Yahoo Lifestyle 50 Extremely Rare Pictures That Will Completely And Totally Change The Way You Look At Famous Historical Figures
1.This is the Albert Einstein you're probably familiar with...
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born American theoretical physicist and winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics, circa 1953.
2.And this is what a 3-year-old Albert Einstein looked like:
I hate to break it to you, but chances are that 3-year-old was smarter then than you are today.
3.You're, of course, familiar with Mahatma Gandhi...
4.And here's Gandhi as a young man some time in the late 1800s:
Looking sharp, Mahatma.
5.This is the Queen Elizabeth you're probably familiar with...
6.And this is what Queen Elizabeth II looked like when she was 18:
7.This is the Joseph Stalin you are probably familiar with...
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet political leader. For years this was the official portrait of Stalin.
8.And this is what a young Joseph Stalin looked like in his late 20s:
His friends called him Joe. Not actually sure of that. Probably not true.
9.This is the Bob Ross you're probably familiar with...
10.This is what Bob Ross looked like before he had his iconic hairdo:
11.This is the Sean Connery you're probably familiar with...
12.And here's Sean Connery before he was James Bond, competing in the Mr. Universe pageant in 1953:
13.This is the Richard Nixon you're probably familiar with...
14.And this is a college-aged Richard Nixon playing on his football team:
He was a member of the Whittier College football team.
15.This is the Harriet Tubman you're probably familiar with...
American abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman (1820 - 1913) who escaped slavery by marrying a free man and led many other slaves to safety using the abolitionist network known as the underground railway. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
16.And this is what Harriet Tubman looked like in old age:
17.This is the Lucille Ball you're probably familiar with...
American actress Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989) as Lucy Esmeralda MacGillicuddy Ricardo in the popular TV series 'I Love Lucy', circa 1955. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
18.And this is what a 19 year old Lucille Ball looked like:
Actress Lucille Ball (Photo by �� John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
19.This is the Charlie Chaplin you're probably used to seeing...
20.And this is what Charlie Chaplin looked like as a young man:
Chuck was out there looking like the most annoying guy in your Intro to Philosophy class.
And just for good measure, here's what an eightysomething Charlie Chaplin looked like:
21.This is the Vincent van Gogh you're probably familiar with...
FRANCE - CIRCA 2002: Self-Portrait with felt hat, 1888, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), oil on canvas, 44x37.5 cm. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images); Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
22.And this is one of the few known photos of Vincent van Gogh, shown here at age 20:
23.This is the Franklin Delano Roosevelt you're probably familiar with...
24.And this is the last picture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt ever taken, snapped just one day before his death:
He was 63 years old in this picture.
25.Here's another picture of FDR as a toddler, for good measure:
26.This is the Marilyn Monroe you're probably familiar with...
Actress Marilyn Monroe
27.And this is what a 20 year old Marilyn Monroe looked like, when she still went by Norma Jeane:
28.This is the Teddy Roosevelt you're probably familiar with...
29.And here's Teddy Roosevelt as a young, sideburned man:
30.This is the Mother Teresa you're probably familiar with...
31.And here's what Mother Teresa looked like as a young woman:
32.This is the William Shakespeare you're probably familiar with...
Circa 1600, English playwright and poet William Shakespeare (1564-1616). (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)
33.And this is allegedly the death mask of William Shakespeare:
The mask itself was made in 1616, the same year Shakespeare died, and was discovered in 1849. There's a whole lot of controversy whether it's Bill or not.
34.This is the Abraham Lincoln you're probably familiar with...
35.And this is the earliest known picture of Abraham Lincoln, taken in 1846:
My man Abraham is looking bright-eyed AND bushy-tailed.
36.Before he died, Abraham Lincoln had a "life mask" made of his face. This is what it looked like:
Abe, my boy, I know I'm not supposed to say this, but you look a bit tired.
37.This is the Ludwig van Beethoven you're probably familiar with...
38.And this is the death mask of Ludwig van Beethoven:
That we are sure of.
39.This is the Ulysses S. Grant you're probably familiar with...
40.And this is the last picture ever taken of President Ulysses S. Grant, snapped days before his death at his home:
Shoutout Ulysses.
41.This is the Andrew Jackson you're probably with...
42.And this is one of the only pictures of President Andrew Jackson, taken shortly before his death in 1845:
43.This is the Napoleon Bonaparte you're probably familiar with...
Circa 1848. Oil on canvas. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)
44.And this is a bronze death mask that was made of Napoleon Bonaparte's face in the hours after he died:
Also not what I was expecting.
45.This is the Harry Houdini you're probably familiar with...
46.And this is Houdini in 1908, entertaining huge crowds gathered in Boston to watch him jump off a bridge while tied up in chains:
A little underdressed there, Harry.
47.This is the Harry Truman you're probably familiar with...
(Original Caption) 1949: Official portrait of Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), 33rd president of the United States.
48.And this is one of the last pictures taken of President Harry S. Truman, shortly before his death in 1972:
I would've told you Truman died in 1959 if you asked me.
49.This is the Adolf Hitler you're probably familiar with...
50.And these are some of several disguises that US Intelligence thought Adolph Hitler would use if he managed to go into hiding after World War II:
Proto-photoshop.
