Charles Darwin, English Naturalist,

Just for fun, the team at Buzzfeed have put together a collection of famous historical figures and their iconic facial hair.
From historical American figures to Horace Greeley to more famous ones like Karl Marx and Charles Darwin, one can’t help but wonder if beards and brilliance go together.
Scroll down to see if your favorite, beard-sporting historical figure made the list.
Horace Greeley, Founder of The Liberal Republican Party

John Knox, Scottish Clergyman

General Ambrose Burnside, U.S. Senator

Peter Cooper, Creator of the Steam Locomotive

Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office

Karl Marx, German Philosopher, Author of The Communist Manifesto

Otto the Great, founder of the Holy Roman Empire

Vlad the Impaler

Grigori Rasputin, Advisor to the Romanovs

Che Guevara, Marxist Revolutionary

Daniel C. Beard, Founde of The Boy Scouts

Carolus-Duran, French Painter

King George V

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Nikola P. Pašić, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and Serbia

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Just for fun, the team at Buzzfeed have put together a collection of famous historical figures and their iconic facial hair.
From historical American figures to Horace Greeley to more famous ones like Karl Marx and Charles Darwin, one can’t help but wonder if beards and brilliance go together.
Scroll down to see if your favorite, beard-sporting historical figure made the list.
Horace Greeley, Founder of The Liberal Republican Party

John Knox, Scottish Clergyman

General Ambrose Burnside, U.S. Senator

Peter Cooper, Creator of the Steam Locomotive

Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office

Karl Marx, German Philosopher, Author of The Communist Manifesto

Otto the Great, founder of the Holy Roman Empire

Vlad the Impaler

Grigori Rasputin, Advisor to the Romanovs

Che Guevara, Marxist Revolutionary

Daniel C. Beard, Founde of The Boy Scouts

Carolus-Duran, French Painter

King George V

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Nikola P. Pašić, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and Serbia

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