# Novak Djokovic looks like Paul Ryan **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novak-djokovic-looks-like-paul-ryan/837217 "2019-07-17T16:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novak-djokovic-looks-like-paul-ryan/837217/1 "2019-07-17T16:54:17Z")
Right? Tell me I’m not the only one who sees it. (appearance only) [https://www.google.com/search?q=novak+djokovic+paul+ryan&tbm=isch](https://www.google.com/search?q=novak+djokovic+paul+ryan&tbm=isch) ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novak-djokovic-looks-like-paul-ryan/837217/2 "2019-07-17T18:15:55Z")
[There are lots of people who look like Paul Ryan.](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/whitneyjefferson/people-who-look-like-paul-ryan) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novak-djokovic-looks-like-paul-ryan/837217/3 "2019-07-17T20:13:26Z")
Actually, if Novak Djokovic had black hair and dark features, he’d look exactly like my husband. And he’d have to be taller, too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novak-djokovic-looks-like-paul-ryan/837217/4 "2019-07-17T21:17:38Z")
Roger Moore: “How will I recognize him?” Maud Adams: “Tall; slim; and dark.” Roger Moore: “…so’s my aunt.” - THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novak-djokovic-looks-like-paul-ryan/837217/5 "2019-07-17T21:23:15Z")
I do not know what Paul Ryan looks like. However, there is a Denver Nuggets player who looks like Djokovic. He’s also Serbian and has almost the same name (Djokic). I always do a doubletake when I walk by and my guys are watching a Nuggets game and I see him. Also in that vein, when I was watching The Magicians, I kept seeing not just Djokovic but also Kygrios, in the main characters. I think I may be alone in this. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novak-djokovic-looks-like-paul-ryan/837217/6 "2019-07-17T22:32:00Z")
They are both brunettes with relatively slim faces and large noses. Djokovic’s nose is sharper. I saw a lot of that stereotypical south slavic nose in the Balkans. Ryan’s nose is large but it isn’t the same. I have a dominant Irish lineage including a touch of clan O’Riain (O’Ryan, Ryan, etc once anglicized.) Ryan’s nose is also relatively large and long but has a hint of the more bulbous tip that my larger nosed Irish relatives generally had. Ryan looks like family so I probably notice the small difference more. Then there is the eyes. Any picture that clearly shows the eyes offers a striking difference between Ryan and Djokovic. Try to not notice that [striking difference](https://cdn-s3.si.com/s3fs-public/images/djokovic-paul-ryan-lls.jpg) once you see it for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novak-djokovic-looks-like-paul-ryan/837217/7 "2019-07-17T22:46:59Z")
No thank you. I’m doing my best to _forget_ what Paul Ryan’s face looks like. (I always thought he looked like a bunch of those 1940s-50s child actors. Bobby Driscoll maybe, or Natalie Wood.) ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novak-djokovic-looks-like-paul-ryan/837217/8 "2019-07-17T23:21:43Z")
maybe, in an extremely general way, but I don’t think I’d ever confuse the two. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novak-djokovic-looks-like-paul-ryan/837217/9 "2019-07-18T06:54:46Z")
I see it. I agree I would be unlikely to get them mixed up, but if Djokovic were an actor and played Ryan in a movie, I’d think “Wow, good look-alike casting!” The main difference that might throw it off is that Djokovic has a more protruding\* jaw when he [faces camera and smiles](https://cdn-s3.si.com/s3fs-public/images/djokovic-paul-ryan-lls.jpg). \*Not sure that’s the right term, so I included a pic.