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Name that Historical Figure #1

Can you name the historical figures depicted below?
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First submittedJanuary 27, 2011
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1491–1547
1870–1924
1812–1870
1564–1616
1928–1967
1732–1799
1162–1227
1533–1603
1910–1997
63 BC–14 AD
1901–1989
1853–1890
1856–1939
1899–1980
1833–1896
c. 70 BC–30 BC
c. 500s BC
1942–2011
1844–1900
c. 1332 BC–1323 BC
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Level 28
Jan 27, 2012
I got Charles Dickens and I'm only 12! I got 13/20. I can't believe I did not get Ghengis Khan! I'm such a nerd.
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Level 35
Dec 31, 2017
I have over 50 yrs on you and I hadn't a clue...but I've never managed to finish one of his books yet either.... I got the others except for which Khan it was and Edison.
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Level 49
Feb 11, 2019
I'm 13 and I got 20
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Level 49
Dec 13, 2021
damn this guy 21 now
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Level 67
Dec 2, 2022
I wonder if he's still such a nerd
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Level 62
Oct 29, 2023
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Level 24
Jun 16, 2012
Pretty cool quiz. I have to say though, could you accept Chinggis Khan for Genghis Khan? My AP World History book referred to him only as that, so I'm thinking it's a viable alternate version.
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Level 58
May 18, 2022
...and when you're at it - could you please also accept "Dschingis Khan"? Thats the spelling I learned in Germany...
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Level 14
Nov 17, 2012
why doesn't King Henry work?
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Level 45
Feb 5, 2013
because there are eight King Henrys.
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Level 82
Oct 27, 2016
I've heard it without number plenty of times. I guess with them being so far apart, there's no need to use the number in context
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Level 66
Dec 13, 2018
"And every one was an Enery".
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Level 76
Dec 13, 2018
"So far apart"? The king just before Henry VIII was Henry VII, who himself came only 14 years after Henry VI, who succeeded Henry V, who succeeded Henry IV. Basically, between 1399 and 1547 there were about 24 years not ruled by a Henry, and most of that was just Edward IV.
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Level 59
Nov 27, 2020
@Djilas - we use the regnal number when we talk about particular kings and queens. Saying King Henry could mean any one of the eight that have been kings of England/Britain (unless context is patently clear).
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Level 84
Jul 23, 2021
@mikeb - No Willy? No Sam??
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Level 24
May 5, 2013
True, there are two Queen Elizabeth's but the Queen Elizabeth in the picture is the first Queen Elizabeth. Just as if it was King Henry I in the picture, then King Henry would be accepted.

I guess I don't see a problem with how it is now. Everyone feels differently though.

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Level 66
Dec 13, 2018
I was hoping henry would work though I knew there were multiple. But then was surprised to see Elizabeth did work. But reading your explanation it makes total sense now :)
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Level 33
Dec 30, 2012
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's Kublai Khan, his grandson. G never looked like that. He was all barbarian and stuff. (Also, apparently he had reddish hair.)
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Level 82
May 4, 2018
You probably also think he looked like John Wayne.
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Level 55
Mar 2, 2013
genghis khan should be more recognisable
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Level 71
Sep 1, 2018
Speak to his PR man.
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Level 26
May 19, 2013
I spelt Hirohito wrong :(
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Level 82
Aug 8, 2013
I don't believe that all Asian people look alike, but old Asian drawings of Asian people pretty much do...
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Level 58
Aug 8, 2013
Ugh! I spelt Hirohito about every way but the right one apparently, and couldn't spell Guevara either - don't know what I did there! Didn't recognise Douglass or Edison (no, I'm not American) and don't think I've ever seen a picture of Dickens before!
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Level 59
Aug 21, 2020
"Che" is accepted for Che Guevara.
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Level 37
Aug 15, 2013
Got 15 out of 20. It's a good random quiz. It took me a few guesses before i got elizabeth I, genghis kahn, douglas and dickens. Don't know who che guevara is though. I actually thought the picture of Van Gogh was that of some historically significant serial killer or some other kind of lunatic..Lol...oops.
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Level 21
Nov 10, 2013
The Genghis Khan looks extremely similar to the portrait of Kublai Khan
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Level 82
Jan 5, 2014
You'd almost think they were related.
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Level 74
May 27, 2016
Ha!
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Level 35
Dec 31, 2017
Fooled me.
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Level 14
Dec 13, 2013
Scarface should work for Al Capone too.
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Level 82
Jan 5, 2014
I tried this with my students. The only one they could come up with a name for was Che Guevara- the power of being a t-shirt, I guess. They shouted out his name immediately. The others they either had no idea about or struggled with. They came up with "George 1st" for Washington, somebody guessed Queen Victoria for Elizabeth, they thought Van Gogh was a zombie, Hitchcock was Egyptian, someone recognized Earhart from Night at the Museum but did not know her name, and someone else thought that Lenin was Louis XIV. After the answer for Genghis Khan came up they knew who he was, too, but were not able to guess even with an ample number of clues.
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Level 71
Mar 15, 2015
In time most young people will only know pop or film stars, their history will be from movies and spelling and maths will be a thing of the past unless helped by electronic gadgets.
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Level 75
Oct 16, 2015
Except for the ones who take these quizzes. :)
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Level 66
Oct 18, 2019
Time has caught up?
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Level 78
Jul 22, 2021
Movies? I don't think teenagers really watch those anymore.
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Level 79
Aug 26, 2023
We'll only know TikTok influencers and the vapid stars of meaningless Netflix social experimentation shows about love and sex. And nobody will need math skills because AI will trade our NFTs for us. Won't need to know how to drive either because the cars will do it for us or else the drones will just bring us everything we need.
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Level 83
Dec 7, 2015
Admittedly van Gogh doesn't look entirely healthy in that picture.
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Level 66
Oct 18, 2019
It is a selfportrait painting, not a photgraph, and not even in realistic style, so it doestn say much about how he really looked at the time. This is his own perception/interpretation
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Level 89
Jul 22, 2021
He really does look like you just caught him seasick on night watch.
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Level 82
Aug 11, 2021
Looks like with the update, Earhart has gone missing from the quiz. Never to be found?
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Level 62
Oct 29, 2023
Lol
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Level 51
Apr 22, 2015
I am obviously too tired to be taking this quiz. I missed Shakespeare even though I always know him. And yet I recognized Frederick Douglass even in my overly tired state. At least I can be proud of myself for that.
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Level 56
Jun 22, 2015
Holy crap, I would have never guessed that was Charles Dickens! With that facial hair, I was trying Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Russian Russian Russian.
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Level 85
Jul 10, 2015
19/20 Feel like i did well. Only missed Dickens. Never knew what he looked like. Apparently that's the case with most people.
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Level 83
Sep 8, 2015
I wonder if I would have got Lenin had I not seen his actual mummified body? That's a sight I'm not likely to forget in a hurry.
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Level 76
Oct 16, 2015
I thought Hitchcock was Churchill for a moment haha.

Also, this quiz made me realise that I don't think I've ever seen a picture of Dickens before this quiz. Kinda surprising considering he's so well known.

Nice quiz though. I like these historical figure quizzes.

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Level 66
Dec 13, 2018
Same on both accounts
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Level 38
Oct 16, 2015
at Genghis Khan, 'Chingiz Khan' should work.
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Level 55
Oct 16, 2015
I think there's a more common picture of Dickens that people have seen, (an engraving, I think, rather than a photograph) in which his hair is considerably wilder and free-flowing than the rather staid and trim state in this photograph. I think this is why some people have not recognised him. We've had him on banknotes in Britain.

One of the very best Funny or Die Drunk History sketches ever was Jen Kirkman doing how Frederick Douglass met Abraham Lincoln, in which Don Cheadle's main character point was to have his hair styled exactly like the original - a thickly forested Afro, combed downwards into a parting.

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Level 40
Oct 16, 2015
Should accept Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov for Lenin ...
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Level 71
Jan 11, 2016
I don't believe you typed in "Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov" instead of Lenin...... BTW I'll be your sponsor at Nitpickers Anonymous
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Level ∞
Aug 24, 2023
I am the walrus.
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Level 22
Jul 10, 2016
Got all 4 of the Brits...
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Level 48
Jan 12, 2017
Could you please accept Temujin for Ghengis Khan
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Level 12
Dec 31, 2017
#ButWhyDoesCheGueveraLookLikeCarlosValdes
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Level 66
Jun 25, 2018
Got them all except for Douglass and Edison. Douglass is the only one I haven't heard of; until now. Tried Confucius and Lao Tzu before I finally guessed it was Gengis Khan.
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Level 37
Aug 30, 2018
I've read just about all of Charles Dickens' novels, but didn't recognize him. I think it's time that they start putting his picture

on the dust cover of his books.

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Level 66
Sep 14, 2018
I can't get over Dickens's ridiculous hair.
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Level 66
Dec 13, 2018
It's redickenlous.. I agree.
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Level 62
Nov 29, 2018
This quiz is very americanized.
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Level 61
Dec 13, 2018
so?
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Level 76
Aug 11, 2021
Haha. That darn Washington - he pops up everywhere!!
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Level 79
Aug 26, 2023
How in Freud's name is this "Americanized"? There are barely two Americans on here (Elizabeth Taylor is half an answer and was born in London). Two is one more than one, which is one more than zero, which is the lowest number of Americans that could be on the quiz.
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Level 63
Dec 10, 2018
Could you accept Genghiz for Genghis? It's a widely used variant.
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Level 82
Dec 13, 2018
Is it?
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Level 46
Dec 23, 2018
Queen Elisabeth is with an "S"
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Level 79
Aug 11, 2021
Maybe in German, but not in English.
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Level 51
Jun 11, 2019
Please accept Henry Tudor for Henry VIII?
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Level 79
Aug 11, 2021
Now just 'Henry' is accepted.
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Level 59
Jun 19, 2019
I made some more:

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/264766/name-that-historical-figure-7

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Level 51
Sep 4, 2019
can you make it except henry for king henry viii
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Level 71
Feb 21, 2020
Is it just me or is Shakespeare wearing an earring in that picture?
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Level 57
Mar 28, 2020
Anyone else get Poe from watching Altered Carbon
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Level 67
Jun 26, 2020
I was thinking Hirohito but I didn't type it for some reason
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Level 89
Jul 22, 2021
Gaddafi looked quite the charmer back in the day.
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Level 86
Jul 22, 2021
Only a third know Nietzsche? They need to start teaching "On the Genealogy of Morals" in schools.
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Level 84
Jul 23, 2021
I knew who it was but couldn't for the life of me get the spelling close enough. Was using a "k" instead of a "z". Probably influenced by the ex-Green Bay Packers player named Ray.
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Level 65
Sep 4, 2023
From Epic Rap Battles: "My name is N-I-E-T-Z-S-C-H-E and I'll end any MFer like my name in a spelling bee."
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Level 63
Sep 4, 2023
I know who Nietzsche is but I don't think I've ever seen a picture of him before.
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Level 62
Jul 24, 2021
I've heard about Nietzsche, but don't remember seeing a picture of him.
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Level 68
Jul 28, 2021
Wasn't Buddhas name Siddharta Gautama?
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Level 66
Aug 10, 2021
Cleopatra looks a lo like Liz Taylor
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Level 58
Aug 11, 2021
What annoys me is that I never get the spelling for "Genghis Khan" right, even though I know he is shown on the picture.

Same with Van Gogh... I tried Goch, Gock, Gocc, Ghoch, whatever I could imagine how it might spell...

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Level 65
Aug 11, 2021
That young, clean-shaven picture of Gaddafi threw me off. I picture him older with facial hair
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Level 39
Aug 11, 2021
Could you accept Terasa too?
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Level 53
Aug 13, 2021
Can you get a new picture of Gaddafi, I only recognize him with his long hair and silly face
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Level 60
Aug 16, 2021
Maybe be more lenient with the spelling of Gadaffi? There are a lot of ways to spell his name...
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Level 50
Aug 17, 2021
More people recognised Gaddafi than Dickens. Odd.
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Level 58
Oct 8, 2021
Not so odd since Gaddafi has been in the news much more recently than Dickens and there are most likely a lot more pictures of him.

And I think, most people who saw this specific picture of him with what he looked like in the end in mind would memorize this just out of shock about how this handsome young man could end up as one of the ugliest guys ever...

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Level 76
Dec 22, 2021
Please stop using Elizabeth Taylor as a Cleopatra depiction.
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Level 67
Jan 10, 2022
Nah it's cool
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Level 67
Jan 10, 2022
Just missed Nobel
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Level 58
Apr 20, 2022
only 7 % passed Nobel?😱

Shame on you!

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Level 32
Aug 17, 2022
I can't believe I missed Tutankhamun
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Level 21
Jun 17, 2023
I can't believe the answer was accepted whereas I had just typed "tuta"!
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Level 69
Oct 7, 2022
seems too British-centric
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Level 20
Jun 23, 2023
15/20 :)
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Level 74
Sep 4, 2023
The dates for Tutankhamun are his reign, not his life. He was born around 1341BC
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Level 34
Sep 4, 2023
I swear I've written "Queen Elisabeth" in every way possible and it still didn't accept it
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Level 60
Sep 4, 2023
I didn't know Elizabeth Taylor was alive such a long time ago ! :p
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Level 48
Nov 3, 2023
Alternate title suggestion: People Bill and Ted hang out with.