Εσείς τους αναγνωρίζετε; Οι φωτογραφίες των ανθρώπων που άλλαξαν τον ρου της ιστορίας

Είναι δύσκολο να φανταστεί κανείς τους δικτάτορες και τους πολιτικούς ως απλούς ανθρώπους. Κι όμως, πριν γίνουν αυτοί που έγιναν, έμοιαζαν πολύ διαφορετικοί.

Ιδού οι φωτογραφίες 25 ανθρώπων που άφησαν ιστορία με τον ένα ή τον άλλο τρόπο πριν γίνουν διάσημοι ή περιβόητοι…

Hassan Rouhani (Ιράν)

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a military service uniform in an undated photograph.

Κim Il Sung (Β. Κορέα)

Kim Il Sung, the former leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as a 16-year-old in 1928. He joined a communist youth organization around that time and was arrested and jailed for activities with the group.

Βασιλιάς Salman (Σ. Αραβία)

An undated photo of Saudi Arabia's King Salman. He was first made deputy governor of Riyadh in 1954, at about age 19.

Αngela Merkel (Γερμανία)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel with fellow Christian Democrat Lothar de Maiziere in 1990.

Vladimir Putin (Ρωσία)

Russian President Vladimir Putin as a young child in Russia in the 1950s.

Justin Trudeau (εδώ με τον επίσης πρωθυπουργό πατέρα του, Καναδάς)

Eight-year-old Justin Trudeau, future prime minister of Canada, feeds pigeons with his father, then prime minister Pierre Trudeau, in Venice in 1980.

Joseph Stalin (EΣΣΔ)

Joseph Stalin, who later became the leader of the USSR, in 1902, a few years after he dropped out from seminary school.

Μatteo Renzi (Ιταλία)

Future Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi appeared on Italy's Ruota della Fortuna (Wheel of Fortune) in the early 1990s at age 19. He won the equivalent of tens of thousands of euros.

Fidel Castro (Κούβα)

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro's yearbook photo from 1945. The caption reads: "Distinguished student and a fine athlete. Very popular. Will study law and we have no doubt he will have a brilliant future."

Shinzo Abe (το παιδί αριστερά, Ιαπωνία)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a child, left, with his family in 1956. His father, Shintaro Abe, was foreign minister between 1982 and 1986.

Βenito Mussolini (Ιταλία)

A mugshot of Benito Mussolini, who later became the leader of the Italian Fascists, after his arrest by Swiss police in 1903.

Αung San Suu Kyi (Μιανμάρ)

Aung San Suu Kyi, state counsellor of Myanmar, as a 6-year-old in 1951. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 but has since been criticized by rights groups over her failure to speak up for minority groups.

Αdolf Hitler (ναζιστική Γερμανία)

Dictator Adolf Hitler as a baby.

Βασίλισσα Ελισάβετ Β’ και η αδερφή της (Βρετανία)

Queen Elizabeth II, right, practices bandaging with her sister, Margaret, who both joined the 1st Buckingham Palace Company of Girl Guides, in 1943. The two stripes on her uniform indicate that she's patrol leader.

Πάπας Φραγκίσκος (Βατικανό)

Pope Francis — back when he was still Jorge Mario Bergoglio — as a student, circa 1948-49.

Βill Clinton (ΗΠΑ)

Former US President Bill Clinton on a pony near his childhood home in Arkansas.

Βoris Johnson και Μελίνα Μερκούρη (Bρετανία, Ελλάδα)

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, then president of the Oxford Union, speaks with Melina Mercouri, Greek minister for culture, in 1986.

Dilma Rousseff (το κορίτσι στο κέντρο, Βραζιλία)

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff, center, in an undated photo with her family. The Senate of Brazil suspended her powers and duties for up to six months in May 2016.

Ηugo Chavez (Βενεζουέλα)

Then Lt. Col. Hugo Chavez, center, walking with military intelligence officers after being arrested for trying to overthrow Venezuela's government in a failed coup in 1992. He was elected president several years later.