10 July 2013

Vintage Photographs of Famous Historical Figures With Beards

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





[via Buzzfeed]