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Golden funerary mask of Tutankhamun, inlaid with lapis lazuli, obsidian and turquoise. (Photo By DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

Tutankhamun

Carving of Cleopatra

Cleopatra

Bust Of Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Painting of Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great

William the Conqueror on the Bayeux Tapestry

William the Conqueror

Portrait of Henry I

Henry I

Painting of King John

King John

Illustration of Robert the Bruce

Robert the Bruce

Painting of Edward II

Edward II

Portrait of Edward III

Edward III

Painting of Henry V

Henry V

King Henry VI - Getty

Henry VI

Painting of Edward IV

Edward IV

Elizabeth Woodville - Getty Images

Elizabeth Woodville

Portrait of James IV

James IV

Portrait of Edward V

Edward V

Painting of Richard III

Richard III

Painting of Henry VII

Henry VII

Painting of Elizabeth of York

Elizabeth of York

Painting of Henry VIII

Henry VIII

Painting of Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn

Edward VI. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Edward VI

A 17th century Dutch portrait of Queen Mary I of England (1516-1558), eldest daughter of Henry VIII. She was nicknamed "Bloody Mary" for her persecution of English Protestants. The painting hangs in the Dutch Room of the Gardner Museum in Boston. | Located in: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (Photo by Kevin Fleming/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Mary Tudor

Elizabeth I portrait

Elizabeth I

Portrait of Mary Queen of Scots

Mary Queen of Scots

Portrait of James I

James VI and I

Painting of Charles I

Charles I

Painting of Charles II

Charles II

Portrait of Queen Anne

Queen Anne

Painting of George I

George I

Portrait of George II

George II

George III – Getty

George III

Portrait of Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria

Photo of Prince Albert

Prince Albert

Painting of George V

George V

Photo of Edward VIII

Edward VIII

Photo of Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II

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Political figures

Winston Churchill gives his famous v-sign as he opens the new headquarters of 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron of the RAAF (Royal Auxiliary Air Force) at Croydon, 1948. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Winston Churchill

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at Heston Aerodrome.

Neville Chamberlain

Thomas Cromwell - Getty Images

Thomas Cromwell

Adolf Hitler - Getty Images

Adolf Hitler

Abraham Lincoln - Library of Congress

Abraham Lincoln

JFK - Getty Images

JFK

Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Martin Luther King

Nelson Mandela - Getty Images

Nelson Mandela

Joseph Stalin - Getty Images

Josef Stalin

Literary & Arts Figures

Jane Austen - Getty Images

Jane Austen

Charlie Chaplin - Getty Images

Charlie Chaplin

Charles Dickens - Getty Images

Charles Dickens

Anne Frank - Getty Images

Anne Frank

A portrait of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys

William Shakespeare - Getty Images

William Shakespeare

Leonardo da Vinci - Getty Images

Leonardo da Vinci

Oscar Wilde. (Getty Images)

Oscar Wilde

Explorers and military leaders

Walter Ralegh. (Photo by National Portrait Gallery)

Walter Ralegh

Napoleon Bonaparte - Getty Images

Napoleon Bonaparte

Duke of Wellington - Getty Images

Duke of Wellington

Sir Horatio Nelson - Getty Images

Admiral Nelson

Science & Technology figures

Alan Turing. (Photo by Getty Images)

Alan Turing

Charles Darwin - Getty Images

Charles Darwin

More popular historic figures

Jack The Ripper - Alamy Images

Jack the Ripper

Princess Diana - Getty Images

Princess Diana

Thomas Wolsey - Alamy Images

Thomas Wolsey

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