Photo selection of famous personalities of the twentieth century (21 photos)

Actors, poets, politicians and many other people who left their mark on the last century.





Brigitte Bardot, 1955.

The still very young French actress takes a photo with a foamy drink in a bar and looks at the pier. In the picture she is only 19 years old. Her film debut came in 1952 in the film "The Normandy Hole", and the actress has more than 80 films behind her.



Walt Disney rides with the operator on his children's railway, 1951.

In 1950, the famous animator built a miniature railway in his yard in Los Angeles. The total length of the railway track was almost 800 meters.





Maxim Gorky pokes opera singer Feodor Chaliapin with a broom, 1905.

Good friends act out a comic scene: "Supposedly Gorky clears Chaliapin's throat." Apparently he didn't let me sleep... he was wailing during the day, and then he wouldn't let me create works, breaking the silence...



Poet and prose writer Konstantin Simonov, Moscow, August-September 1947.

Wait for me and I'll come back, just wait really...

A Soviet poet, playwright and war correspondent smokes a pipe in the company of a furry friend.



Lev Yashin, 1964. Known as the "Black Panther," Lev Yashin is considered one of the greatest goalkeepers in football history. He won the Ballon d'Or in 1963, the only goalkeeper to do so.



French painter Henri Matisse at work, 1949.

Henri Matisse was a French artist known for his bold use of color and simplified forms. He was a key figure in modern art and became one of the major European artists of the modernist period.



Vladimir Vysotsky and Marina Vlady on vacation, 1969.

The couple vacationed in Abkhazia on Cape Pitsunda.



Photo of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison in 1923.

Two geniuses of the early 20th century in one photo. Both inventors were good friends, traveled together by car across the states and worked together on various projects.



Salvador Dali on a goat carriage, 1953.

Some interesting facts about the famous artist:

The artist's wife was from Kazan - Elena Ivanovna Dyakonova, also known as Gala Dali.

Dali was buried next to the women's toilet in the museum. And this was his will. "Only in this way will I be able to find out the real truth about my museum."

Initially, he and Gala were supposed to be buried together, but due to a major quarrel, the will was changed.

Dali continued to paint, but in his old age he began to suffer from Parkinson's disease. He was also famous for his straight lines. His last painting is called "Swallow". When he painted it, he saw that the disease would not allow him to create anymore and he would not be able to draw his famous straight lines. After that, he stopped painting.



Khrushchev and a teddy bear.

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev with a teddy bear presented by workers at a television electronics plant. GDR, Berlin, January 18, 1963.



The lead singer of The Beatles and his wife Yoko Ono.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono wait for the maid to change the bed so they can continue their pro-Vietnam War protest, 1969.

It's a good idea - lie down, relax, the main thing is to tell everyone that it's a protest.



Actress Anastasia Vertinskaya on a forest walk with her dog Jim, 1964.

One of the most beautiful women in Soviet cinema of that time.



The legendary Harry Houdini, full-length portrait, standing in chains. Circa 1900. American illusionist, philanthropist and actor. He became famous for exposing charlatans and complex escape and release tricks. Locks, grips, specially designed bracelets. This is largely what his numbers are based on, and of course, trained joint mobility.



Wassily Kandinsky and his cat, 1910s.

An artist and theorist of fine art, who stood at the origins of abstract art. And his cat, by the way, was called Vaska.



Sigmund Freud, 1933.

Probably the most famous psychiatrist and psychologist in the world.



Yuri Gagarin with his fiancee Valentina Goryacheva, USSR, 1957.

If only this couple knew what success awaited them in a couple of years. Can you imagine, a boy from the village suddenly becomes the most famous person on the globe. Now, no world celebrity can even come close to being so popular, since there are hundreds and thousands of such celebrities, and Gagarin at that time was the only one on the planet. But he did not catch star fever.



Irina Alferova and Robert De Niro. Moscow, 1983.

De Niro was a frequent guest in the Soviet Union, firstly, he was very good friends with Oleg Yankovsky and tried to act in domestic films.



Andrei Tarkovsky and Anatoly Solonitsyn on the set of the film "Andrei Rublev", 1960s.

Tarkovsky's films are true works of art, addressed not only to the soul of man, but also to his mind. Anatoly Solonitsyn is an intelligent, talented, sensitive and modest man.

Like almost any works of art, Tarkovsky's films are also powerful in their metaphors, so not everyone can understand his films.



Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Cannes Film Festival, 1977.



Jean-Paul Belmondo, Venice, 1960.