Wildest celebrity lookalikes ever from Wayne Rooney to Nazi and Jennifer Lawrence

Doctor Who is able to flit between time eras however he likes, but it seems a number of famous faces have lived another life… or at least their doppelgangers have

19:54, 10 Apr 2025

Doctor Who is back!(Image: BBC Studios/Disney/Bad Wolf/James Pardon)

Doctor Who is back on screens this weekend, as Ncuti Gatwa returns in his second series of the BBC One staple, this time with his new companion Varada Sethu.

But the TV Time Lord, famous for skipping between eras in his trusty Tardis, isn’t the only one who appears to be able to flit through history at will.

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Whether it be a Hollywood legend who resembles a 1950s Egyptian star, to a Harry Potter icon who looks like a Scottish artist, there are some surprising lookalikes out there.

Here JAMES MOORE reveals shocking photographic evidence that some of the world’s top stars have amazing doppelgangers from the past…

Christopher Lloyd and…John C Calhoun

Did he go back to the future for real?(Image: Film grab/Getty)

As Doc Brown in the 1985 movie Back to the Future, he built a time machine. Did he use a real one to travel to 1825, when his suspiciously wild-haired double John C Calhoun was US vice-president?

Anthony Hopkins and…Socrates

Difficult to tell them apart…(Image: Sony/Getty)

With an alarmingly similar beard and brow, the Welsh-born Silence of the Lambs star looks like a clone of the statue which depicts ancient Greek philosopher Socrates.

Mark Zuckerberg and…Philip IV of Spain

Both the leaders of empires(Image: Getty)

The Meta billionaire, famous for his social media empire, is a dead ringer for a Diego Velázquez portrait of the Spanish monarch, who oversaw the expansion of a physical empire in the 17th century.

Rupert Grint and…Sir David Wilkie

Both magic in their own ways(Image: Sky UK/Getty)

The movie star, who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter flicks, looks like a carbon copy of the renowned Scottish artist and fellow ginger who painted himself as a young man in the early 1800s.

Orlando Bloom and…Nicolae Grigorescu

We wonder if Nicolae ever went naked paddleboarding…(Image: Getty/Wikipedia)

He’s taken turns as a piratical adventurer and an elf, but did the British movie hunk morph from 19th century Romanian painter Nicolae Grigorescu?

Charlie Sheen and…John Brown

These two look identical!(Image: Getty/Bettmann)

The Hollywood hellraiser is famous for starring in Two and a Half Men. Ironic then, that he seems to have a double in fiery 19th century American abolitionist.

Alicia Keys and…Lena Horne

Let’s hope there’s a biopic in the works(Image: Getty)

The US singer, famous for hits like Fallin, is surely nailed on for the part if there’s ever a biopic of the dancer and actress, who died in 2010.

Jimmy Carr and…Rudolf Hess

Maybe not such a laughing matter!(Image: Getty)

Surely just a Nazi coincidence? The comedian appears to share many of the physical characteristics of Germany’s Deputy Fuhrer from World War Two.

Wayne Rooney and…a 15th century monk

The footballer looks like a very long gone monk(Image: Getty/Liverpool John Moores University and Facelab)

When scientists recreated the face of Abbot John of Wheathampstead in 2020, from his unearthed skull, it bore a striking resemblance to the former England and Man Utd footballer.

Jennifer Lawrence and…Zubaida Tharwat

The Hunger Games star looks like the late Egyptian actress(Image: Getty/Wikipedia)

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They’ve both graced the big screen – and the Hunger Games star looks like an identical clone of the 1950s Egyptian actress, who died in 2016.

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