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21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

These 21 faces have dominated politics and policy on the world stage for the past century, facing the public through war, peace, disaster, and triumph.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Published 6 months ago in Ftw

We all know what most of these people look like now, but do we know what they looked like then? 


These 21 faces have dominated politics and policy on the world stage for the past century, facing the public through war, peace, disaster, and triumph. Their faces are etched into the pages of history books, but not how they're seen here. These are the faces of 21 world leaders before they were in the public eye.


In these photos, they are still hopeful, naive, and innocent. Unfortunately, few of them had the privilege of staying that way. Vladimir Putin certainly has plenty of dirt on his hands, and seeing him pictured as a 28-year-old KGB officer, it's doubtful he went very long before taking part in the organization's cutthroat tactics. The determination in his eyes is apparent, and it's not surprising he played the game perfectly and rose to the top. He doesn't seem like the "happy child" type, exemplified by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's photo. 


Here are 21 famous world leaders, and what they looked like before they became household faces. 

  • 1

    Young Teddy Roosevelt.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 2

    A young Bill Clinton meets President John F Kennedy in 1963.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 3

    Ronald Reagan, 12 Years Old, 1923.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 4

    Barack Obama, three years old, with his grandfather in 1965.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 5

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel with Lothar de Maiziere in 1990.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 6

    Eight-year-old Justin Trudeau feeds pigeons in 1980.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 7

    Vladimir Putin as a KGB officer in 1980.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 8

    Joseph Stalin in 1902 after dropping out from seminary school.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 9

    A mugshot of Benito Mussolini after his arrest by Swiss police in 1903.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 10

    Fidel Castro's yearbook photo from 1945.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 11

    Barack Obama.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 12

    Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 13

    George Bush, 1960s.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 14

    Princess Elizabeth II of England at 18 years old in 1945.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 15

    Margaret Thatcher.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 16

    Kim Jong-il with his father Kim Il-sung and mother Kim Jong-suk in 1945.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 17

    Sadam Hussein.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 18

    John F. Kennedy at age 10 in 1927.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 19

    Nelson Mandela in 1961.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 20

    Richard Nixon playing football in the 1930s.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

  • 21

    Hilary Clinton around 1969.

    21 Vintage Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

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