Why Were We Born Centuries Apart
Historical Personages Known or Unknown Who We Find Very Handsome and of Interest
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Gabriel Dumont
Name: Gabriel Dumont
Nationality: Metis
Born: December 1837 Manitoba
Died: May 19 1906 Saskatchewan - natural causes
Why he was awesome:
Conclusion:
Lord Byron
Saturday, June 25, 2011
John Polidori
Friday, June 24, 2011
Louis Riel
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Camille Desmoulins
Name: Lucie Simplice Camille BenoƮt Desmoulins
Nationality: French
Born: 2 March 1760 Guise, Picardy
Died: 5 April 1794 - Paris, Paris region - guillotined
Why he was awesome: In an age where men were called by their family names, Camille was just Camille. He was brilliant, short-tempered, quite possibly bisexual
Conclusion: Definitely crushable
(see Danton for information about his grave)
Georges Jacques Danton
Name: Georges Jacques Danton
Nationality: French
Born: 26 October 1759 Arcis-sur-Aube, Aube
Born: 26 October 1759 Arcis-sur-Aube, Aube
Died: 5 April 1794 Paris, Paris region - guillotined
Why he was awesome: he was attacked be a bull and a herd of pigs as a child. Which I'm sure sucked, especially for his mother. But he took those horrible scars and made them his own! And then he grew up and found women and took them and made them his own! ...or something...He is always depicted wearing a powdered wig, even though the French Revolution pretty much killed powdered wigs. But he liked them. So he kept wearing them anyway. He may or may not (may, definitely may) have slept with Camille Desmoulins. Danton's last words were also among the best, most epic and hilarious ever, and said to his executioner: Don't forget to show my head to the people. It is well worth seeing.
Besides all that, he was a very powerful man, both physically and politically, and greatly helped to influence the fate of the Western world, and all that jazz.
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