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Most people know what the current president, Joe Biden, looked like as a kid. But what about past presidents? In this article, we will take a look at what some of the most famous United States presidents looked like as children. Some of them may surprise you! We at 'historicly' have re-created their portraits and reimagined them as kids & also, using AI techniques, we have animated all of the images.

More info: YouTube | Historiclytv.com

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James K. Polk Reimagined As A Teenager

James K. Polk Reimagined As A Teenager

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dream of delusion
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

honestly, this one looks pretty accurate

Bouche Clay
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Polk was the only bachelor president. So far.

glowworm2
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, that would be James Buchanan actually.

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BravePanda
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Historicly Thanks for this creative work. It's so cool!

It usually takes 1-2 days to complete a series of 8 people/characters (created or recreated) and usually our videos on Youtube feature 7-10 characters as we also animate them.

I’ve already recreated famous cartoon characters portrayed as animals and have reimagined them as real people, including Kung Fu Panda & Lion King. I’m also working on a few projects:

  • Age progression famous people that got assassinated and how they could’ve looked if they’d lived longer.
  • Recreated the Greek Gods & Goddesses from Greek mythology and how they could've looked like real people. 
  • Famous cartoon characters recreated as real people (Simpsons, King of the Hill, Beavis, Popeye, Family Guy, etc).
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    #2

    Abraham Lincoln Reimagined As A Teenager

    Abraham Lincoln Reimagined As A Teenager

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    Dude
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks like a teen vampire drama reject.

    Barbara Cochrane
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are fun to look at but this is giving people modern, clean blow dried hair along with rounder faces, fuller lips and skin the never was affected by teen age hormones. So acne is a modern problem? I doubt it.

    asexualotl (she/her)
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    looks like one but i doubt he was, i'd like to see him do the fboy face though it would be so funny

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    Rowan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are photos of him online as a kid and young man. He did not look like this!

    Tam StaR
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AI seems to like giving folks lips who don't have lips.

    Amber The bear
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    MDKSKSKS top tier handsome. Would def date him if I had the chance lol hehehe

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    #3

    James Madison Reimagined As A Teenager

    James Madison Reimagined As A Teenager

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    dream of delusion
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    pffttt- they kept the prominent eyebags

    Abby
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Madison was sort of sickly all his life, and no one thought he'd live long. (He ended up being the longest living out of all the signers of the Constitution though) So he honestly probably had the eyebags as a teen...

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    One Jame
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how the white bow became a smooth turkey wattle.

    Digital Yarbs
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    James Madison would have been more accurate based upon his life mask. He stated of his life mask, "Per request of Mr. Browere, busts of myself and of my wife, regarded as exact likenesses, have been executed by him in plaister, being casts made from the moulds formed on our persons, of which this certificate is given under my hand at Montpelier, 19, October, 1825. young-jame...6bb289.jpg young-james-madison-de-aged-life-mask-featured-all-three-630d04e6bb289.jpg

    Cheryl Daniel
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    3 years ago

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    I’ve started my Youtube channel last year as I was doing the character recreation for fun, with a friend of mine we decided to start the Historicly youtube channel and try and make history a bit fun by recreating the historical figures, and then along the way, I found interesting to reimagine famous people that died young, and how would they’ve looked if they’d lived longer.

    #4

    Ulysess S. Grant Reimagined As Teenager

    Ulysess S. Grant Reimagined As Teenager

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    Jillian Harden
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like Abraham Lincoln as a teenager; same person, or no?

    Jillian Harden
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does he look like the Abraham Lincoln pic??

    suzanne werbiski
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The teenager's nose should be a tad more aquiline, I think

    gg Gc
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK It turns out all the historical figures were "hotties" ? Right

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    #5

    Thomas Jefferson Reimagined As Teenager

    Thomas Jefferson Reimagined As Teenager

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    Toria<3
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LMAO HE LOOKS LIKE A WEASLEY

    ZT
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    definitely one of the more accurate ones, I think.

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    I decided to also do age progression & regression of famous people. Lately, I’ve started doing cartoon character recreation to real-life people and people were amazed by the results, I have a long list of cartoons that I’ll have to humanize since my subscribers are always looking for more content from me and I'm doing my best to create the content they are looking for.

    #6

    James Monroe Reimagined As A Child

    James Monroe Reimagined As A Child

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    J Baker
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An American would not picture founding fathers and "greats" of their nation as pimple-faced, pox-scarred, pretentious teenagers with rotting teeth doing farmer blows into sh*t-covered streets, now would they?

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    Samia Guled
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    tbh this is pretty accurate but I feel like theres gonna be a ponytail at the back

    #7

    Martin Van Buren Reimagined As A Teenager

    Martin Van Buren Reimagined As A Teenager

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    Jill Rhodry
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so noses become convex as you age?

    ReggieTx
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what I've been looking at too. They aren't just aging these people down, it's like they're passing them through Instagram filters too!

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    Family Osborne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *whispering to self* he's like a hundred, he's like a hundred...SCREW IT He'S So CuTe

    just another bookish gay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    he looks a bit youger than the rest but still cute

    I’m always open to hearing your readers' comments and critiques so I can improve my work, but they can also share any request that they would want to see created by me! After all, I love doing these collages and I don't find anything frustrating in the process, in fact, my favorite images that I've done from this post are Abraham Lincoln and James Adams.

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    #8

    John Tyler Reimagined As A Teenager

    John Tyler Reimagined As A Teenager

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    Tamera Waltman
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, he has grandchildren living today. Compare this post to his kids' pics.

    GramDB
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Believable and very good…!

    #9

    Andrew Johnson Reimagined As A Child

    Andrew Johnson Reimagined As A Child

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    #10

    Chester Arthur Reimagined As A Teenager

    Chester Arthur Reimagined As A Teenager

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    The Forgotten Loser
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    looks like chester arthur has the bieber fever lol

    One Jame
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Arthur" is in my presidents song, but I have never heard of "Chester Arthur" in my life.

    #11

    Zachary Taylor Reimagined As Teenager

    Zachary Taylor Reimagined As Teenager

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    Cubbypotato
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh god!!!!! HOW AM I RELATED TO THAT!?!?!

    Annie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very contemporary looking

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    #12

    Franklin Pierce Reimagined As A Teenager

    Franklin Pierce Reimagined As A Teenager

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    #13

    Millard Fillmore Reimagined As Teenager

    Millard Fillmore Reimagined As Teenager

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    ReggieTx
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, is it just me or does the elder Fillmore look like Alec Baldwin?

    ZT
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    XD I was legit going to comment this word for word!

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    William Henry Harrison Reimagined As A Teenager

    William Henry Harrison Reimagined As A Teenager

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    UnpopularPanda
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AI even 'adjusted' his jawline for the collar he would wear later

    GramDB
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WHERE'S THE CHIN DIMPLE?

    Billy Harrelson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still looks like someone who'd stand outside in a raging snowstorm for an hour with no coat on.

    One Jame
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First presidential selfie?

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    James A. Garfield As Teenager

    James A. Garfield As Teenager

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    glowworm2
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks like a member of a K-pop band!

    Stevie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are pics of him as a child and this one doesn't even come close

    ReggieTx
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't even remotely close. What program did they use to do this? One from a plastic surgeon? Every one of these not only got younger - they all had nose jobs.

    Chich
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is wrong with his eyes in the original? One is looking at you and one is looking into the distance. Did he have eye problems?

    Matt Ronald Slater
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The picture behind him is kind of warped in the "teenage" picture.

    Rosie Cat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rebel without a cause look.

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    #16

    John Adams Reimagined As A Teenager

    John Adams Reimagined As A Teenager

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    Rylee Evergreen🦋
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that can't be.....he's that- little guy who spoke to me- OH MY GOSH JULIE ITS IN MY HEAD WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

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    John Quincy Adams Reimagined As A Child

    John Quincy Adams Reimagined As A Child

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    Digital Yarbs
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    John Quincy Adams had a LIFE mask cast of his actual head during his presidency showing his true likeness. Painted portraits are not accurate due to artistic license. A Life mask should have been used for an accurate rendering. See John Quincy Adams real face...his LIFE mask de-aged. young-john...f0d3c4.jpg young-john-quincy-adams-de-aged-life-mask-6311159f0d3c4.jpg

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    Andrew Jackson Reimagined As A Child

    Andrew Jackson Reimagined As A Child

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    Michael R
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay so let AI reimagine a current president to see how close it is.

    MikeMaxis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Much too happy for the dark ages.

    Julissa Guzman-Miranda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW CUTE KID (puppy cute)

    GramDB
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cute kid … sorry old man.

    WonderWoman
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, this one doesn't jive at all

    #19

    James Buchanan Reimagined As A Teenager

    James Buchanan Reimagined As A Teenager

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