We’ve covered the young presidents of USA already, but let’s broaden the scope now and take a rare glimpse at the leaders from around the world before they became the almighty God-like figures.
It’s utterly strange to see these people, who shaped the world we live in now, as simple teenagers with all the innocence in the world and, in most cases, cluelessness about what the future is holding for them.
(h/t: vintage.es, demilked)
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Joseph Stalin As A Young Man, 1902
Young Bill Clinton Shaking Hands With President John F. Kennedy In The Rose Garden Of The White House. July 24, 1963
Eighteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth Of England During Her Time In The Auxiliary Territorial Service During WWII Where She Drove And Repaired Heavy Vehicles, 1945
Vladimir Putin As A Young Teenager, 1966
Not terribly surprising, although it is a bit of a shock that he kept his shirt on
Young Barack Obama Smoking A Joint
John F. Kennedy At Age 10, Hair Slicked Back, 1927
Richard Nixon Is Shown As A Member Of The Whittier College Football Squad In Whittier, CA, 1930s
Young Donald Trump In New York’s Military Academy
Angela Merkel Prepares A Meal On A Campfire While Camping With Friends In Himmelpfort, German Democratic Republic In July 1973
Young Nelson Mandela In 1961
Young Adolf Hitler
The mustache makes me sick, well actually this whole photo makes me sick.
If you think about it, what he accomplished is actually quite fascinating. How more or less one man could brainwash an entire nation. Not condoning it or anything. But this part of German history is interesting.
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No, he had a longer mustache when he was younger. In his mid twenties, he shaves it down to the Chaplin style mustache because he couldn't form a proper seal on a gas mask (military requirement) with his longer mustache.
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I think people should read and get all facts about mr. Hitler, they shuld know whay he did kill and hate jews .....for me he is fascinating because he did like it was already said controled a whole nation... People's are just ....never mind
Very well said. People just jump on the bandwagon and say how bad he was because theyve heard other people say it.
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H I T L E R DRIVING DOWN THE STREET IN A FANCY CAR, H I T L E R NEVER THOUGHT WE MAKE IT BUT HERE WE ALL.
if somebody could time travel while he was taking this foto and kill him and save the world from WW2.
He did not have that kind of mustache when he was young, it was not until after ww1
He had a childhood. But it was completely f*cked up. http://biography.yourdictionary.com/articles/adolf-hitlers-childhood.html
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Hitler's parents had 4 hids. 2 survived and 2 died in infancy. If only he had been one who died.
Did you miss all history classes during high school?
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No, he had a longer mustache when he was younger. In his mid twenties, he shaves it down to the Chaplin style mustache because he couldn't form a proper seal on a gas mask (military requirement) with his longer mustache.
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I don't blame y'all for downvoting. that pun was pretty bad
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George W. Bush In Baseball Garb At Yale University, Ca, 1964-68
Jason Hervey playing Wayne Arnold in The Wonder Years. Is that you!?
Kim Jong-il With His Father, Kim Il-sung, And His Mother, Kim Jong-suk In 1945
Young 14th Dalai Lama
This is a tough one ... He knew as a child he was the Dalai Lama. When this photo was taken he knew he was the reincarnated leader of his people.
Pope John Paul II Shaving
Pope Francis As A Young Boy
Young Margaret Thatcher Aka ‘The Iron Lady’, The Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
Portrait Of Fidel Castro In New York In 1955, During An Interview
My 87 year-old mother-in-law worked for the Batista gov't back in Cuba in the '50's. She and husband had to flee for their lives coming through Canada first before becoming a citizen of the USA. She has avowed never to return to her homeland b/c of Castro and his policies and my heart hurts for her when she speaks of the old days. Gave me tons of perspective.
Thin Hugo Chavez In Military Academy
Bashar al-Assad As A Kid, Now The President Of Syria
Mugshot Of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff In 1970 When She Was Part Of The Guerrilla Movement That Fought Against The Country’s Military Dictatorship
Now, that's someone who knew this photo would be famous one day...
Mahatma Gandhi In 1887 As A Law Student
King Salman Of Saudi Arabia At 19, In 1954
A Young Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Prime Minister (bottom Left) Pictured With His Family In 1956
Karol Wojtyla, Before He Was Pope John Paul II
Young Saddam Hussein, The Former President Of Iraq
Young Nicolae Ceaușescu, The General Secretary Of The Romanian Communist Party
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu In 1972, Shaking Hands With President Zalman Shazar During His Time In The Israeli Defense Forces
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani In The Early 1970s While Doing Military Service
Superfine. I'm getting crushes on all these guys. Based solely on these pictures.
Ms Park Geun Hye Pictured With Her Parents And Her Two Younger Siblings - Sister Geun Ryong And Brother Ji Man
Her dad was the then dictator, both parents were assassinated. Happy family.
Young Hillary Clinton Around 1969
Pictures of great people who contributed to humanity in an incredible positive way along side many who advocated for killing and wars...humm
Not all world leaders did good things. There have been bad leaders and good leaders.
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Looking at these pictures, especially the kids, I can't help but wonder when some of them made the transition to evil. I wonder if it was all self serving, or if some of them believed they were doing the right thing.
Nicolae Ceausescu was not only a secretary, was the president of Romania
Mohandas K Gandhi, Mahatma is not a name but an epithet meaning Great Soul
Of all the great photos of Obama...why one of him smoking pot. Your heart wiuldnt allow you to post a nuce reputable photo og a great man. Yet mask murderers are presented respectfully. Shame on you.
Stalin HANDSOME and Hitler looked just like my dad without mustage ofcource 😀😁😃
Dilma Rousseff was a terrorist, the Brazilian military dictatorship happened to avoid the communism in the country and was intended to be temporary and end as soon as possible, but it lasted 21 years when the military regime wasn't necessary anymore, the military decided by themselves to end the regime, and protests were allowed. At least we have more freedom than the Cubans, maybe we would have more freedom if Dilma and her predecessor weren't elected.
In all of these pictures of famous (and infamous) world leaders, they were either in military school garb or with their families when they were little or shaking the hand of another older famous world leader...except for Obama. For his picture, they showed him smoking pot. Come on, Bored Panda. You can do better than that. You must do better than that. This kind of racial microaggression will not be tolerated. How about this picture of a young Barack Obama in law school? Young-Bara...e8ce7d.jpg 
Interesting to see the pictures but I have to say #3 Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland ... not England
They all have something in commun , they look so beautiful and inocent
Well he is in charge of America which makes him fall under the category of world leaders.
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Some of these did not grow up to be big people. They may lead nations, but they are so very small on the humanity scale.
I know, what is Merkel doing between those a******s.
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Why the dictators? Remove them? They don't deserve a place next to the good guys
Pictures of great people who contributed to humanity in an incredible positive way along side many who advocated for killing and wars...humm
Not all world leaders did good things. There have been bad leaders and good leaders.
Load More Replies... Looking at these pictures, especially the kids, I can't help but wonder when some of them made the transition to evil. I wonder if it was all self serving, or if some of them believed they were doing the right thing.
Nicolae Ceausescu was not only a secretary, was the president of Romania
Mohandas K Gandhi, Mahatma is not a name but an epithet meaning Great Soul
Of all the great photos of Obama...why one of him smoking pot. Your heart wiuldnt allow you to post a nuce reputable photo og a great man. Yet mask murderers are presented respectfully. Shame on you.
Stalin HANDSOME and Hitler looked just like my dad without mustage ofcource 😀😁😃
Dilma Rousseff was a terrorist, the Brazilian military dictatorship happened to avoid the communism in the country and was intended to be temporary and end as soon as possible, but it lasted 21 years when the military regime wasn't necessary anymore, the military decided by themselves to end the regime, and protests were allowed. At least we have more freedom than the Cubans, maybe we would have more freedom if Dilma and her predecessor weren't elected.
In all of these pictures of famous (and infamous) world leaders, they were either in military school garb or with their families when they were little or shaking the hand of another older famous world leader...except for Obama. For his picture, they showed him smoking pot. Come on, Bored Panda. You can do better than that. You must do better than that. This kind of racial microaggression will not be tolerated. How about this picture of a young Barack Obama in law school? Young-Bara...e8ce7d.jpg
Interesting to see the pictures but I have to say #3 Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland ... not England
They all have something in commun , they look so beautiful and inocent
Well he is in charge of America which makes him fall under the category of world leaders.
Load More Replies... Some of these did not grow up to be big people. They may lead nations, but they are so very small on the humanity scale.
I know, what is Merkel doing between those a******s.
Load More Replies... Why the dictators? Remove them? They don't deserve a place next to the good guys
