How Historical Figures Would Look If They Were Alive Today Video

This video is about a very talented graphic designer and history lover. This graphic designer uses her skills to bring historical figures to life. Becca Saladin is a full-time graphic designer who loves history. One day she started to reimagine what would historical figures look like, if they were alive today. Using her Photoshop skills and some historical research, she managed to recreate fascinating images by transforming famous figures throughout history, into modern characters you'd see walking the streets today. Anne Boleyn is Saladin's favourite historical person, and here is what she said how this whole project started: "I decided to see what she looked like with modern hair and make up. It gave so much more life to her, and I was able to relate to her better as a human, instead of just as a historical figure. After that, I decided to start the Instagram to share that work", she said.
Featured in this video:
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th president of the United States;
- Agrippina The Younger (Julia Agrippina) (15AD-59AD), Roman empress;
- Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), one of the Founding Fathers of the United States;
- Alexander The Great (356BC-323BC), Alexander III of Macedon;
- Anne Boleyn (c.1501-1536), second wife of Henry VIII;
- Anne Of Cleves (1515-1557), fourth wife of Henry VIII;
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), one of the Founding Fathers of the United States;
- Botticelli's Venus (Simonetta Vespucci) (1453-1476), an Italian noblewoman from Genoa, the wife of Marco Vespucci of Florence and the cousin-in-law of Amerigo Vespucci;
- Caligula (12AD-41AD), third Roman emperor;
- Catherine Parr (1512-1548), sixth wife of Henry VIII
- Catherine The Great (1729-1796), Empress of Russia;
- Christina Of Denmark (1521-1590), Danish princess, daughter of King Christian II of Denmark and Norway and Isabella of Austria;
- Cleopatra (69BC-30BC), Ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt;
- Eleanor Of Toledo (1522-1562), Spanish noblewoman and Duchess of Florence;
- Emperor Augustus (63BC-14AD);
- Empress Elisabeth Of Austria (1837-1898);
- Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and first Great Khan and Emperor of the Mongol Empire;
- Hatshepsut, fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (c.1479BC-1458BC);
- Henry VIII of England (1491-1547);
- Jane Austen (1775-1817), English novelist;
- Jane Seymour (c.1508-1537), third wife of Henry VIII;
- Julius Caesar (100BC-44BC), Roman general and statesman;
- Catherine Howard (c.1523-1542), fifth wife of Henry VIII;
- Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536), first wife of Henry VIII;
- King Henry VII (1457-1509);
- King Tut (c.1342BC-1325BC), Egyptian pharaoh;
- Louis XIV of France (1638-1715), The Sun King;
- Louis XV of France (1710-1774), Louis the Beloved;
- Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), Spanish-Italian noblewoman;
- Madame De Pompadour (1721-1764), member of the French cour, official chief mistress of Louis XV;
- Madame Du Barry (1743-1793), King Louis XV’s last mistress;
- Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), Queen of France, wife of Louis XVI of France;
- Mark Antony (83BC-30BC), Roman politician and general;
- Mary I of England (1516-1558);
- Mary, Queen Of Scots (1542-1587);
- Mona Lisa, painting by Leonardo da Vinci, c.1503;
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), French statesman and military leader;
- Pocahontas, Rebecca Rolfe (c.1596-1617);
- Prince Albert (1819-1861), husband of Queen Victoria;
- Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603);
- Queen Isabella Of Castile (1451-1504);
- Queen Mother Idia
- Queen Nefertiti (c.1370BC-1330BC), Egyptian queen and the Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten;
- Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (1583-1663);
- Richard III of England (1452-1485);
- Shaka Zulu (c.1787-1828);
- Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), Venezuelan military leader;
- The Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov (1901-1918);
- Queen Victoria (1819-1901).