15 Very Attractive Historical Characters We’d Love to Have Known

It’s curious how people don’t show much interest in studying history. Why does this happen? The problem is not in the subject — after all, we are talking about events that changed the course of our lives, and many have even become the subject of documentaries and fiction films. In reality, the lack of interest is often in the way historical characters are illustrated: in general, they are portrayed as mature, bearded people, with serious faces and very distant from us. Another problem is that we don’t always have access to the true images of these people. It turns out that many of the great men in history were not only intelligent, but they were also great models of beauty.

Today the awesome.club wants you to see 15 great characters in history from the most varied fields who may have been born at the wrong time and place.

Despite his beauty, Johannes Brahms was not an actor and much less a model, he was a 19th century German pianist. A perfectionist, he loved nature and that’s why he took long walks in the forest. His personality was a little sour, but he was very kind to children and always had sweets to give them.

He did not marry, but was very much in love with the pianist Clara Schumann, who was married to another man. He even wrote to her: “I can’t stop thinking about you… What have you done to me? Can’t you undo this spell?” Despite Johannes’ beauty and sensitivity, they were never together, not even when Clara was widowed.

In general, people think of Charlie Chaplin with a hat, makeup face and the good old mustache. However, what a lot of people don’t know is that under that costume there was a charismatic and very handsome man. What if he had appeared like that in your movies? It probably wouldn’t have been that striking, but it’s undeniable that it would have pleased a lot of people.

Rupert Brooke was a poet who, in addition to looking beautiful with the fantasy of the Greek god Como, wrote beautiful sonnets. His beauty was a hotly debated topic in his day: poet William Butler Yeats described him as “the most handsome young man in England”, and John Gillespie Magee, Jr. even wrote a poem about him called Sonnet for Rupert Brooke🇧🇷 He had many romances and like the god Como, who was portrayed as a young man, Rupert died early after being bitten by a mosquito, at the age of 27.

Thomas Edison was an inventor. Among his technological and scientific contributions are the incandescent electric lamp and the phonograph. When he was young, he lit up many people’s faces with his bright eyes and handsome face.

Born in 1922, Jack Kerouac was a writer who, in addition to being very handsome, was also very intelligent. But his lifestyle was full of excesses and he died from internal bleeding caused by cirrhosis. Luckily, he left many works and some editions include photos of him.

No, he’s not posing in the photo, he’s playing a sport. Mike Tiernan was a very famous baseball player and was one of the most important players in the 19th century. In the 20th century he continued to break hearts.

Hermann Rorschach was a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist known for creating the Rorschach Test, designed to reflect unconscious parts of the personality that “project” onto stimuli. He was a very handsome man and he made his patients fall in love. It wasn’t for less…

This man is mostly known as the husband of Laura Ingalls. She was inspired by him to write the famous book Farmer Boy. And how not to be inspired by such beautiful eyes? He was a peasant and family man and managed to build his wife’s “dream house” after 30 years of hard work. He always accompanied his wife to literature events and was a humble man with a beautiful heart who knew very well how to make his wife happy.

James Stark was a great stage actor who lived around 1819. Unfortunately, we only have this photo of him. It would have been great to see that beautiful look on the big screen too, wouldn’t it?

Andrew Irvine was one of the climbers who tried to climb Mount Everest. He has always been described as “kind, expressive, shy and creative”. Probably the ideal person for an adventurous soul. Unfortunately, he disappeared on the third British Everest expedition and never fulfilled his dream of reaching the top. Friends of his say the following about him: “Irvine didn’t live long, but he lived well. His short life was filled with activity. In just one year he rowed the successful Oxford boat, explored Spitsbergen, fell in love with skiing and perhaps conquered Everest. More than living for a long time, he lived well.”

It’s hard to know which is stronger: Yonejirō Noguchi’s words or his facial expression. He was a famous Japanese writer who lived in the United States and visited other countries, including France and England.

No, we’re not talking about Greek sculpture. Discobolus. This man really existed. He was a German athlete who competed in the 1912 Olympic Games. In addition to being very good at the discus throw, it is said that he won everyone over with his beauty.

When you look at the face of young Francis Parkman, don’t you think of Joaquin Phoenix? Despite the resemblance, he was not an actor and did not win an Oscar. In reality, he was a historian and a horticulturist from a wealthy family and used his money in his historical research. He was widowed very young and decided to raise his daughters alone. He had to face many illnesses and despite the difficulties he wrote great books, mainly on the conflicts between France and England.

Anthony Fokker was a Dutch businessman, pioneer of aviation and aeronautical industrialist. At age 20, he built his first airplane, and years later he had his own airplane company. Of course with a face like that it was easy to find someone who wanted to fly alongside him.

Ernest Hemingway was not just a pretty face, he also worked as a journalist and was one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. If in the profession he was very objective, as a husband he was the opposite. He did not find happiness with his first wife, much less with his second or third. He lived his final days alongside his fourth wife, with whom he lived for 15 years, until her death in 1961.

Which of these men do you consider the most handsome? Do you know any other historical characters that should be on this list? Share in the comments.