The Hottest People From History

Beauty isn't consistent across cultures, so one person's historical hottie might be another person's old-timey troll. But there are certain names across history that crop up again and again as the most attractive. These are the hottest famous people from history.

In 1853, Austrian Emperor Franz Josef traveled to meet Duchess Helene, whom his mother had picked out to be his future wife. The meeting was just meant to be a formal acknowledgement, but then Franz Josef took one look at Helene's younger sister Elisabeth, nicknamed Sisi, and immediately proposed to her instead.

As Empress of Austria, Sisi's swoon-inducing looks were famous, and remain famous today, with multiple actresses trying over the years to capture her unearthly beauty. She had wavy brown hair down to her ankles, a face that could launch more ships than a full-blown navy, and an athletic frame that was rare for a woman of her era. She owned one of history's earliest examples of a recreational gym, and she spent hours each day working out and building her muscle tone. Her waist was just 19.5 inches, so it's really no wonder that Franz Josef fell for her.

But while Sisi's life may sound like a fairy tale, it was anything but. She didn't want to be Empress, and her life was filled with tragedy, following the untimely deaths of her only child and her sister, Sisi herself was assassinated despite the fact that she had devoted herself to the poor, and left almost all her personal fortune to charity.

Samuel Coleridge once wrote that Lord Byron had a face "so beautiful, a countenance I scarcely ever saw." Lady Caroline Lamb called him "mad, bad, and dangerous to know." Portraits of the poet still carry quite a simmer. Just looking at them is enough to conjure images of this literary heartthrob sweeping you off your feet.

But while Byron's name may still be shorthand for "hottie," he may have actually been less conventionally attractive than you might think. According to a BBC documentary series about Regency Britain, Byron was borderline obese, clocking in at 194 pounds while only standing 5'8." He also had a club foot and walked with a limp. Additionally, he had some questionable appetites, including probably seducing his half-sister and lusting after teenage Greek boys. Keep watching the video to see the hottest people from history.

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Empress Sisi | 0:14
Lord Byron | 1:15
John Wilkes Booth | 2:15
Lillie Langtry | 3:13
John F. Kennedy | 4:12
Marie Antoinette | 5:14
Casanova | 6:18
Catherine the Great | 7:12
Barbara Villiers | 8:05
Helen of Troy | 8:58

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