# Scariest-looking public figures **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026 "2010-06-30T03:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/21 "2010-06-30T14:59:05Z")
[Steven Tyler.](http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/images-5/steven-tyler-1.jpg) I adore him, but he’s my pick. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/22 "2010-06-30T15:04:23Z")
> [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](#): > > [Steven Tyler.](http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/images-5/steven-tyler-1.jpg) I adore him, but he’s my pick. [Pete Burns](http://www.pajiba.com/assets_c/2009/03/pete_burns-thumb-213x240-541.jpg) makes him look positively normal. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/23 "2010-06-30T15:51:54Z")
Do they have to be alive? I got one in mind… ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/24 "2010-06-30T16:33:36Z")
How about [Gordon Brown](http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_01/brownMS0610_468x648.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/25 "2010-06-30T17:33:54Z")
Before I clicked them, I thought the pope pictures were going to be of [Anton LaVey](http://tinyurl.com/2eszcq8). ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/26 "2010-06-30T18:17:52Z")
I am relieved that I’m not the only one who sees the Pope Palpatine resemblance. I hadn’t heard anyone call him that before I coined it last week. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/27 "2010-06-30T18:20:40Z")
Does the Cat Lady count? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/28 "2010-06-30T18:23:59Z")
> [@Daerlyn](#): > > I am relieved that I’m not the only one who sees the Pope Palpatine resemblance. I hadn’t heard anyone call him that before I coined it last week. Nah, that one’s been going around for a long time. [Here’s the first SDMB reference I could find.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7391949#post7391949) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/29 "2010-06-30T19:47:04Z")
> [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](#): > > Do they have to be alive? I would think so. Anyone that’s been underground for a while is bound to look pretty scary. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/30 "2010-06-30T20:28:35Z")
Smart guy [but not a handsome fella](http://thebsreport.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/waxman_henry.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/31 "2010-06-30T20:34:14Z")
If [Brian Peppers](http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100209080538/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/a/aa/Brian_peppers1.jpg/250px-Brian_peppers1.jpg)is still alive, he’s got my vote. _Warning: Link not safe for those without brain bleach close at hand._ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/32 "2010-06-30T21:16:54Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > These are scary, but I’ve gotta go with [Phil Spector](http://thebsreport.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/spector-mug-shot.jpg). Were it my call, I’d say you won the thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/33 "2010-06-30T21:23:50Z")
Pete Burns is the one I was gonna vote for. I likes me some Dead or Alive, and he was hot as hell in the video for “Save You All My Kisses”, but…age and plastic surgery have not been kind. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/34 "2010-06-30T21:40:37Z")
I made an [entire thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556339) about [Mark E Smith](http://www.n-spaces.net/sound/fallmix/mark_e_smith.jpg). (And yes, I love the Fall.) ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/35 "2010-06-30T23:31:18Z")
O Donatella Versace you are a brilliant fashion designer but you SCARE ME with your [plastic surgery](http://www.pollsb.com/photos/o/11663-donatella_versace.jpg). [EEP!](http://www.visitsaltlake.com/mysaltlake/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/larry-king-photo.jpg) I’ll agree with [Steven Tyler](http://grandmama2b.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/steven-tyler-1.jpg). :: shudder :: [Courtney](http://deceiver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/courtney-love.jpg) [Love](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/06/20/article-1028063-01AFFCF900000578-543_468x651.jpg) Also, I’m sorry [if you can’t sleep tonight](http://www.uglymales.com/wc/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/carrot-top.jpg). Truly I am. ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/36 "2010-07-01T02:03:47Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > [This guy](http://www.utnieuws.utwente.nl/new/fotodb/1995/50/normaal_leeuw.gif) is a Government CEO and top-lawyer in the Netherlands. Also author of an collection of erotic short stories. > > Here’s [an Google image search](http://www.google.nl/images?q=doctors+van+leeuwen&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=XdUqTL61GeWjOOHd1bID&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDUQsAQwAw). So you see, he really is that ugly. And he apparently never even _tried_ to look less ugly. Perhaps he thought is was his trade mark look. It certainly made him stand out. “We must control The Spice!!!” ---
**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 1, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/37 "2010-07-01T02:25:04Z")
[This is the one](http://spoutingoff.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/donald-trump-video-phone1.jpg) that gives me the heebie-jeebies. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/38 "2010-07-01T03:07:49Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > O Donatella Versace you are a brilliant fashion designer but you SCARE ME with your [plastic surgery](http://www.pollsb.com/photos/o/11663-donatella_versace.jpg). :eek: Yikes, she looks like [Aphex Twin](http://i.t.com.com/i/lumiere/2005/08/23/1968-1968-20050823_095846-320x240.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/39 "2010-07-01T03:26:59Z")
[Mark Funkhouser](http://thebovinecomedy.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/funklookingreallygrave.jpg), mayor of Kansas City MO, is one freaky-looking dude. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/40 "2010-07-01T03:49:46Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > Pete Burns is the one I was gonna vote for. > > I likes me some Dead or Alive, and he was hot as hell in the video for “Save You All My Kisses”, but…age and plastic surgery have not been kind. Holy crap! _That’s_ who that is?!? :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026.md?page=3)