67 Of The Most Beautiful People From The Last 100 Years — Like, This Is Actually Unreal
We asked the BuzzFeed Community to show us really old photos of their reallllllllly hot grandparents when they were younger. Here are the fascinating and timeless results.
1."My grandpa was so handsome!"
2."This is my grandfather, who served in World War II."
3."My grandpa, Lieutenant Commander Warren Fordham, was a pilot in the navy for 30 years and was the first person allowed to stay in the service while suffering from diabetes."
4."My grandparents."
5."My grandma when she was a teenager in India."
6."I found this straight-up gangster photo of my grandma and her husband from back in the day."
7."My grandfather, John, was a US Army paratrooper in World War II, an Italian immigrant, and an all-around badass."
8."My grandpa at 19 years old. His name was Ancil, and I miss him every single day."
9."My grandfather, circa 1970."
10."My beautiful grandma when she was a teenager."
11."My grandma and grandpa were high school sweethearts. I can’t find many photos of them together, but I think he’s very handsome."
12."My grandmother from Mississippi, who later married my grandpa and moved to Detroit. She was one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. This photo is from 1957."
13."This is my grandfather when he was 23! That jawline though...wow."
14."This is my grandmother, who used to model in her late teens and early 20s in California and Chicago. This was probably taken right after that, when she was about 25. We even have several copies of her original headshots saved too!"
15."This is my old roommate's grandpa, but I had to post it because the resemblance is uncanny to Darren Criss."
16."Look at my stunning grandma's senior picture."
17."This was my paternal grandfather at age 18 in 1944 when he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy. He served, he suffered, and he survived. He passed away in 1991 when I was 9 years old, and I've missed him every day since."
18."This was my grandma on her wedding day in 1948."
19."My grandfather during WW2. He was part of the United States Army Air Forces."
20."This was my grandmother in the army in the '60s (compulsory service) at army boot camp training."
"She was born in Palestine to Belarusian and Romanian parents. She fluently speaks three languages and is currently getting her master’s degree. She is the most amazing, warm, and loving woman in the world."
21."These are my mum's parents on their wedding day. They were only teenagers!"
22."This is my grandma before she met my grandpa. Such a babe! She was still a looker well into her 80s and had THE most beautiful white hair."
23."These are my favorite pics of my grandpa."
24."My great-grandpa."
25."My grandmother was a stand-in for Gene Tierney. That's how she met my grandfather, who was a cameraman."
26."Here's my Filipino and French grandma in the middle, right after WWII. She was the personification of the true meaning of feminism in a time and country when it wasn't the norm. She was everything I aspire to be."
27."This is my absurdly handsome Lolo (the Filipino word for grandfather). I think this photo was taken right after college, just before he enlisted in the military and fought in WWII."
28."My grandfather during WW2 in the Solomon Islands. I miss him every day!"
29."My grandma Alva in the '40s."
30."This is my handsome grandpa, Don Ocker."
31."My grandparents on their wedding day in 1952."
32."The one on the left is my favorite picture of my Poppi! And peep the sweet note to my Mimi in the bottom-right corner of the other photo."
"The note says: 'To the sweetest girl in the world.'"
33."This is my great-grandmother Josefina. The pictures are old and beat up, but she shines through the damage, obviously."
34."My grandpa George, you know, just casually doing acrobatics in the summertime. I miss him all the time."
35."My great-grandpa Archie."
36."My nanny."
37."This is my grandmother on her way to her honeymoon in 1958. She’s still this glamorous today."
38."My maternal grandparents in Ohio during the summer of 1956."
39."My 6’4” grandpa was a military man with two PhDs. He was apparently quite the ladies’ man, but he ended up with my grandma, the only woman who ever turned him down for a date."
40."My grandfather in 1952."
41."Here's my stunning grandma."
42."My grandpa was a gym teacher, coach, and a runner. I never realized how in-shape he was until I came across some older pictures, though. He passed away a few years ago, but I’ve recently taken up running to honor him (and to live up to these genetics)."
43."This is my husband's grandfather."
44."My grandmother in Bel Air in 1951. She married one of the co-founders of the Jim Beam Distillery Company. They later divorced, and she moved away with the house painter, aka my grandfather."
45."Never got a chance to meet him, but my grandfather was definitely a looker!"
46."My grandma, posing on the rooftop of the boarding house where she lived during World War II."
47."This is my grandpa, probably around 1951!"
48."My grandma June, who was an absolutely iconic beauty."
49."My grandfather, Thomas Jackson Alsop."
50."My grandfather. I want to know why I didn't inherit any of his good looks."
51."My grandma with her cat-eye glasses."
52."This is Carl, my great-great-uncle. This picture would have been taken sometime around 1915. He died in France in 1918 during WWI."
53."My grandparents on their wedding day. My granddad died in 2007, and my grandma passed this April. I’ve always known how attractive of a couple they were, but going through her pictures earlier this year was like getting to know them all over again."
54."This is my grandma, Barbara. My grandfather was absolutely in love with her. She passed away about 20 years before him, and he would read us their love letters and tell us stories about dating and when they were young."
55."My grandfather, Akio Nishimura, in his college days while training as a Sumo."
56."Here’s my grandma at 23, I believe. Pretty hot stuff for someone who taught in a one-room schoolhouse."
57."My grandpa loved to fish and be a badass in Montana. He passed away this April, and I miss him so much! Love you, grandpa! Thanks for your good genes!"
58."My grandmother grew up wealthy, but after my great-grandparents got a divorce, things went south a bit in terms of finances. Without telling her parents, my grandmother did a pin-up shoot for extra cash in college. Pretty scandalous for a society girl in the 1940s!"
59."These are my grandma Elaine and grandpa Al (Alonzo), the coolest cats in Kansas City in the '50s."
60."My opa. He’ll always be guapo in my abuelita’s eyes."
61."My grandfather...shirtless."
62."Here are my grandparents when they first got engaged."
63."My grandma, Jenny."
64."My grandpa was a college quarterback for Illinois in the '50s, and my grandma was his smokin’ hot wife."
65."My grandmother is one of the most physically beautiful people ever and has the kindest soul I’ve ever been lucky to know."
66."My paternal grandfather in 1943."
67.And finally: "My grandmother rocked Kylie Jenner lips way before Kylie Jenner. She's in her 80s now and still has killer lips and the most luscious hair."
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