Historical Hotties: Baby, Rev Up That Time Machine

Historical Hotties: Baby, Rev Up That Time Machine

photo: National Archives

Sometimes movie star good looks pop up in some strange places. From the laboratory to the battlefield, we give you historical hotties...

1) Nikola Tesla, Scientist, (July 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943)

AC, DC… don’t care baby, electrify me.

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photo: Napoleon Sarony

2) Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father of the United States of America (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804)

Too bad his sexy stare didn’t deflect Aaron Burr’s bullet.

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photo: John Trumbull

3) Oscar Wilde, Writer (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900)

His last name says it all…

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photo: Napoleon Sarony

4) Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (October 4, 1822- January 17, 1893)

More like Rutherford B. Smokin’ …

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photo: US Library of Congress

5) Ernest Hemingway, Writer (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961)

Smouldering in this passport photo… We all know it’s hard to look good in government photos…

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photo: National Archives

6) Robert E. Lee, General of the Confederate Army (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870)

Yeah he was on the wrong side, but it’s hard to ignore that face.

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photo: William Edward West

7) Johannes Brahms, Composer (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897)

He enjoyed long walks in Vienna… romantic…

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photo: Wikimedia Commons

8) Charles Spencer “Charlie” Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977)

Okay, so he was a movie star… but he made the list because his real hottness was disguised by weird facial hair and silly hats.

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photo: Strauss-Peyton Studio

9) Sir Humphry Davy, Chemist, Lecturer, Poet, Physicist (December 17, 1778 –  May 29, 1829)

Add “Sexy Beast” to that list of accomplishments.

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photo: Sir Thomas Lawrence

10) Robert Cornelius, Chemist & Photography Pioneer (1809–1893)

One the earliest photos of a human and the selfie that launched a million selfies…

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photo: Robert Cornelius

 

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