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Added by unicornsugar on 20 Mar 2019 02:44

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Abraham Lincoln

Average listal rating (117 ratings)

8.2

0

Abraham Lincoln

Portrayed by Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln (2012)

Adolf Hitler

Average listal rating (326 ratings)

3.1

0

Adolf Hitler

Portrayed by Bruno Ganz in Downfall (2004)

Aileen Wuornos

Average listal rating (10 ratings)

6.7

0

Aileen Wuornos

Portrayed by Charlize Theron in Monster (2003)

Alan Turing

Average listal rating (8 ratings)

7.6

0

Alan Turing

Portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game (2014)

Pope Alexander VI

Average listal rating (4 ratings)

7.3

0

Pope Alexander VI

Portrayed by Jeremy Irons in the Borgias (2011-2013)

Alexander the Great

Average listal rating (38 ratings)

8.7

0

Alexander the Great

Portrayed by Colin Farrell in Alexander (2004)

Alfred Hitchcock

Average listal rating (1261 ratings)

9

0

Alfred Hitchcock

Portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock (2012)

Allen Ginsberg

Average listal rating (39 ratings)

7.7

0

Allen Ginsberg

Portrayed by James Franco in Howl (2010)

Anne Boleyn

Average listal rating (8 ratings)

7.1

0

Anne Boleyn

Portrayed by Natalie Portman in The Other Boleyn Girl (2006)

Portrayed by Natalie Dormer in The Tudors (2007-2010)

Babe Ruth

Average listal rating (25 ratings)

9.1

0

Babe Ruth

Portrayed by John Goodman in The Babe (1992)

Bonnie Parker

Average listal rating (1 ratings)

8

0

Bonnie Parker

Portrayed by Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Cesare Borgia

Average listal rating (4 ratings)

8.8

0

Cesare Borgia

Portrayed by François Arnaud in The Borgias (2011-2013)

Cleopatra

Average listal rating (18 ratings)

7.4

0

Cleopatra

Portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (1963)

Charles Chaplin

Average listal rating (904 ratings)

8.8

0

Charles Chaplin

Portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin (1992)

Che Guevara

Average listal rating (45 ratings)

5

0

Che Guevara

Portrayed by Benicio del Toro in Che: Part One and Two (2009)

Clyde Barrow

Average listal rating (5 ratings)

8.8

0

Clyde Barrow

Portrayed by Warren Beaty in Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Coco Chanel

Average listal rating (61 ratings)

8.7

0

Coco Chanel

Portrayed by Audrey Tautou in Coco Before Chanel (2009)

Coretta Scott King

Average listal rating (10 ratings)

6.9

0

Coretta Scott King

Portrayed by Carmen Ejogo in Selma (2015)

Dian Fossey

Average listal rating (6 ratings)

8.3

0

Dian Fossey

Portrayed by Sigourney Weaver in Gorillas In The Mist: The Story Of Dian Fossey (1988)

Dr Dre

Average listal rating (17 ratings)

7.2

0

Dr Dre

Portrayed by Corey Hawkins in Straight Outta Compton (2015)

Eazy-E

Average listal rating (28 ratings)

6.3

0

Eazy-E

Portrayed by Jason Mitchell in Straight Outta Compton (2015)

Édith Piaf

Average listal rating (149 ratings)

8.6

0

Édith Piaf

Portrayed by Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose (2007)

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Average listal rating (47 ratings)

6.5

0

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Portrayed by Johnny Depp in Ed Wood (1994)

Queen Elizabeth I

Average listal rating (22 ratings)

7.3

0

Queen Elizabeth I

Portrayed by Cate Blanchett in E1izabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Elizabeth Bathory

Average listal rating (21 ratings)

4

0

Elizabeth Bathory

Portrayed by Julie Deply in The Countess (2009)

Elton John

Average listal rating (598 ratings)

7.8

0

Elton John

Portrayed by Taron Egerton in Rocketman (2019)

Erin Brockovich-Ellis

Average listal rating (5 ratings)

9.4

0

Erin Brockovich-Ellis

Portrayed by Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich (1999)

Ernest Hemingway

Average listal rating (193 ratings)

8.4

0

Ernest Hemingway

Portrayed by Corey Stoll in Midnight in Paris (2011)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Average listal rating (112 ratings)

8.3

0

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Portrayed by Tom Hiddleston in Midnight in Paris (2011)

Frank Abagnale Jr.

Average listal rating (3 ratings)

6.3

0

Frank Abagnale Jr.

Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me if You Can (2002)

Freddie Mercury

Average listal rating (513 ratings)

8.8

0

Freddie Mercury

Portrayed by Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Frida Kahlo

Average listal rating (84 ratings)

7.1

0

Frida Kahlo

Portrayed by Selma Hayek in Frida (2002)

George Washington (I)

Average listal rating (35 ratings)

7.3

0

George Washington (I)

Portrayed by David Morse in John Adams (2008)

Gertrude Stein

Average listal rating (5 ratings)

7.2

0

Gertrude Stein

Portrayed by Kathy Bates in Midnight in Paris (2011)

Genghis Khan

Average listal rating (23 ratings)

7.1

0

Genghis Khan

Portrayed by Tabanobu Asano in Mongol (2007)

George III

Average listal rating (5 ratings)

4.6

0

George III

Portrayed by Nigel Hawthorne in The Madness of King George (1994)

George VI

Average listal rating (5 ratings)

8

0

George VI

Portrayed by Colin Firth in the King's Speech (2010)

Harvey Milk

Average listal rating (18 ratings)

8.5

0

Harvey Milk

Portrayed by Sean Penn in Milk (2008)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Average listal rating (24 ratings)

8.6

0

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Portrayed by John Leguizamo in Moulin Rouge (2001)

Howard Hughes

Average listal rating (27 ratings)

7.7

0

Howard Hughes

Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator (2004)

Hypatia

Average listal rating (6 ratings)

9

0

Hypatia

Portrayed by Rachel Weisz in Agora (2009)

Ian Curtis

Average listal rating (8 ratings)

7.3

0

Ian Curtis

Portrayed by Sam Riley in Control (2007)

Ice Cube

Average listal rating (282 ratings)

6.6

0

Ice Cube

Portrayed by O'Shea Jackson Jr. in Straight Outta Compton (2015)

Idi Amin

Average listal rating (32 ratings)

2.1

0

Idi Amin

Portrayed by Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (2009)

J. Edgar Hoover

Average listal rating (12 ratings)

3

0

J. Edgar Hoover

Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio (2011)

Jackie Robinson

Average listal rating (11 ratings)

8.9

0

Jackie Robinson

Portrayed by Chadwick Boseman in 42 (2013)

Jackson Pollock

Average listal rating (44 ratings)

6.2

0

Jackson Pollock

Portrayed by Ed Harris in Pollock (2000)

James Brown

Average listal rating (125 ratings)

8.6

0

James Brown

Portrayed by Chadwick Boseman in Get On Up (2014)

Jane Austen

Average listal rating (343 ratings)

8.7

0

Jane Austen

Portrayed by Anne Hathaway in Becoming Jane (2007)

Jean Michel Basquiat

Average listal rating (23 ratings)

7.7

0

Jean Michel Basquiat

Portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in Basquiat (1996)

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Historical figures who have been portrayed in Film and Television. By no means a comprehensive list. If there's one I'm missing feel free to let me know in the comments.

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