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Here's What 28 Historical Figures Looked Like When They Were Young

I had no idea a photograph of Vincent van Gogh even existed.

by Audrey Engvalson

BuzzFeed Staff

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1. Here's how Susan B. Anthony looks in my head when someone mentions her:

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But here's what she looked like when she was younger:

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2. Here's how Abraham Lincoln looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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Here's what he looked like when he was younger:

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3. Here's how Jackie Robinson looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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Here's what he looked like when he was younger:

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4. Here's how Thomas Edison looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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Here's what he looked like when he was younger:

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5. Here's how Mahatma Gandhi looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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Here's what he looked like when he was younger:

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6. Here's how Vincent van Gogh looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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Here's what he looked like when he was younger:

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7. Here's how Richard Nixon looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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Here's what he looked like when he was younger:

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8. Here's how Eva Perón looks in my head when someone mentions her:

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9. Here's how Marie Antoinette looks in my head when someone mentions her:

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Here's what she looked like when she was younger:

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10. Here's how Che Guevara looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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Here's what he looked like when he was younger:

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11. Here's how Teddy Roosevelt looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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This is what he looked like when he was younger:

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12. Here's how Marie Curie looks in my head when someone mentions her:

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13. Here's how Maya Angelou looks in my head when someone mentions her:

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Here's what she looked like when she was younger:

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14. Here's how Charles Darwin looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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15. Here's how Muhammad Ali looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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16. Here's how Albert Einstein looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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17. Here's how Frederick Douglass looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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18. Here's how Eleanor Roosevelt looks in my head when someone mentions her:

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19. Here's how Mark Twain looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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Here's what he looked like when he was younger:

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20. Here's how Anna May Wong looks in my head when someone mentions her:

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Here's what she looked like when she was younger:

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21. Here's how JFK looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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This is what he looked like when he was younger:

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22. Here's how Winston Churchill looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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23. Here's how Salvador Dalí looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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24. Here's how Sigmund Freud looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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25. Here's how Ernest Hemingway looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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26. Here's how Nelson Mandela looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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27. Here's how Napoleon Bonaparte looks in my head when someone mentions him:

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28. Finally, here's the picture that comes to my head when someone mentions Queen Elizabeth:

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Here's a picture of her when she was younger:

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