Marie Doro was an actress back when acting was easier as the films were silent so all you had to do was run around, look pretty, and occasionally make funny faces.
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Che Guevara is known for more than his looks, but don't let that stop you from drooling all over yourself. To think, he went from yuppie stud to revolutionary is just a few short years.
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Maude Adams, who died in 1953, was an actress but never got to see the moon landing or Miley Cyrus' VMA performance. Besides that her life was an exceptional one.
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Benjamin Piatt Runkle led a troop of Union soldiers in the Civil War, so he was clearly a progressive. He also co-founded Sigma Chi fraternity, so he clearly knows how to have a good time. He also evidently knows his way around a comb and some hair gel,
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I always knew Fallon wasn't who he said he was. Here he is alive and well in the early 20th century back when he was doing revolutionary work. I could be the host of Late Night, too, if given one hundred years to think up the jokes.
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Harry Burn was a career politician and devout lady-killer. He became the youngest member of the Tennessee state legislature when he was elected at the age of 22. Then he went on to have a great political career, but was even more successful at the saloons.
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Why is it that the bad guys murderers, thieves ect. are always the most dreamy? This man, Louis Ling, was put to death for his crimes which are unknown but probably significant given the punishment.
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If you're gonna mess with Roza Shanina you better do it up close because she's a sharpshooter from far away. In WWII she had 54 confirmed sniper kills as she helped her native Soviet Union fight off the Nazis. And best of all, she made it look gooood.
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Vivien Thomas would not have been a bad prize to bring home to the parents. Not only was he a doctor, but he was also a heart surgeon. And not just any heart surgeon, he's the dude that INVENTED heart surgery.
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William Zupkoski is one you'd want to show off to the girlfriends but not necessarily bring home to the parents. He robbed over forty banks and stabbed a guy in prison...all without compromising his wavy hair or immaculate complexion.
