25 Gorgeous Historical Figures That Are Utterly Swoon-Worthy

We see beautiful faces on social media frequently. Most of which is thanks to either make-up, filters, plastic surgery or other enhancement tools. Historical figures didn’t have access to such amenities when they were photographed, however. Which makes it even more alluring to see photos or paintings of their authentic beauty. These swoon-worthy heartthrobs broke many hearts back in the day, and we can imagine that they had hordes of fans who chucked bloomers in their direction.

#1 Lady Caroline Blackwood

#2 Jack Kerouac

#3 Princess Fawzia Fuad Of Egypt

#4 Sessue Hayakawa

#5 Mata Hari

#6 Johannes Brahms

#7 Eva Perón

#8 Rupert Brooke

#9 Hermann Rorschach

#10 Nikola Tesla

#11 Hunter S. Thompson

#12 Empress Elisabeth Of Austria

#13 Princess Kaʻiulani

#14 Jack Johnson

#15 Joseph Stalin

#16 John F. Kennedy Jr

#17 Lillie Langtry

#18 Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix Of Hesse)

#19 Nefertiti

#20 Franz Liszt

#21 Gayatri Devi

#22 Lewis Powell (Conspirator)

#23 Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh

#24 Harry Houdini

#25 Susan Sontag

Shanilou Perera

Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.