While the term may be recent, the concept of transgender is as old as history. For there have always been individuals who, either openly or in secret have lived their lives as members of a gender they. Thinking about historical figures often conjures up images of wizened old men and women staring gravely out of sepia photographs.

And throughout, the period's history was littered with exciting and fascinating figures – knights, rulers, warriors and warlords, men of the sword and men of the pen, who lived, maneuvered, fought and. The man known to history as the mad monk was an influential member of the court of tsar nicholas ii, having convinced the tsarina alexandra that he possessed the ability to cure her son alexei of his. While schools feature black history this month, most students will only hear about the same handful of prominent figures: Rosa parks, martin luther king, jr. , and perhaps a few others. That's not to say that everyone in the world isn't beautiful, but some attractive people throughout history have made people's jaws drop -- literally. What do you consider beautiful?. His most famous works are the statue of david and the ceiling of the sistine chapel at vatican city.

That's not to say that everyone in the world isn't beautiful, but some attractive people throughout history have made people's jaws drop -- literally. What do you consider beautiful?. His most famous works are the statue of david and the ceiling of the sistine chapel at vatican city. Some consider him to have been the most celebrated artist of all time, while others compare him to. In today's article, we're going to go over famous figures throughout time who have been praised in the history books, but they have actually done terrible things.