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12 Shocking Photos of Celebrities Who Look *Exactly* Like Historical Figures

The historical doppelgängers of these stars look so similar we had to do a double-take!

Have you ever had that eerie feeling while watching a documentary or looking at historical photographs that you’d seen that person before? Well, it turns out that there are quite a few modern-day celebrities who look just like historical figures. For instance, did you know former United States President Andrew Johnson and Oscar-nominated actor Tommy Lee Jones could pass for identical twins despite being born 138 years apart? Or that Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde and English actor Stephen Fry look so much like that they even cast Fry to portray Wilde in a movie about his life? Talk about paying off for being someone’s doppelgänger!

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Intrigued, we gathered photos of 12 celebrities who look so much like historical figures that we we wouldn’t be surprised if they actually shared DNA … or are in fact time travelers!

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