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Look-Alike Day: Prominent Figures Who Have Doubles

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In folklore, meeting your doppelganger was considered a bad omen. And what would be your reaction to seeing a person who looks very much like you?

April 20th marks the National Look Alike Day in the US. It was created by a feature television reporter, Jack Etzel, in the 1980s.  

Etzel was in downtown Pittsburgh with photographer Rick Minutello, looking for a light feature for the news. 

Then they saw a man who looked like Humphrey Bogart and asked him who people think he looks like. They asked other passersby the same question and heard many interesting stories. The next day Etzel contacted the Chase Calendar of Events and proclaimed Look Alike Day. 

© AFP 2023 / Andy NewmanSurrounded by past winners, Denny Woods (C) of Buckeye Lake, Ohio, cradles a bust of Ernest Hemingway 21 July, 2001, just after he bested 117 other contestants at the "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, FL. The annual competition was a highlight event of the annual Hemingway Days Festival that ends 22 July.
The Papa Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, FL. - Sputnik International
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The "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, FL.
© AFP 2023 / Aamir Qureshi, Chris DelmasThis photo combination created on March 14, 2019 shows (L) Pakistani waiter Rozi Khan posing for a photograph at Dilbar Hotel in Rawalpindi on February 22, (R) US actor Peter Dinklage at the HBO premiere of "My Dinner With Herve" at the Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on October 4, 2018. - Rozi Khan had never heard of the Game of Thrones -- or its hugely popular character Tyrion Lannister -- until his striking resemblance to the dwarf anti-hero got heads turning at home.
This photo combination created on March 14, 2019 shows (L) Pakistani waiter Rozi Khan posing for a photograph at Dilbar Hotel in Rawalpindi on February 22, (R) US actor Peter Dinklage at the HBO premiere of My Dinner With Herve at the Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on October 4, 2018. - Sputnik International
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This photo combination created on March 14, 2019 shows (L) Pakistani waiter Rozi Khan posing for a photograph at Dilbar Hotel in Rawalpindi on February 22, (R) US actor Peter Dinklage at the HBO premiere of "My Dinner With Herve" at the Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on October 4, 2018. - Rozi Khan had never heard of the Game of Thrones -- or its hugely popular character Tyrion Lannister -- until his striking resemblance to the dwarf anti-hero got heads turning at home.
© AFP 2023 / Stephen JaffeUS President Bill Clinton high fives a "clone" of him played by actor Darrell Hammond at the 53rd Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents in Washington. President Clinton, along with his wife First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, attended the event honouring correspondents.
US President Bill Clinton high fives a clone of him played by actor Darrell Hammond  - Sputnik International
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US President Bill Clinton high fives a "clone" of him played by actor Darrell Hammond at the 53rd Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents in Washington. President Clinton, along with his wife First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, attended the event honouring correspondents.
© AFP 2023 / Atta Kenare, Giuseppe CacaceThis combination of pictures created on May 08, 2017 shows (L) Reza Parastesh, a doppelganger of Barcelona and Argentina's footballer Lionel Messi, posing for a picture in a street in Tehran on May 8, 2017, and (R) Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi reacting during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg football match Juventus vs Barcelona, on April 11, 2017 at the Juventus stadium in Turin.
Reza Parastesh (L), a doppelganger of Barcelona and Argentina's footballer Lionel Messi (R) - Sputnik International
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This combination of pictures created on May 08, 2017 shows (L) Reza Parastesh, a doppelganger of Barcelona and Argentina's footballer Lionel Messi, posing for a picture in a street in Tehran on May 8, 2017, and (R) Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi reacting during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg football match Juventus vs Barcelona, on April 11, 2017 at the Juventus stadium in Turin.
© AFP 2023 / Daniel Leal-OlivasLookalikes of Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (L), Britain's Prince Harry (C) and Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (R) pose for a picture in a hot-tub on the Thames as a group of entrepreneurs celebrate the forthcoming marriage of Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in London on April 26, 2018.
Lookalikes of Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (L), Britain's Prince Harry (C) and Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (R) pose for a picture in London  - Sputnik International
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Lookalikes of Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (L), Britain's Prince Harry (C) and Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (R) pose for a picture in London
© AFP 2023 / Wakil Kohsar, Ludovic MarinThis combo shows a file photo taken on October 12, 2018 of Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) speaking at the end of the 17th Francophone countries summit in the Armenian city of Yerevan; and an image of Abdul Salam Maftoon (R), an Afghan singer and contestant of the television music competition 'Afghan Star', speaking during an interview with AFP in Kabul on January 13, 2019.
This combo shows a file photo taken on October 12, 2018 of Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) speaking at the end of the 17th Francophone countries summit in the Armenian city of Yerevan; and an image of Abdul Salam Maftoon (R), an Afghan singer and contestant of the television music competition 'Afghan Star', speaking during an interview with AFP in Kabul on January 13, 2019.  - Sputnik International
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This combo shows a file photo taken on October 12, 2018 of Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) speaking at the end of the 17th Francophone countries summit in the Armenian city of Yerevan; and an image of Abdul Salam Maftoon (R), an Afghan singer and contestant of the television music competition 'Afghan Star', speaking during an interview with AFP in Kabul on January 13, 2019.
© AFP 2023 / StringerPetar Cikic, 47-year-old Bosnian Serb looks at a photo of the UN court's most wanted man Radovan Karadzic to whom he bears an uncanny resemblance, Banja Luka on 15 June 2004.
Petar Cikic, 47-year-old Bosnian Serb looks at the photo of Radovan Karadzic  - Sputnik International
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Petar Cikic, 47-year-old Bosnian Serb looks at a photo of the UN court's most wanted man Radovan Karadzic to whom he bears an uncanny resemblance, Banja Luka on 15 June 2004.
© Sputnik / N. Zubov / Go to the mediabankAmerican comedian Red Skelton and Japanese 7th-century god of war
American comedian Red Skelton and Japanese 7th-century god of war - Sputnik International
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American comedian Red Skelton and Japanese 7th-century god of war
© AFP 2023 / Saul LoebA boy gives a thumbs-up as he attends a Make America Great Again rally as US President Donald Trump campaigns at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, October 13, 2020.
Little Trump look-alike - Sputnik International
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A boy gives a thumbs-up as he attends a Make America Great Again rally as US President Donald Trump campaigns at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, October 13, 2020.
© AFP 2023 / StringerThis picture taken on January 27, 2015 shows 58-year-old Chinese actor Xu Ruilin (L), who has an eerie resemblance to the founding father of Communist China, Mao Zedong, posing in front of a picture of Mao at his home in Liaocheng, China's Shandong province. Xu has little interest in politics and is no socialist fanatic, but Xu Ruilin spends every free moment practising how to speak, write, walk and think like Mao Zedong.
58-year-old Chinese actor Xu Ruilin (L) poses in front of a picture of the founding father of Communist China, Mao Zedong. - Sputnik International
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58-year-old Chinese actor Xu Ruilin (L) poses in front of a picture of the founding father of Communist China, Mao Zedong.
© Sputnik / N. Zubov / Go to the mediabankA knight from a painting by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) and American comedian Bob Hope
A knight from a painting by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) and American comedian Bob Hope - Sputnik International
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A knight from a painting by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) and American comedian Bob Hope
© AFP 2023 / Matthew Peyton / Getty ImagesActor Tom Cruise (R) poses with a cameraman from Extra who strongly resembles Tom Cruise at the Excellence In Mentoring Awards at Chelsea Piers June 19, 2003 in New York City.
Actor Tom Cruise (R) poses with a cameraman from Extra who strongly resembles Cruise - Sputnik International
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Actor Tom Cruise (R) poses with a cameraman from Extra who strongly resembles Tom Cruise at the Excellence In Mentoring Awards at Chelsea Piers June 19, 2003 in New York City.
© AFP 2023 / STR, Marwan NaamaniIranian Reza Alireza Lou, a look-alike of Real Madrid's Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, holds his ID card as he poses for photographs during the Iranian presidential elections on May 19, 2017 at a polling station in Tehran. Real Madrid's Portuguese football player Christiano Ronaldo poses with his "Best Player of the Year" award during the Globe Soccer Awards Ceremony at the end of the 9th International Sports Conference on December 29, 2014 in Dubai.
Iranian Reza Alireza Lou (L) and Real Madrid's Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo (R) - Sputnik International
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Iranian Reza Alireza Lou (L) and Real Madrid's Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo (R)
© AFP 2023 / Daniel Boczarski / Getty ImagesNo. 18 Doublemint driver Kyle Busch (L) poses with his look-alike Micky Roseberry, 28, of Cedar Point, Iowa at Chicagoland Speedway on September 18, 2011 in Joliet, Illinois. Micky won a contest hosted by Doublemint gum to find Busch's twin.
No. 18 Doublemint driver Kyle Busch (L) poses with his look-alike Micky Roseberry, 28, of Cedar Point, Iowa at Chicagoland Speedway on September 18, 2011 - Sputnik International
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No. 18 Doublemint driver Kyle Busch (L) poses with his look-alike Micky Roseberry, 28, of Cedar Point, Iowa at Chicagoland Speedway on September 18, 2011 in Joliet, Illinois. Micky won a contest hosted by Doublemint gum to find Busch's twin.
© AP Photo / Evan AgostiniModel and television personality Heidi Klum, third from left, poses with "Heidi Clones" at her 17th Annual Halloween Party at Vandal on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, in New York.
Model and television personality Heidi Klum, third from left, poses with Heidi Clones at her 17th Annual Halloween Party at Vandal on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, in New York.  - Sputnik International
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Model and television personality Heidi Klum, third from left, poses with "Heidi Clones" at her 17th Annual Halloween Party at Vandal on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, in New York.
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