Researchers have found that the ideal of beauty can be changed by seeing just one extremely attractive photo of an attractive person. But we know that some beauty is eternal, and that even more than 100 years ago there were beautiful people who are no match for today’s biggest stars. We’ve compiled a list of the most beautiful people in history who would make you wish a time machine existed. There’s a nice bonus at the end of the article, showing that age does not determine beauty.
Hermann Rorschach
Benjamin Piatt Runkle
Anna May Wong
Charlie Chaplin
Cleo de Merode
Harry Houdini
Coco Chanel
Ernest Hemingway
Agnes Ayres
Evelyn Nesbit
Geneviève Lantelme
Marie Doro
Maude Fealy
Johannes Brahms
Lina Cavalieri
Lewis Payne
Lady of the Philippines
Lillie Langtry
Rupert Brooke
