An Aviator & Rupert Penry-Jones

 

On the right is acclaimed British actor Rupert Penry-Jones. On the left is uber famous American aviator Charles Lindbergh c. 1925.

An Anarchist & Rufus Sewell

 

On the right is British star of stage and screen Rufus Sewell. On the left is Italian anarchist Charles Ponchia c. 1894.

A Regulator & Heath Ledger

 

On the right is the late cinema heartthrob Heath Ledger. On the left is Richard M. Brewer, a New Mexico lawman who died during the Lincoln County Range War in 1878.

An English War Hero & Greg Wise

 

On the right is Greg Wise, English actor and star of The Crown television series. On the left is Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. 

A World War II Hero and Casey White

 

On the right is infamous Rogersville, Alabama, killer/escaped convict Casey White. On the left is a British World War II hero Major Colin Ogden-Smith. 

 

A Classical Composer & Macauley Culkin

 

On the right is American actor Macauley Culkin. On the left is German composer Johannes Brahams c. 1850.

A Petty Thief & Joaquin Phoenix

 

On the right is American actor Joaquin Phoenix. On the left is petty thief A. McNeilly in the early 1920s.

A Pickpocket & David Bamber

On the right is British character actor David Bamber. On the left is Australian pickpocket William Stanley Moore in 1925.

An Aristocrat & Brad Pitt

On the right is American actor Brad Pitt. On the left is George (Lucky) Bingham, Lord Lucan. 

An Engraver & Hugh Grant

On the right is fading British Heartthrob Hugh Grant. On the left is late 19th Century English engraver Henry Johnson. 

A Coal Thief & Jeremy Irons

On the right is Brideshead Revisited star Jeremy Irons. On the left is William Gaskell, a collier convicted of stealing coal in 1920 Manchester.

An American Colonial & Charles Dance

On the right is White Mischief star and onetime sex symbol Charles Dance. On the left is George Washington, considered the father of the United States of America.

A Gangster & James Remar

On the right is noted motion picture and television actor James Remar circa 1980. On the left is John May, a Chicago gangster killed in the 1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre.

A Grandmother & Taylor Swift

On the right is pop singer Taylor Swift. On the left is the grandmother of a Reddit user. The grandmother's photo is believed to be from the 1960s.

Just a Doppelganger...Or Something More?

The most recent studies (and who knows where they come from) tell us that we each have six doppelgangers around the world at any time. How about the past? Do we have an identical twin dating back a century or more? Most avid web surfers have seen the comparisons of Nicholas Cage to a long ago dandy:

Eerie, isn't it? But are there more out there as well? Hang on as we begin a bumpy ride in photographic history to uncover some others who may be undead.