[Wormdundee]

Unfortunately I can't find a better pic of this event, the first "World Day of Prayer for Peace" organized by Pope John Paul II and held in Assisi on October 27, 1986. More than 100 religious leaders spent the day together praying for peace.

That sounds useful.

[Forkball]

That Hitler-pic is fake. He didn't sport the famous moustache until the 1920s. He had a full moustache back then (before and during WW1).

Correct.

Hitler is sitting on the right. It also says that dog was Hitler's, but it was stolen from him. I'm sure that was another straw on the camel's back.

[Tashi]

Best thread on GAF in a while. Awesome stuff.

[Kad5]

Cyrus the Great one of the first Shahs of Iran/Persia and considered to be the father of the country.



The late Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlavi



The late Ayatollah Khomeini former and first Supreme Leader of Iran

[NekoFever]

Thank God, that worked out surprisingly well!

It would have worked, but 99 of them had the wrong religion and that just pissed off God.

[Noshino]

Miguel Grau


His nickname is "Knight of the Seas". Dude would destroy your ship, rescue the survivors, and then write a letter to the widow of the captain praising him.

Dear Madam: I have a sacred duty that authorizes me to write you, despite knowing that this letter will deepen your profound pain, by reminding you of recent battles. During the naval combat that took place in the waters of Iquique, between the Chilean and Peruvian ships, on the 21st day of the last month, your worthy and valiant husband Captain Mr. Arturo Prat, Commander of the Esmeralda, was, like you would not ignore any longer, victim of his reckless valor in defense and glory of his country’s flag. While sincerely deploring this unfortunate event and sharing your sorrow, I comply with the sad duty of sending you some of his belongings, invaluable for you, which I list at the end of this letter. Undoubtedly, they will serve of small consolation in the middle of your misfortune, and I have hurried in remitting them to you. Reiterating my feelings of condolence, I take the opportunity of offering you my services, considerations and respects and I render myself at your disposal. (Signed) Ship Capt. Miguel Grau

Took a bunch of Chilean ships just to take down his frigate.

[Zapages]

quaid-e-azam mohammad ali jinnah - founder of Pakistan

Youth:




Gandhi and Jinnah:



Great Poet, Philosopher, and founders of Pakistan: Alama Iqbal:



a must read book: The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam

Picture of the last Ottoman Sultan's Grandson: Ertugrul Osman before his passing away in 2009:

[Shig]

Young Orson Welles fielding calls after his infamous War of the Worlds reading. Prime material for a "NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN" caption.



MLK Jr. and Sammy Davis Jr. sharing a laugh.

(sorry for the watermarks, couldn't find the same images without them) :(

[Always-honest]

god i hate it when people just post photo's without names.. what the FUCK is the big idea behind that kind of retardation?

Most are obvious, but nobody knows everybody...


anyway, some extremely cool phot's here.

Miguel Grau

looks like Tom Hanks

[Forsete]

That Hitler-pic is fake. He didn't sport the famous moustache until the 1920s. He had a full moustache back then (before and during WW1). Hermann Göring was also the flying comrade of Manfred von Richthofen aka. The Red Baron.

Really? I didn't know it was fake. I have seen it in many different history books over the years.

Edit: Did a quick scan from the biography of Adolf Hitler.
http://i.imgur.com/LiTQO.jpg

It says "Above: Sunday the 2nd August 1914. A crowd is gathered on Odeonsplatz in München. Dressed in his finest suit stands Hitler in the crowd. He looks excited, lifts his hat and joins in singing >>Deutschland über alles<<. The first world war has begun"

Now that I think about it, it seems a bit over dramatic. :P

[whatsinaname]

Amelia Earhart

[Gary Whitta]

Unfortunately I can't find a better pic of this event, the first "World Day of Prayer for Peace" organized by Pope John Paul II and held in Assisi on October 27, 1986. More than 100 religious leaders spent the day together praying for peace.

How'd that work out?

[mokeyjoe]

Norma Jean, before Marilyn.

[Fritz]

There are some awesome picture of her around, be it as Norma Jean or Marylin. She was an incredibly pretty and fragile little thing.

[close to the edge]

René Magritte (Belgian painter)

[Patrick Bateman]

Cushing and Pavlov

Wondered if it's the same guy as "Morbus Cushing" and he is. :O


Oh and Pavlov like "Pavlov's Dogs".


*mind blown*

[Roi]

The title is AWESOME PICTURES OF FAMOUS PEOPLE, not already well known and boring pictures and paintings of famous people.

[Melchiah]

Albert Einstein


Adolf Hitler & Leni Riefenstahl


Joseph Goebbels & Adolf Hitler


Josif Stalin


Charles Manson

[jgkspsx]

This is probably the most mind-blowing thread I've ever seen on GAF. I plan to have the Tesla/Twain and LBJ photos framed.

[eLGee]

T.E. Lawrence:


And I always loved this photo of a young Orson Welles. He looks so dapper!

[jufonuk]

young mccain

sam rockwell could play him, i can't unsee it

[sonicfan]

Bonnie and Clyde:

[MrBig]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/4whag.jpg[IMG] [spoiler]Albert Einstein[spoiler]

WAT

[sonicfan]

A young Farrokh Balsara:

[Melchiah]

WAT

[Bloodbeard]

Arthur Schopenhauer

[Loxley]

The elusive J.D. Salinger



The person who took the photo was driving in a car (the black upper-right portion of the picture is the frame of the door), they saw him walking alongside a road near his house, drove up and snapped the photo and then drove off :lol This is one of the only known photos of him post-Catcher in the Rye, I think it was taken sometime in the early 80's.

As you can tell by the look on his face, the guy did not like having his picture taken.

[baylon452]

Great thread. Some amazing pictures in here. Wish I had one to add :{

[Cuth]

How'd that work out?

Well, they managed to not kill each other... I think.

Anyway, Pope John Paul II has done some decent efforts to improve relationship between the Catholic Church and other religions: he was the first Pope ti visit a synagogue, he went to Jerusalem and put a letter in the Western Wall, he met 8 times the Dalai Lama, he visited and prayed in an Islamic mosque in Damascus, etc. Probably more than all previous popes combined. (more details here: "Pope John Paul II - Relations with other religious groups" on Wikipedia).
I suppose this kind of effort should be done for some generations to really change anything.

[MNC]

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It's so odd he looks like a puppet of some sorts to me... It's like some kind of uncanny valley.

[giga]

Brando



Camus



Caine



Connery



Lennon



Welles



Capote



Hepburn



Walken





Kurosawa



Pacino



Eastwood



Jobs

[Gary Whitta]

LOVE that Jobs photo!

[Always-honest]

young Nietzsche

old insane Nietzsche

[Scarecrow]

Young Orson Welles fielding calls after his infamous War of the Worlds reading.

Looks like Leo DiCaprio.

[Always-honest]

Seth Bullock And Theodore Roosevelt

[Blackace]

Looks like Leo DiCaprio.

I am glad I am not the only person who thought that..


Also why is Hitler getting so much love?

[Dennis]

Lewis Payne

[Clipjoint]

The fuck?

[Salazar]

Wittgenstein. Almost cracking a smile.

[7aged]

Sultan Bin Bejad.

One of the leaders of the Ikhwan. He was as vicious as he looked.

[djdac]

Fidel Castro mugshots

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[Melchiah]

Marilyn Monroe - Diamonds are a girl's best friend


Marilyn Monroe


Bettie Page


Salvador Dali


Adolf Hitler


Orson Welles arrives at the premiere of Citizen Kane at New York’s Palace Theater, 1941.

[Steeven]

Arthur Schopenhauer

Great choice I might say.

[Patrick Bateman]

Does he count?





William S. Burroughs

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Amelia Earhart

She looks a bit meh in the top pic but that bottom one stirs something in me, incredible.

[Arjen]

[img]http://oi52.************/25s7n1d.jpg[/img]

The Belleville three.

Probably unknown to most of you, but for me the most important people in music

[Salazar]

Probably unknown to most of you, but for me the most important people in music

I had heard of Derrick May, at least.

[racooon]

whoops reformatting.
Better?

[Galvanise_]

Ronnie and Reggie Cray



Watson and Crick



The Moors Murderers.

[iamaustrian]

Emperor Franz Joseph I:










Adolf Hitler:




Karl Renner (President of Austria 1945-50)