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"From billboards to magazines, to television and your favorite movies, celebrities can be seen everywhere. But here's somewhere you never expected to see them: historical paintings from two centuries ago.\nWe found striking resemblances between eight popular celebrities and portraits from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Though the hairstyles and fashions may be markedly different, there is undoubtedly a strong resemblance between the subjects of the paintings and our modern-day icons. \nSee also: The Celebrity Voices Behind These Cartoons Might Surprise You\nHow did this happen? Are they related? Is it coincidence? Are there time travelers? We're not sure. All we know is that the cross-generational resemblance is undeniable. \n\n\nCelebrity Doppelgangers Hiding in Paintings\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Rupert Grint and 19th Century Scottish Painter Sir David Wilke\n\n\nMashable Composite Ian Gavan/Getty Images, National Galleries Of Scotland/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Keanu Reeves and 19th Century French Actor Paul Monet\n\n\nMashable Composite Jason Kempin/Getty Images, Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Jack Black and Paul Revere\n\n\nMashable Composite Jason Kempin/Getty Images, Painting by John Singleton Copley/Hulton Archive/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Paul Giamatti and William Shakespeare\n\n\nMashable Composite Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic, Universal History Archive/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Adrian Brody and  17th Century English Philosopher John Locke\n\n\nMashable Composite Amanda Edwards/Getty Images for amfAR,  Culture Club/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Vincent Van Gogh\n\n\nMashable Composite Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Variety, APIC/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Ted Danson and Andrew Jackson\n\n\nMashable Composite Ethan Miller/Getty Images, Stock Montage/Stock Montage/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Mark Zuckerberg and King Phillip IV of Spain\n\n\nMashable Composite Steve Jennings/Getty Images for MerchantCantos, Hulton Archive/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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