# What Dudes in history would you have boffed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 23, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003 "2016-01-23T19:09:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Valteron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f17d59/32.png) [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/1 "2016-01-23T19:09:59Z")
This is kind of fun and educational too. The game is open mainly to gays and straight women, but any straight male (or Lesbian) who wants to contribute a picture is welcome. We are not too stringent about this rule, and nobody is going to ask you to produce the toaster oven and membership card that is given to anyone recruited to gayness. Quite simply, how many now-dead dudes from history can we come up with who were really quite doable? **They have to be guys from history who are now dead. No liveies!** Many of these may surprise you. Have you ever seen a photo of young Joe Stalin? Did you know that FDR and Eleanor (horse teeth lady) produced a blond son who was dripping hot? Ever taken a close look at Alexander Hamilton on the US $10 bill? For starters, here is a pic of Herman Rorschach, inventor of the ink blot test. Check him out at [https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1097&bih=540&q=hermann+rorschach&oq=Herman+Rors&gs\_l=img.1.0.0i10l9.18723.25399.0.28417.13.12.1.0.0.0.258.1626.0j11j1.12.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.13.1621.T1JP7t5yMcc](https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1097&bih=540&q=hermann+rorschach&oq=Herman+Rors&gs_l=img.1.0.0i10l9.18723.25399.0.28417.13.12.1.0.0.0.258.1626.0j11j1.12.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.13.1621.T1JP7t5yMcc) He is so good looking that the Google images program gets him confused with Brad Pitt! So let’s see what other dead bangable dudes we can come up with.:D:D;) ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/2 "2016-01-23T19:15:15Z")
I never thought that I would read the words: “…dead bangable dudes” in the same sentence. I will give this some serious thought, and get back to you post haste! ---
**Author:** ![Valteron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f17d59/32.png) [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/3 "2016-01-23T19:16:25Z")
Oh yes, here is the pic of Joe Stalin as a young Dude. [https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1097&bih=540&q=joe+stalin+young&oq=Joe+Stalin&gs\_l=img.1.1.0l2j0i10i24j0i24l3.4206.9320.0.12945.10.10.0.0.0.0.142.1165.0j10.10.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.10.1145.xgPBbW0TvzI](https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1097&bih=540&q=joe+stalin+young&oq=Joe+Stalin&gs_l=img.1.1.0l2j0i10i24j0i24l3.4206.9320.0.12945.10.10.0.0.0.0.142.1165.0j10.10.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.10.1145.xgPBbW0TvzI) And here is FDR Junior. Hard to believe he came out of Eleanor! [https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1097&bih=540&q=joe+stalin+young&oq=Joe+Stalin&gs\_l=img.1.1.0l2j0i10i24j0i24l3.4206.9320.0.12945.10.10.0.0.0.0.142.1165.0j10.10.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.10.1145.xgPBbW0TvzI](https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1097&bih=540&q=joe+stalin+young&oq=Joe+Stalin&gs_l=img.1.1.0l2j0i10i24j0i24l3.4206.9320.0.12945.10.10.0.0.0.0.142.1165.0j10.10.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.10.1145.xgPBbW0TvzI) ---
**Author:** ![Valteron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f17d59/32.png) [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/4 "2016-01-23T19:27:34Z")
I posted the Stalin link twice! Here is the correct link for FDR Junior: [https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1097&bih=540&q=fdr+jr&oq=FDR&gs\_l=img.1.7.0l10.3790.4491.0.8682.3.3.0.0.0.0.124.346.0j3.3.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.3.339.jK7zao38mKU](https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1097&bih=540&q=fdr+jr&oq=FDR&gs_l=img.1.7.0l10.3790.4491.0.8682.3.3.0.0.0.0.124.346.0j3.3.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.3.339.jK7zao38mKU) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/5 "2016-01-23T19:43:01Z")
Robert Kennedy [https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+kennedy&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiszeb52MDKAhVPw2MKHQt7BokQ\_AUIBygB&biw=1264&bih=744](https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+kennedy&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiszeb52MDKAhVPw2MKHQt7BokQ_AUIBygB&biw=1264&bih=744) Quite a few of the Kennedy fellas actually. Here’s JFK Jr: [https://www.google.com/search?q=jfk+jr&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPvK2g2cDKAhUP0mMKHVGyCh8Q\_AUIBygB&biw=1264&bih=744](https://www.google.com/search?q=jfk+jr&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPvK2g2cDKAhUP0mMKHVGyCh8Q_AUIBygB&biw=1264&bih=744) ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/6 "2016-01-23T19:48:13Z")
[Ludwig II of Bavaria](https://www.google.com/search?q=ludwig+ii&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVwsPM2MDKAhXElB4KHen2Ap0Q_AUIBygB&biw=1204&bih=740) (“Mad King Ludwig”) was considered a handsome man in his youth, although became very overweight in middle age. His hairstyle definitely was not a timeless classic and he’s also the only historic figure I know of who managed to look uncomfortable not just in photos but in _oil paintings_, but if you can ignore that I’d say he looks like he could be Benedict Cumberbatch’s cuter brother. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/7 "2016-01-23T19:58:36Z")
Even before the musical, Alexander Hamilton was the hottest guy ever to grace U.S. money. With brains. And apparently a little bit of a slut as well. What more can a girl ask for. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/8 "2016-01-23T20:06:02Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > What more can a girl ask for. Condoms and penicillin. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/9 "2016-01-23T20:43:06Z")
In the music world: David Bowie ever since I was a young girl. And, though war is certainly ugly, George Preddy. He’s very handsome, and was a hell of a pilot. [http://www.aviation-history.com/airmen/preddy.htm](http://www.aviation-history.com/airmen/preddy.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/10 "2016-01-23T21:40:07Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Condoms and penicillin. Both which in that era would have been insufficient. Not a good time to be a sexually liberated woman. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/11 "2016-01-23T21:47:23Z")
The young [Rutherford B. Hayes](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2087722-drew-brees-bears-an-uncanny-resemblance-to-former-president-rutherford-b-hayes). Lincoln assassination conspirator [Lewis Powell](http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/015/749/lewisthorntonpowell-1.jpg). [Johannes Brahms.](https://forrestkinney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/johannes-brahms-20121221.jpg) [Jack Kerouac.](http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/uk-kerouac1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/12 "2016-01-23T23:13:41Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > [Ludwig II of Bavaria](https://www.google.com/search?q=ludwig+ii&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVwsPM2MDKAhXElB4KHen2Ap0Q_AUIBygB&biw=1204&bih=740) (“Mad King Ludwig”) was considered a handsome man in his youth, although became very overweight in middle age. His hairstyle definitely was not a timeless classic and he’s also the only historic figure I know of who managed to look uncomfortable not just in photos but in _oil paintings_, but if you can ignore that I’d say he looks like he could be Benedict Cumberbatch’s cuter brother. Was it his hair that drove him mad? Can’t really get behind this one. ---
**Author:** ![Valteron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f17d59/32.png) [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/13 "2016-01-23T23:18:22Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > Was it his hair that drove him mad? Can’t really get behind this one. Ludwig II had lots of guys “behind” him if you get my meaning. Flaming Mo. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/14 "2016-01-23T23:34:28Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > Was it his hair that drove him mad? Can’t really get behind this one. It was apparently in style back then. Like I said, it’s not a look that’s withstood the test of time, but the same could be said about some of my past hairstyles. Thinking of Benedict Cumberbatch, historic homosexuals, and unfortunate hairstyles, I’d say [Alan Turing](http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/24/world/europe/alan-turing-royal-pardon/) (who Cumberbatch played in _The Imitation Game_) was a handsome guy if you can overlook what is by modern standards a rather dorky haircut. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/15 "2016-01-23T23:38:02Z")
**She’s NOT a Dude / Equal Time Hijack:** Audrey Hepburn Myrna Loy ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/16 "2016-01-24T00:26:09Z")
[Wilfred Owen](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/23/article-0-0E6C97D500000578-672_233x423.jpg) was pretty good looking (he looks like [Josh Harnett](http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/4100000/Josh-Hartnett-josh-hartnett-4103075-1709-2560.jpg)!). Too bad he died so young. [Robert Cornelius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cornelius#/media/File:RobertCornelius.jpg), the inventor of the selfie, was cute. So was [Thomas Edison](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Thomas_Edison_by_LC_Handy_in_1877_-_crop.jpg) as a young guy. Valteron, Joe Stalin looks like [Jon Bernthal](http://cdn04.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bernthal-grace/paul-rudd-jon-bernthal-grace-opening-night-broadway-15.jpg) to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/17 "2016-01-24T00:37:20Z")
[Bangable dudes in history](http://bangabledudesinhistory.blogspot.ca/2013/08/nearly-two-years-after-last-post-and.html) seems to cover similar ground. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/18 "2016-01-24T00:40:38Z")
The young Robert E. Lee was doable. [https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+e+lee&biw=1024&bih=679&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqwoq8m8HKAhVKvIMKHdvvCqkQ\_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=young+robert+e+lee&imgrc=CTlIr-xlHQCx8M%3A](https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+e+lee&biw=1024&bih=679&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqwoq8m8HKAhVKvIMKHdvvCqkQ_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=young+robert+e+lee&imgrc=CTlIr-xlHQCx8M%3A) ---
**Author:** ![Valteron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f17d59/32.png) [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/19 "2016-01-24T02:20:18Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > [Bangable dudes in history](http://bangabledudesinhistory.blogspot.ca/2013/08/nearly-two-years-after-last-post-and.html) seems to cover similar ground. I admit they do cover similar ground. But that site seems to have fallen into permanent neglect for more than a year, so I thought I would get the Straight Dopers working on it. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003/20 "2016-01-24T02:30:00Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > The young [Rutherford B. Hayes](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2087722-drew-brees-bears-an-uncanny-resemblance-to-former-president-rutherford-b-hayes). > > Lincoln assassination conspirator [Lewis Powell](http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/015/749/lewisthorntonpowell-1.jpg). > > [Johannes Brahms.](https://forrestkinney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/johannes-brahms-20121221.jpg) > > [Jack Kerouac.](http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/uk-kerouac1.jpg) I’d take all three of these. 🙂 My own contribution is Edward Norton’s doppelgänger, Anton Chekhov: > **[Anton Chekhov](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov)** > > Anton Pavlovich Chekhov\[a\] (Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов\[b\], .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}IPA: \[ɐnˈton ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕexəf\]; 29 January 1860\[c\] – 15 July 1904\[d\]) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and... [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003.md?page=2)