tall, athletic, clever, and who doesn't love a bad boy? Pierre Curie  Co-discoverer of radium, has his own unit named for him and was a devoted family man. Shame he hadn't learned to look both ways. Haile Selassie I  The last Emperor of Ethiopia and considered divine by Rastafarians. Really cracked down on slavery. Looked amazing with a beard. Cesare Borgia  Horrible human being. Possiby incestuous. Definitely murderous. Knew how to wear a hat. Who are your hotties from history?
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John Wilkes Booth was a hot little number.
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Apr 12, 2012 15:00
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This entire site is amazing: http://bangabledudesinhistory.blogspot.com.au/ These mugshots were taken by Sydney police in the 20's. These guys had style... So much style in fact, that Ralph Lauren has just based a collection on them.  
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Apr 12, 2012 15:00
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Everyone else goes on and on about Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, but I don't think any of them were anywhere in the same league as Hedy Lamarr. Edit - Not just an actress, but one of the inventors of spread spectrum technology.
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Apr 12, 2012 20:11
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Classic historical hottie:
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Apr 12, 2012 20:41
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TremorX posted:Everyone else goes on and on about Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, but I don't think any of them were anywhere in the same league as Hedy Lamarr. It's HEDLEY!  To contribute, Charlotte Bronte was quite the looker.  Beer_Suitcase has a new favorite as of 20:47 on Apr 12, 2012 |
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Apr 12, 2012 20:44
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Grand Duchess Tatiana Will stab you and steal your car keys. Mainly because of what happened to her entire family.
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Apr 12, 2012 21:01
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Look at that flowing mane, look at that protruding chin, blood that flows like water, from a family so beautiful they couldn't accept the beauty of any other onto their loins.
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Apr 12, 2012 21:17
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Lewis Powell One of the people hanged for the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy.
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Apr 12, 2012 21:25
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 Sophie Scholl. Member of the White Rose anti-Nazi resistance group in Munich. She was executed for distributing anti-Nazi flyers. Tragic, noble heroine and total cutie.
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Apr 12, 2012 21:27
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Rembrandt Peale. I've always had a thing for sexy science-nerd boys who wear glasses. 
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Apr 12, 2012 21:34
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King Ludwig II of Bavaria Went a bit mad, built fairy tale castles, patron of Wagner, died in mysterious circumstances. Hotty. Lizzy I  She was a very pretty young thing before she rubbed all that lead into her face. Far more attractive than her father.
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Apr 12, 2012 21:42
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Amelia Earhart - the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Apr 12, 2012 21:54
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Always thought Czar Nicholas II was a bit of a looker.  I mean, how many people could pull this off? 
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Apr 12, 2012 21:54
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hyperhazard posted:Always thought Czar Nicholas II was a bit of a looker. Something about his eyes is just creepy; its like he's not really all there.
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Apr 12, 2012 22:09
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hyperhazard posted:Always thought Czar Nicholas II was a bit of a looker. He looks a bit like a young Stephen Fry, and yes I agree he is a total looker!
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Apr 12, 2012 22:10
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stefania_r posted:Classic historical hottie: Good gracious. I admit to being a Camille Desmoulins fangirl, from the French Revolution. Not all portraits are quite as flattering as this, though:  His wife Lucile:  And sometimes he and this guy were bestest buddies: 
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Apr 12, 2012 22:22
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hyperhazard posted:Always thought Czar Nicholas II was a bit of a looker. You mean King George the Fifth, right?  They were cousins. Also, Wilhelm looked pretty much the same as well, but I couldn't find their family photo where its like "Holy poo poo clones  "
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Apr 12, 2012 22:38
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Grace Kelly
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Apr 12, 2012 22:42
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Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Look at that motherfuckin' hat and tell me it doesn't get you all hot and bothered. His Huerrem Sultan, Roxelana, wasn't too bad either. 
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Apr 12, 2012 22:48
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Lobsterboy posted:You mean King George the Fifth, right?  Family reunions must have been awesome. Farecoal posted:Something about his eyes is just creepy; its like he's not really all there. 
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Apr 12, 2012 22:59
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This is an awesome thread, but can people actually tell us the names of the people they post? There's some that I think I might recognize, but have no idea.
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Apr 12, 2012 23:03
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 Soong May-ling, looked good well into her fifties, shame about getting involved with a petty, corrupt wannabe fascist for the sake of power.  
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Apr 12, 2012 23:09
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 Zelda Fitzgerald seemed like she was a lot of fun. Too bad about the schizophrenia. But being around F. Scott Fitzgerald probably does that. From what I've read she could be sharp as hell and an artist herself, but it's hard to build your own reputation when your spouse is responsible for The Great Gatsby.
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Apr 12, 2012 23:22
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Whenever I'm playing a Civilization game I always notice how while they're not outright making the women "Sexier" they do definitely take liberties with their beauty. Exception I've found is Isabella of Castile Hell most accounts of people who met her couldn't shut up about how gorgeous she was: quote:
I also thought Mao's last wife Jiang Qing was pretty as well, which considering she was an actress before becoming a revolutionary makes sense.  Shame about being crazy as hell tho.
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Apr 12, 2012 23:38
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Lobsterboy posted:You mean King George the Fifth, right? I seem to recall some story where the two swapped royal outfits when they had a meeting together to gently caress with their staffs but I can't find a reliable source for it. Do you have any information on that?
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Apr 12, 2012 23:47
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Sean_Miller posted:John Wilkes Booth was a hot little number. This is the truth. He was, at the time, considered to be one of the greatest actors of his generation and a sex symbol. It would be like if you woke up today and George Clooney or Brad Pitt had shot Obama. It must have been insanely surreal to experience first hand. Also, Kim Il Sung was quite an attractive and personable man. Its how he was able to build such an insane cult around himself (that his son then systematically ruined): 
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Apr 13, 2012 00:17
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  This girl from the Republican side of the Spanish civil war 
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Apr 13, 2012 00:42
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Alexander Hamilton was pretty sexy, truth be told. Maybe some of it has to do with the fact that he was also a financial badass. He's even hot on our money! 
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Apr 13, 2012 00:58
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 Ava Gardner. *wolf whistles while tugging at collar*
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Apr 13, 2012 01:15
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 Jean Seberg   Audrey Hepburn
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 Che Guevara. Communists are quite good at being hot. By the way, here's Kaiser Wilhelm, the "other" cousin:  He's the most handsome of the three, and was also the gayest, and the craziest, and the stupidest.  And the dapperest. His male descendents still look exactly like him to this day. Rasler has a new favorite as of 01:57 on Apr 13, 2012 |
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Apr 13, 2012 01:27
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Theda Bara -- A sexy size 14 and very pre-Hays Code. Theda as Cleopatra (  in case).
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Apr 13, 2012 01:59
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It hasn't been updated in a while, but I think it should be put here. My Daguerrotype Boyfriend
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Apr 13, 2012 02:01
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khwarezm posted:Camus  Wittgenstein  JFK  Also, L'Inconnue de la Seine is worth bringing up. More kind of haunting than hot, though. snucks has a new favorite as of 02:19 on Apr 13, 2012 |
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Apr 13, 2012 02:08
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Rasler posted:By the way, here's Kaiser Wilhelm, the "other" cousin: If I had lived then, I would have been more into politics.
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Apr 13, 2012 02:12
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 Descartes after my hartes Just look at that eyebrow. Could charm the pants off any clergy.
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Apr 13, 2012 02:19
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ekuNNN posted:
I'd have joined her International Brigade if you know what I mean.
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Apr 13, 2012 02:29
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stefania_r posted:Classic historical hottie: Saying this as a completely straight dude, Stalin may have been a mass murdering sociopath, but he was pretty loving stunning looking too. All the way to the old age too (looking at you Tito, Castro, and Mao...wait, no Mao was always ugly).     Oh, and if anyone wonders why George, Nicholas and Wilhelm looked how they looked, look no further:   Those are some pretty great genes to have rolling around in your DNA.
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JibbaJabberwocky posted:Alexander Hamilton was pretty sexy, truth be told. Maybe some of it has to do with the fact that he was also a financial badass. Came here to post this! What a good looking motherfucker. Have this instead:  A russian sniper chick from WW2. No idea of the name.
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