Can You Correctly Identify These Iconic Historical Figures?

Do you remember history class? It's time to test your knowledge! Some of these folks have pretty recognizable faces, while others may take a bit of thinking. Embrace the challenge!

Which US president is this? 

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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? - Abraham Lincoln

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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? - Abraham Lincoln

Which famous animator is this?

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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. - Walt Disney

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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. - Walt Disney

Which famous writer is this?

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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. - Edgar Allen Poe

 

 

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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. - Edgar Allen Poe

 

 

Which famous athlete is this?

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Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. - Muhammad Ali

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Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. - Muhammad Ali

Which famous actress is this?

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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead. - Lucille Ball

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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead. - Lucille Ball

Which famous artist is this?

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Good artists copy, great artists steal. - Pablo Picasso

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Good artists copy, great artists steal. - Pablo Picasso

Which famous poet is this?

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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. - Maya Angelou

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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. - Maya Angelou

Which famous writer is this? 

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Very few of us are what we seem. - Agatha Christie

 
 

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Very few of us are what we seem. - Agatha Christie

 
 

Which famous musician is this?

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I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day. - Elton John

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I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day. - Elton John

Which famous actress is this?

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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible!' - Audrey Hepburn

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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible!' - Audrey Hepburn

Which famed biologist is this?

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If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. - Charles Darwin

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If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. - Charles Darwin

Which revolutionary is this?

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If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine. - Che Guevara

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If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine. - Che Guevara

Which American jazz musician is this?

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If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. - Louis Armstrong

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If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. - Louis Armstrong

Which famous social reformer is this?

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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. - Frederick Douglass

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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. - Frederick Douglass

Which famous artist is this?

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Art is never finished, only abandoned. - Leonardo da Vinci

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Art is never finished, only abandoned. - Leonardo da Vinci

Which famous scientist is this?

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Albert Einstein

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Albert Einstein

Which US president is this?

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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. - Andrew Jackson

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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. - Andrew Jackson

Which American author is this? 

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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller

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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller

Which classical musician is this?

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Music is a higher revelation than philosophy. - Beethoven

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Music is a higher revelation than philosophy. - Beethoven

Which First Lady is this? 

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Do one thing every day that scares you. - Eleanor Roosevelt

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Do one thing every day that scares you. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Which Native American leader is this? 

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Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. - Sitting Bull

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Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. - Sitting Bull

Which English playwright is this? 

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All that glitters is not gold.  - William Shakespeare 

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All that glitters is not gold.  - William Shakespeare 

Which famous artist is this? 

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I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. - Frida Kahlo

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I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. - Frida Kahlo

Which political activist is this? 

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Nobody's free until everybody's free. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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Nobody's free until everybody's free. - Fannie Lou Hamer

Which famous monarch is this?

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There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. - Marie Antoinette

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There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. - Marie Antoinette

Which Greek writer is this?

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There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep. - Homer

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There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep. - Homer

Which theorist is this? 

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The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it. - Karl Marx

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The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it. - Karl Marx

Which South African revolutionary is this? 

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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. - Nelson Mandela

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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. - Nelson Mandela

Which British politician is this? 

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Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s a day you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it. - Margaret Thatcher

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Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s a day you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it. - Margaret Thatcher

Which First Lady is this?

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I always look forward, not back. - Pat Nixon

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I always look forward, not back. - Pat Nixon

Which famous musician is this? 

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix

Which Beatle is this? 

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If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there. - George Harrison

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If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there. - George Harrison

Which Motown musician is this?

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Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision. - Stevie Wonder

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Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision. - Stevie Wonder

Which physicist is this?

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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. - Marie Curie

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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. - Marie Curie

Which famous movie director is this?

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Revenge is sweet and not fattening. - Alfred Hitchcock

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Revenge is sweet and not fattening. - Alfred Hitchcock

Which famous pilot is this?

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The most effective way to do it, is to do it. - Amelia Earheart 

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The most effective way to do it, is to do it. - Amelia Earheart 

Which famous baseball player is this?

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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. - Jackie Robinson

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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. - Jackie Robinson

Which Civil War general is this?

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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent. - Ulysses S. Grant

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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent. - Ulysses S. Grant

Which famous actress is this?

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Big girls need big diamonds. - Elizabeth Taylor

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Big girls need big diamonds. - Elizabeth Taylor

Which famous princess is this?

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Only do what your heart tells you. - Princess Diana

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Only do what your heart tells you. - Princess Diana

Which famous artist is this?

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I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. - Georgia O'Keefe

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I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. - Georgia O'Keefe

Which famous educator is this?

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Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington

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Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington

Which famous novelist is this?

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A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men. - Roald Dahl

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A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men. - Roald Dahl

Which famous poet is this?

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I celebrate myself, and sing myself. - Walt Whitman

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I celebrate myself, and sing myself. - Walt Whitman

Which British politician is this?

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Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential. - Winston Churchill

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Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential. - Winston Churchill

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