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The world wouldn't be the same without some important figures who've played a leading role in shaping history. Whether they're inventors, politicians, scientists, artists, revolutionaries, or leaders, these people have become world famous for their actions and skills, and they remain well known until this day. We have brought together a collection of extremely rare and old photographs of some of the most prominent figures in history, many of them taken when their famous faces were still young. Who would have known their potential would lead them to such timeless fame?

Charlie Chaplin and Albert Einstein, date unknown

Steven Hawking with his bride, Jane Wilde

Einstein at Nassau Point, Long Island, New York in the summer of 1939

Steven Spielberg and Drew Barrymore on set of 'E.T.'

The original Star Wars cast seen just before filming

Barack Obama on his high school basketball team

Bill Gates' mug shot for driving without a license 1977

Muhammad Ali talking someone out of jumping off a building, 1981

Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger - 1969

Madonna, Sting and Tupac hanging out in the mid-1990s

Paul McCartney, John Lennon & George Harrison performing at a wedding reception, 1958

The Rolling Stones, circa 1963

Robin Williams dressed like a cheerleader, 1980

Elton John at the piano bar aboard his private plane, 1976

Elijah Wood and Macaulay Culkin, 1993

Queen Elizabeth during her WWII service

Bruce Lee dancing

Osama Bin Laden after practicing Judo

Martin Luther King Jr. and Marlon Brando

Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee

Steve Jobs sitting with Bill Gates discussing the future of computing in 1991

Fidel Castro and Malcolm X discussing politics and family, 1960

Vladimir Putin as a teenager (2nd from left, wearing a hat)

Howard Carter, an English archeologist, examining the opened sarcophagus of King Tut, 1923

Che Guevara and Fidel Castro

The founders of Harley Davidson Motorcycles, 1914

Nikola Tesla sitting in his laboratory with his Magnifying Transmitter.

A young Bill Clinton meets John F. Kennedy

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