What 10 Famous Historical Figures Would Look Like Today, from Emily Dickinson to Marie Antoinette

What would some of history’s familiar faces look like if they were alive today? We decided to give ten of our favorite historical figures a digital makeover, and bring them to the 21st century. Isn’t this why Photoshop was invented in the first place? The amazing thing we didn’t anticipate is just how much giving them a more modern flavor would bring these figures to life. It gives us a better sense of what they might have been like as human beings, outside the context of history books.

 

Painter Emily Carr, 1871 – 1945

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There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the wildness. ~ Emily Carr

 

Poet Emily Dickinson, 1830 – 1886

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If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. ~ Emily Dickinson

 

Empress of France, Josephine, Wife of Napoleon 1763 – 1814

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Be happy; be it as much as you deserve it; it is my entire heart that speaks to you. ~ Josephine Bonaparte

 

James Dean, 1931 – 1955

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Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that’s all you have. Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done. ~ James Dean

 

Sharp Shooter Annie Oakley, 1860 – 1926

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I ain’t afraid to love a man. I ain’t afraid to shoot him either. ~ Annie Oakley

 

Actress Lauren Bacall, 1924 – 2014

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I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. ~ Lauren Bacall

 

Queen of Egypt Nefertiti, 1331 BC

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I held Nefertiti’s body closer to mine, trying to press her spirit into me, to bring it back. But the reign of Nefertiti was finished. She was gone from Egypt. ~ Michelle Moran

 

King Edward VIII Who Gave Up The Throne for Love

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I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love. ~ King Edward VIII

 

Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, 1755 – 1793

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Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end? I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long. ~ Marie Antoinette

 

Elvis, 1935 – 1977

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Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, son. You never walked in that man’s shoes. ~ Elvis

Natalia Borecka

Natalia is the editor in chief and publisher of Lone Wolf Magazine. She founded the publication in 2012.

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