Recently, BuzzFeed spoke to 33-year-old digital artist and Bored Panda contributor Hidreley Leli Dião, who uses both artificial intelligence and editing apps to reintroduce us to our favorite Disney characters, reimagined as real people.
Well, for the history buffs out there — or those who struggle to match real faces to ancient busts — Hidreley also re-envisions famous historical figures in our modern time. Here are some of his most popular renditions:
1. Painter Vincent Van Gogh:
2. George Washington, first US president:
3. Nefertiti, queen of Egypt:
4. Alexander the Great, king of Macedon:
5. Painter and theorist Leonardo Da Vinci:
6. Roman general Julius Caesar:
7. French heroine Joan of Arc:
8. Playwright William Shakespeare:
9. Marie Antoinette, queen of France:
10. Classical composer Mozart:
11. Mary Stuart, aka Mary, queen of Scots:
12. French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte:
13. English monarch Mary Tudor, aka Bloody Mary:
14. Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaton:
15. Mathematician Sir Isaac Newton:
16. Sculptor Michelangelo:
17. Anne of Cleves, queen consort of England:
18. Hatshepsut, second confirmed female Egyptian pharaoh:
19. And finally, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius:
