# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/41 "2010-07-01T04:06:41Z")
[Vladimir Putin](http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20Else/images-3/vladimir-putin.jpg) - he looks fairly normal, but he also looks like his expression wouldn’t change a bit as he orders the death of every kitten and orphan in Russia. [Stephen King](http://sporeflections.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/627887871.jpg). I guess scary-looking isn’t the right word - terminally goofy, more. But he does DO scary! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/42 "2010-07-01T05:04:44Z")
> [@](#): > > O Donatella Versace you are a brilliant fashion designer but you SCARE ME with your plastic surgery. That picture flatters her. This is [Donatella Versace](http://www.hollywoodbackwash.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/donatella-versace-bikini.gif) at the beach. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/43 "2010-07-01T05:08:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That picture flatters her. > > This is [Donatella Versace](http://www.hollywoodbackwash.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/donatella-versace-bikini.gif) at the beach. Ha, I was going to post that picture. Makes you just want to run out and get a nice tan, don’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/44 "2010-07-01T05:10:07Z")
And Steve Tyler? He’s a rock’n’roll pretty boy compared to [Shane MacGowan](http://j-walkblog.com/images/shanex9.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/45 "2010-07-01T05:10:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That picture flatters her. > > This is [Donatella Versace](http://www.hollywoodbackwash.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/donatella-versace-bikini.gif) at the beach. My God, you can practically read the serial numbers on her implants! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/46 "2010-07-01T05:13:29Z")
[Michaela Romanini](http://208.106.181.133/_media/imgs/articles/a359_Romanini.jpg) - seriously, don’t look at her before heading off to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/47 "2010-07-01T05:52:30Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > [Mark Funkhouser](http://thebovinecomedy.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/funklookingreallygrave.jpg), mayor of Kansas City MO, is one freaky-looking dude. He looks so weird that it sort of hops back over the uncanny valley and becomes charming. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/48 "2010-07-01T13:40:24Z")
New Jersey’s current governor [Chris Christie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Christie) just looks like an old time sleazy politician ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/49 "2010-07-01T14:12:36Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > He looks so weird that it sort of hops back over the uncanny valley and becomes charming. I think a lot of people in this thread fit that description. But which ones do that are going to vary wildly by person. I think James Carville fits that description, but most of you probably don’t agree. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/50 "2010-07-01T14:13:03Z")
[Helen Thomas](http://steynian.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/helen-thomas-zombie.jpg). [Madeleine Albright](http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/daVSGYjAZKt/31st+Annual+Kennedy+Center+Honors/2Z0izp3VqYf/Madeleine+Albright). ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/51 "2010-07-02T00:45:55Z")
I think Henry Waxman’s a shoo-in, but for anyone that follows soccer, there was recently a battle of who was to manage Liverpool football club between [this guy](http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/match-centre/article310893.ece/ALTERNATES/gallery-large/Roy+Hodgson.jpeg) and [this guy](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47322000/jpg/_47322716_dalglish_pab466.jpg). ---
**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 2, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/52 "2010-07-02T01:22:26Z")
Here’s the [“Queen of Mean”](http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/images/leona_the_joker.jpg) herself, with her alter-ego. And [here she is](http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/mutts/blog/02trouble_lg.jpg), doing her Cruella de Vil impersonation. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/53 "2010-07-02T02:56:07Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > [Helen Thomas](http://steynian.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/helen-thomas-zombie.jpg). Sure, you paint anyone green and they’re going to look a bit frightening. > [@](#): > > [Madeleine Albright](http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/daVSGYjAZKt/31st+Annual+Kennedy+Center+Honors/2Z0izp3VqYf/Madeleine+Albright). You know, after watching her on a few interviews, her brilliance and personality make her look just fine to me. Now, _she’s_ someone that I think I would love to sit down and have a long dinner with (except there’s no way I could keep up with her). ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/54 "2010-07-02T03:23:38Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Smart guy [but not a handsome fella](http://thebsreport.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/waxman_henry.jpg). Henry Waxman is separated from birth from [Richard Lee Sung](https://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/Eric_B/RichardLee-Sung.gif). If you’ve ever watched “M_A_S\*H”, you’ve probably seen him. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/55 "2010-07-02T05:39:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Sure, you paint anyone green and they’re going to look a bit frightening. [Grace Park](http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4457/boomerslavegirl9pr.jpg) excepted. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/56 "2010-07-02T06:43:26Z")
> [@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. I hadn’t heard that Dick Cheney shot a second guy in the face. ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/57 "2010-07-02T08:18:23Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You know, after watching her on a few interviews, her brilliance and personality make her look just fine to me. Now, _she’s_ someone that I think I would love to sit down and have a long dinner with (except there’s no way I could keep up with her). Yeah, I’d have dinner with her, too. _Chetnik-syle_ :rolleyes:. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/58 "2010-07-02T11:06:42Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > And in light of his job description, it really is ironic that he looks like he eats small children at midnight. [Behold the visage of terror](http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Technology/images-2/pope-benedict.jpg). Tell me he doesn’t look like he’s just been given thirty-to-life. I can agree with your choice, but I think [this](http://aftermathnews.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/pope2.jpg) is a better photo, or why not [this](http://media.photobucket.com/image/evil%20pope/ericr580/pope_benedict_xvi-evil.jpg)? However, [this is my candidate for pure evil](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080307/britain-thatcher/images/07b2910b-b0e9-4b17-b95e-4c6cee01c890.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/59 "2010-07-02T15:18:39Z")
> [@Khaki\_Campbell](#): > > Yeah, I’d have dinner with her, too. _Chetnik-syle_ :rolleyes:. I don’t know what this means. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026/60 "2010-07-02T15:29:52Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [Grace Park](http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4457/boomerslavegirl9pr.jpg) excepted. My dietician told me I need to be eating more greens. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-looking-public-figures/545026.md?page=4)