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* "Nuvogue" from ''[[Animation/TheMindsEye The Gate to the Mind's Eye]]'' features ''cutouts'' of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington in their video. Cheeky for a video series intending to show off then-current advances in computer animation, the cutouts use their portraits as found on U.S. currency, and these are pasted onto bodies which are clearly not meant to look like their own. Also featured is the replication of Trumbull's Declaration of Independence found on the $2 bill, the various historical figures animated to look like they are playing along with the song.
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* "Nuvogue" from ''[[Animation/TheMindsEye ''[[WesternAnimation/TheMindsEye The Gate to the Mind's Eye]]'' features ''cutouts'' of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington in their video. Cheeky for a video series intending to show off then-current advances in computer animation, the cutouts use their portraits as found on U.S. currency, and these are pasted onto bodies which are clearly not meant to look like their own. Also featured is the replication of Trumbull's Declaration of Independence found on the $2 bill, the various historical figures animated to look like they are playing along with the song.
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* Manfred von Richthofen (the UsefulNotes/TheRedBaron) appears in several UsefulNotes/WW1 movies, amongst which are ''Film/{{Wings}}'', ''Film/HellsAngels'' and ''Film/TheBlueMax'', and has a rather large role in several movies named after him.
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* Manfred von Richthofen (the UsefulNotes/TheRedBaron) appears in several UsefulNotes/WW1 movies, amongst which are ''Film/{{Wings}}'', ''Film/{{Wings|1927}}'', ''Film/HellsAngels'' and ''Film/TheBlueMax'', and has a rather large role in several movies named after him.
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* Most of the characters in ''Film/MarieAntoinette2006'' are historical figures, mainly from late 18th century France. They include but is not limited to the titular character who became the Queen of France, Louis XVI, Louis XV, Princess Victoire, Princess Sophie, Maria Theresa, Madame Du Barry, Fersen von Axel and the Princesse de Lamballe.
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* Most of the characters in ''Film/MarieAntoinette2006'' are historical figures, mainly from late 18th century France. They include but is not limited to the titular character who became the Queen of France, Louis XVI, Louis XV, Princess Victoire, Princess Sophie, Maria Theresa, Madame Du Barry, Axel von Fersen von Axel and the Princesse de Lamballe.
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* The Cinderella adaptation''Film/EverAfter'' has Leonardo da Vinci as the eventual fairy godmother figure.
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* Virtually every character in ''Film/{{Jackie}}'' is a real life historical figure including the main protagonist. The only exceptions are The Journalist (a CompositeCharacter based on Theodore H. White, Arthur M. Schlesinger and William Manchester) and The Priest (a CanonForeigner original to the film).
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* The BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'' is the Lord Protector, who's a fictionalized version of UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell. While he's only known as "the Lord Protector" in-story and in the credits, it's still obvious who he's supposed to be, especially since "Lord Protector" was the title Cromwell went under during his rule instead of "king".
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* The BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'' is the Lord Protector, who's a fictionalized version of UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell. While [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep he's only known as "the Lord Protector" Protector"]] in-story and in the credits, it's still obvious who he's supposed to be, especially since "Lord Protector" was the title Cromwell went under during his rule instead of "king".
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* The BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'' is the Lord Protector, who's a fictionalized version of UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell. While he's only known as "the Lord Protector" in-story and in the credits, it's still obvious who he's supposed to be, especially since "Lord Protector" was the title he Cromwell went under during his rule instead of "king".
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* Manfred von Richthofen (the UsefulNotes/TheRedBaron) appears in several UsefulNotes/WW1 movies, amongst which ''Film/Wings1927'', ''Film/HellsAngels'' and ''Film/TheBlueMax'', and has a rather large role in several movies named after him.
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* Manfred von Richthofen (the UsefulNotes/TheRedBaron) appears in several UsefulNotes/WW1 movies, amongst which ''Film/Wings1927'', are ''Film/{{Wings}}'', ''Film/HellsAngels'' and ''Film/TheBlueMax'', and has a rather large role in several movies named after him.
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* The Swedish comedy ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPicasso'' does this with Creator/PabloPicasso and many of his contemporaries.
* ''Film/AgainstAllFlags'': Captain Kidd and Roc Brasiliano (more commonly known as Roche Braziliano) were historical pirates. However, neither would have been Madagascar in 1700: Kidd was imprisoned in Boston, and Brasiliano had vanished without trace (presumed lost at sea) in 1671.
* ''Film/AgainstAllFlags'': Captain Kidd and Roc Brasiliano (more commonly known as Roche Braziliano) were historical pirates. However, neither would have been Madagascar in 1700: Kidd was imprisoned in Boston, and Brasiliano had vanished without trace (presumed lost at sea) in 1671.
* In ''Film/{{Apache}}'', Massai, Geronimo, and Al Sieber are all historical figures.
* Young Creator/JaneAusten, famous English writer, is the protagonist of ''Film/BecomingJane''.
* ''Film/TheBellWitchHaunting'' features the eponymous Bell Witch legend.
* ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' has loads in order to pass a history exam.
* ''Film/BrassTarget'' constructs a ConspiracyThriller around the death of General George S. Patton in a car accident just after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* ''Film/BridgeOfSpies'' has attorney James Donovan, American pilot Gary Powers, American student Frederic Pryor, and Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
* ''Film/TheCatsMeow'' is based on actual events, and its cast of characters is a veritable who's who of Hollywood in 1924: media mogul William Randolph Hearst, film producer Thomas Ince, Hearst's mistress Creator/MarionDavies, actor Creator/CharlieChaplin, writer Elinor Glyn, columnist Louella Parsons, and actress Margaret Livingston.
* Fantasy versions of several historical figures serve as the lead characters in ''Film/DraculaUntold'', especially Mehmet and Vlad.
** Vlad III, better known as Vlad the Impaler, was a prince of Wallachia (a neighboring state to Transylvania, both part of Romania today) whose life has been conflated over the past 150 years with Bram Stoker's fictional Dracula. He was infamous for impaling the bodies of enemy soldiers and criminals alike on upright wooden stakes and leaving them to die while he ate his lunch nearby.
** Mehmet the Conqueror was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, famous for conquering Constantinople and for beginning the Turkish conquest of southeastern Europe. He serves as the film's antagonist.
** The Elder Vampire is indicated in the original script to be none other than the Roman Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}.
* The Cinderella adaptation''Film/EverAfter'' has Leonardo da Vinci as the eventual fairy godmother figure.
* ''Series/HoudiniAndDoyle'': There are a few historic people other than the two titular characters that appear in the show.
* Young Creator/JaneAusten, famous English writer, is the protagonist of ''Film/BecomingJane''.
* ''Film/TheBellWitchHaunting'' features the eponymous Bell Witch legend.
* ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' has loads in order to pass a history exam.
* ''Film/BrassTarget'' constructs a ConspiracyThriller around the death of General George S. Patton in a car accident just after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* ''Film/BridgeOfSpies'' has attorney James Donovan, American pilot Gary Powers, American student Frederic Pryor, and Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
* ''Film/TheCatsMeow'' is based on actual events, and its cast of characters is a veritable who's who of Hollywood in 1924: media mogul William Randolph Hearst, film producer Thomas Ince, Hearst's mistress Creator/MarionDavies, actor Creator/CharlieChaplin, writer Elinor Glyn, columnist Louella Parsons, and actress Margaret Livingston.
* Fantasy versions of several historical figures serve as the lead characters in ''Film/DraculaUntold'', especially Mehmet and Vlad.
** Vlad III, better known as Vlad the Impaler, was a prince of Wallachia (a neighboring state to Transylvania, both part of Romania today) whose life has been conflated over the past 150 years with Bram Stoker's fictional Dracula. He was infamous for impaling the bodies of enemy soldiers and criminals alike on upright wooden stakes and leaving them to die while he ate his lunch nearby.
** Mehmet the Conqueror was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, famous for conquering Constantinople and for beginning the Turkish conquest of southeastern Europe. He serves as the film's antagonist.
** The Elder Vampire is indicated in the original script to be none other than the Roman Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}.
* The Cinderella adaptation''Film/EverAfter'' has Leonardo da Vinci as the eventual fairy godmother figure.
* ''Series/HoudiniAndDoyle'': There are a few historic people other than the two titular characters that appear in the show.
* ''Film/IShotJesseJames'' features UsefulNotes/JesseJames, his killer Robert Ford, Ford's [[TheRival rival]] Edward O'Kelley (called [[AdaptationNameChange John Kelley]] in the film), and Frank James (Jesse's older brother and fellow bandit) as major characters.
* The protagonists of ''Film/NedKelly1970'', ''Film/NedKelly2003'', ''Film/MadDogMorgan'', ''Film/CaptainThunderbolt'', ''Film/TheOutlawMichaelHowe'', and ''Film/VanDiemensLand'' are all based on historical Australian outlaws.
* Franchise/SherlockHolmes meets Dr. Sigmund Freud in ''Literature/TheSevenPercentSolution''.
** And Thubten Gyatso in ''Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years''. (This is referred to in "Empty House", but the pastiche is worth noting because the author is one of the more warlike proponents of a free Tibet, so the thirteenth Dalai Lama is [[WriterOnBoard right up his alley.]])
** And Thubten Gyatso in ''Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years''. (This is referred to in "Empty House", but the pastiche is worth noting because the author is one of the more warlike proponents of a free Tibet, so the thirteenth Dalai Lama is [[WriterOnBoard right up his alley.]])
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* Franchise/SherlockHolmes meets Dr. Sigmund Freud in ''Literature/TheSevenPercentSolution''.
** And Thubten Gyatso in ''Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years''. (This is referred to in "Empty House", but the pastiche is worth noting because the author is one of the more warlike proponents of a free Tibet, so the thirteenth Dalai Lama is [[WriterOnBoard right up his alley.]])
* The Cinderella adaptation''Film/EverAfter'' has Leonardo da Vinci as the eventual fairy godmother figure.
* ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' has loads in order to pass a history exam.
* Manfred von Richthofen (the UsefulNotes/TheRedBaron) appears in several UsefulNotes/WW1 movies, amongst which ''Wings'', ''HellsAngels'' and ''Film/TheBlueMax'', and has a rather large role in several movies named after him.
** And Thubten Gyatso in ''Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years''. (This is referred to in "Empty House", but the pastiche is worth noting because the author is one of the more warlike proponents of a free Tibet, so the thirteenth Dalai Lama is [[WriterOnBoard right up his alley.]])
* The Cinderella adaptation''Film/EverAfter'' has Leonardo da Vinci as the eventual fairy godmother figure.
* ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' has loads in order to pass a history exam.
* Manfred von Richthofen (the UsefulNotes/TheRedBaron) appears in several UsefulNotes/WW1 movies, amongst which ''Wings'', ''HellsAngels'' and ''Film/TheBlueMax'', and has a rather large role in several movies named after him.
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* Franchise/SherlockHolmes meets Dr. Sigmund Freud in ''Literature/TheSevenPercentSolution''.
** And Thubten Gyatso in ''Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years''. (This is referred to in "Empty House", but the pastiche is worth noting because the author is one of the more warlike proponents of a free Tibet, so the thirteenth Dalai Lama is [[WriterOnBoard right up his alley.]])
* The Cinderella adaptation''Film/EverAfter''''Film/{{Sunset}}'' has Leonardo da Vinci as the eventual fairy godmother figure.
retired lawman Wyatt Earp and cowboy actor Tom Mix teaming up to solve a mystery in 1920s Hollywood.
*''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' ''Film/{{Unconscious}}'' has loads in order to pass a history exam.
* Manfred von Richthofen (the UsefulNotes/TheRedBaron) appears in several UsefulNotes/WW1 movies, amongst which ''Wings'', ''HellsAngels''brief appearances by Drs. Alzheimer and ''Film/TheBlueMax'', and has a rather large role in several movies named after him.Freud, as well as Alfonso XIII of Spain.
** And Thubten Gyatso in ''Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years''. (This is referred to in "Empty House", but the pastiche is worth noting because the author is one of the more warlike proponents of a free Tibet, so the thirteenth Dalai Lama is [[WriterOnBoard right up his alley.]])
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* Manfred von Richthofen (the UsefulNotes/TheRedBaron) appears in several UsefulNotes/WW1 movies, amongst which ''Film/Wings1927'', ''Film/HellsAngels'' andmany of his contemporaries.''Film/TheBlueMax'', and has a rather large role in several movies named after him.
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* ''Film/{{Unconscious}}'' has brief appearances by Drs. Alzheimer and Freud, as well as Alfonso XIII of Spain.
* Fantasy versions of several historical figures serve as the lead characters in ''Film/DraculaUntold'', especially Mehmet and Vlad.
** Vlad III, better known as Vlad the Impaler, was a prince of Wallachia (a neighboring state to Transylvania, both part of Romania today) whose life has been conflated over the past 150 years with Bram Stoker's fictional Dracula. He was infamous for impaling the bodies of enemy soldiers and criminals alike on upright wooden stakes and leaving them to die while he ate his lunch nearby.
** Mehmet the Conqueror was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, famous for conquering Constantinople and for beginning the Turkish conquest of southeastern Europe. He serves as the film's antagonist.
** The Elder Vampire is indicated in the original script to be none other than the Roman Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}.
* The protagonists of Film/NedKelly1970, Film/NedKelly2003, Film/MadDogMorgan, Film/CaptainThunderbolt, Film/TheOutlawMichaelHowe, and Film/VanDiemensLand are all based on historical Australian outlaws.
* ''Film/TheBellWitchHaunting'' features the eponymous Bell Witch legend.
* ''Film/BridgeOfSpies'' has attorney James Donovan, American pilot Gary Powers, American student Frederic Pryor, and Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
* ''Series/HoudiniAndDoyle'': There are a few historic people other than the two titular characters that appear in the show.
* ''Film/IShotJesseJames'' features UsefulNotes/JesseJames, his killer Robert Ford, Ford's [[TheRival rival]] Edward O'Kelley (called [[AdaptationNameChange John Kelley]] in the film), and Frank James (Jesse's older brother and fellow bandit) as major characters.
* ''Film/TheCatsMeow'' is based on actual events, and its cast of characters is a veritable who's who of Hollywood in 1924: media mogul William Randolph Hearst, film producer Thomas Ince, Hearst's mistress Creator/MarionDavies, actor Creator/CharlieChaplin, writer Elinor Glyn, columnist Louella Parsons, and actress Margaret Livingston.
* ''{{Film/Vamps}}'': Vlad Tepes is one of the vampires. He went to America in 1583.
* Young Creator/JaneAusten, famous English writer, is the protagonist of ''Film/BecomingJane''.
* In ''Film/{{Apache}}'', Massai, Geronimo, and Al Sieber are all historical figures.
* ''Film/AgainstAllFlags'': Captain Kidd and Roc Brasiliano (more commonly known as Roche Braziliano) where historical pirates. However, neither would have been Madagascar in 1700: Kidd was imprisoned in Boston, and Brasiliano had vanished without trace (presumed lost at sea) in 1671.
* Fantasy versions of several historical figures serve as the lead characters in ''Film/DraculaUntold'', especially Mehmet and Vlad.
** Vlad III, better known as Vlad the Impaler, was a prince of Wallachia (a neighboring state to Transylvania, both part of Romania today) whose life has been conflated over the past 150 years with Bram Stoker's fictional Dracula. He was infamous for impaling the bodies of enemy soldiers and criminals alike on upright wooden stakes and leaving them to die while he ate his lunch nearby.
** Mehmet the Conqueror was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, famous for conquering Constantinople and for beginning the Turkish conquest of southeastern Europe. He serves as the film's antagonist.
** The Elder Vampire is indicated in the original script to be none other than the Roman Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}.
* The protagonists of Film/NedKelly1970, Film/NedKelly2003, Film/MadDogMorgan, Film/CaptainThunderbolt, Film/TheOutlawMichaelHowe, and Film/VanDiemensLand are all based on historical Australian outlaws.
* ''Film/TheBellWitchHaunting'' features the eponymous Bell Witch legend.
* ''Film/BridgeOfSpies'' has attorney James Donovan, American pilot Gary Powers, American student Frederic Pryor, and Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
* ''Series/HoudiniAndDoyle'': There are a few historic people other than the two titular characters that appear in the show.
* ''Film/IShotJesseJames'' features UsefulNotes/JesseJames, his killer Robert Ford, Ford's [[TheRival rival]] Edward O'Kelley (called [[AdaptationNameChange John Kelley]] in the film), and Frank James (Jesse's older brother and fellow bandit) as major characters.
* ''Film/TheCatsMeow'' is based on actual events, and its cast of characters is a veritable who's who of Hollywood in 1924: media mogul William Randolph Hearst, film producer Thomas Ince, Hearst's mistress Creator/MarionDavies, actor Creator/CharlieChaplin, writer Elinor Glyn, columnist Louella Parsons, and actress Margaret Livingston.
* ''{{Film/Vamps}}'': Vlad Tepes is one of the vampires. He went to America in 1583.
* Young Creator/JaneAusten, famous English writer, is the protagonist of ''Film/BecomingJane''.
* In ''Film/{{Apache}}'', Massai, Geronimo, and Al Sieber are all historical figures.
* ''Film/AgainstAllFlags'': Captain Kidd and Roc Brasiliano (more commonly known as Roche Braziliano) where historical pirates. However, neither would have been Madagascar in 1700: Kidd was imprisoned in Boston, and Brasiliano had vanished without trace (presumed lost at sea) in 1671.
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* Fantasy versions of several historical figures serve as the lead characters in ''Film/DraculaUntold'', especially Mehmet and Vlad.
** Vlad III, better known as Vlad the Impaler, was a prince of Wallachia (a neighboring state to Transylvania, both part of Romania today) whose life has been conflated over the past 150 years with Bram Stoker's fictional Dracula. He was infamous for impaling the bodies of enemy soldiers and criminals alike on upright wooden stakes and leaving them to die while he ate his lunch nearby.
** Mehmet the Conqueror was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, famous for conquering Constantinople and for beginning the Turkish conquest of southeastern Europe. He serves as the film's antagonist.
** The Elder Vampire is indicated in the original script to be none other than the Roman Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}.
* The protagonists of Film/NedKelly1970, Film/NedKelly2003, Film/MadDogMorgan, Film/CaptainThunderbolt, Film/TheOutlawMichaelHowe, and Film/VanDiemensLand are all based on historical Australian outlaws.
* ''Film/TheBellWitchHaunting'' features the eponymous Bell Witch legend.
* ''Film/BridgeOfSpies'' has attorney James Donovan, American pilot Gary Powers, American student Frederic Pryor, and Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
* ''Series/HoudiniAndDoyle'': There are a few historic people other than the two titular characters that appear in the show.
* ''Film/IShotJesseJames'' features UsefulNotes/JesseJames, his killer Robert Ford, Ford's [[TheRival rival]] Edward O'Kelley (called [[AdaptationNameChange John Kelley]] in the film), and Frank James (Jesse's older brother and fellow bandit) as major characters.
* ''Film/TheCatsMeow'' is based on actual events, and its cast of characters is a veritable who's who of Hollywood in 1924: media mogul William Randolph Hearst, film producer Thomas Ince, Hearst's mistress Creator/MarionDavies, actor Creator/CharlieChaplin, writer Elinor Glyn, columnist Louella Parsons, and actress Margaret Livingston.
* ''{{Film/Vamps}}'': Vlad Tepes is one of the vampires. He went to America in 1583.
* Young Creator/JaneAusten, famous English writer, is the protagonist of ''Film/BecomingJane''.
* In ''Film/{{Apache}}'', Massai, Geronimo, and Al Sieber are all historical figures.
* ''Film/AgainstAllFlags'': Captain Kidd and Roc Brasiliano (more commonly known as Roche Braziliano) where historical pirates. However, neither would have been Madagascar in 1700: Kidd was imprisoned in Boston, and Brasiliano had vanished without trace (presumed lost at sea) in 1671.
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* ''Film/TheCatsMeow'' is based on actual events, and its cast of characters is a veritable who's who of Hollywood in 1924: media mogul William Randolph Hearst, film producer Thomas Ince, Hearst's mistress Marion Davies, Creator/MarionDavies, actor Creator/CharlieChaplin, writer Elinor Glyn, columnist Louella Parsons, and actress Margaret Livingston.
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* ''{{Film/Vamps}}'': Vlad Tepes is one of the vampires. He went to America in 1583.
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* ''Film/TheCatsMeow'' is based on actual events, and its cast of characters is a veritable who's who of Hollywood in 1924: media mogul William Randolph Hearst, film producer Thomas Ince, Hearst's mistress Marion Davies, actor Creator/CharlieChaplin, writer Elinor Glyn, columnist Louella Parsons, and actress Margaret Livingston.
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* Again, ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'', which also throws in (an already dead) Grigori [[UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk Rasputin]].
* "Nuvogue" from ''[[Animation/TheMindsEye The Gate to the Mind's Eye]]'' features ''cutouts'' of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington in their video. Cheeky for a video series intending to show off then-current advances in computer animation, the cutouts use their portraits as found on U.S. currency, and these are pasted onto bodies which are clearly not meant to look like their own. Also featured is the replication of Trumbull's Declaration of Independence found on the $2 bill, the various historical figures animated to look like they are playing along with the song.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'' includes (heavily fictionalized versions of) UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin and [[UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria Queen Vicky]].
* Most of the characters in ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'', albeit fictionalised.
* Famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo appears briefly in the Pixar film ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}''.
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* ''Film/FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise'', UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus as well as Isabel of Castile and several Spanish aristocrats.
* Grand Duchess Anastasia and her grandmother from the 1950s film ''{{Film/Anastasia}}'' and its [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} animated remake]].
* The 1939 film of ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' features King Louis XI of France.
* UsefulNotes/CheGuevara, in ''Film/TheMotorcycleDiaries''.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' features Blackbeard, with smaller appearances by King George II of England and some of his ministers, and a brief cameo by King Ferdinand VI of Spain.
* UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla appears in ''Film/ThePrestige''.
* The ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''-bait film ''Film/QuestOfTheDeltaKnights'' has a young Leonardo Da Vinci as a central character - then proceeds to posit that all his great ideas were just ripped off from UsefulNotes/{{Archimedes}}.
* William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and Queen Elizabeth I, as well as the rest of the theatre company, in ''Film/ShakespeareInLove''.
* ''Film/ShanghaiKnights'' includes as a supporting character a young Creator/ArthurConanDoyle.
** ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'' reveals at the end that major character Roy O'Bannon is actually [[spoiler:Wyatt Earp]].
* Franchise/SherlockHolmes meets Dr. Sigmund Freud in ''Literature/TheSevenPercentSolution''.
** And Thubten Gyatso in ''Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years''. (This is referred to in "Empty House", but the pastiche is worth noting because the author is one of the more warlike proponents of a free Tibet, so the thirteenth Dalai Lama is [[WriterOnBoard right up his alley.]])
* The Cinderella adaptation''Film/EverAfter'' has Leonardo da Vinci as the eventual fairy godmother figure.
* ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' has loads in order to pass a history exam.
* Manfred von Richthofen (the UsefulNotes/TheRedBaron) appears in several UsefulNotes/WW1 movies, amongst which ''Wings'', ''HellsAngels'' and ''Film/TheBlueMax'', and has a rather large role in several movies named after him.
* Eliot Ness, Al Capone, and Frank Nitti in ''Film/TheUntouchables''.
* The Swedish comedy ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPicasso'' does this with Creator/PabloPicasso and many of his contemporaries.
* Aberline from ''Film/TheWolfman2010'' is a fictionalized version of the real life [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Abberline Inspector Frederick Abberline]].
* President UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. As one of the most famous leaders in the 1970s.
* ''Film/{{Unconscious}}'' has brief appearances by Drs. Alzheimer and Freud, as well as Alfonso XIII of Spain.
* Fantasy versions of several historical figures serve as the lead characters in ''Film/DraculaUntold'', especially Mehmet and Vlad.
** Vlad III, better known as Vlad the Impaler, was a prince of Wallachia (a neighboring state to Transylvania, both part of Romania today) whose life has been conflated over the past 150 years with Bram Stoker's fictional Dracula. He was infamous for impaling the bodies of enemy soldiers and criminals alike on upright wooden stakes and leaving them to die while he ate his lunch nearby.
** Mehmet the Conqueror was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, famous for conquering Constantinople and for beginning the Turkish conquest of southeastern Europe. He serves as the film's antagonist.
** The Elder Vampire is indicated in the original script to be none other than the Roman Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}.
* The protagonists of Film/NedKelly, Film/MadDogMorgan, Film/CaptainThunderbolt, Film/TheOutlawMichaelHowe, and Film/VanDiemensLand are all based on historical Australian outlaws.
* ''Film/TheBellWitchHaunting'' features the eponymous Bell Witch legend.
* ''Film/BridgeOfSpies'' has attorney James Donovan, American pilot Gary Powers, American student Frederic Pryor, and Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
* ''Series/HoudiniAndDoyle'': There are a few historic people other than the two titular characters that appear in the show.
* ''Film/IShotJesseJames'' features UsefulNotes/JesseJames, his killer Robert Ford, Ford's [[TheRival rival]] Edward O'Kelley (called [[AdaptationNameChange John Kelley]] in the film), and Frank James (Jesse's older brother and fellow bandit) as major characters.
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* Again, ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'', which also throws in (an already dead) Grigori [[UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk Rasputin]].
* "Nuvogue" from ''[[Animation/TheMindsEye The Gate to the Mind's Eye]]'' features ''cutouts'' of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington in their video. Cheeky for a video series intending to show off then-current advances in computer animation, the cutouts use their portraits as found on U.S. currency, and these are pasted onto bodies which are clearly not meant to look like their own. Also featured is the replication of Trumbull's Declaration of Independence found on the $2 bill, the various historical figures animated to look like they are playing along with the song.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'' includes (heavily fictionalized versions of) UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin and [[UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria Queen Vicky]].
* Most of the characters in ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'', albeit fictionalised.
* Famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo appears briefly in the Pixar film ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}''.
[[AC:Film — Live Action]]
* ''Film/FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise'', UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus as well as Isabel of Castile and several Spanish aristocrats.
* Grand Duchess Anastasia and her grandmother from the 1950s film ''{{Film/Anastasia}}'' and its [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} animated remake]].
* The 1939 film of ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' features King Louis XI of France.
* UsefulNotes/CheGuevara, in ''Film/TheMotorcycleDiaries''.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' features Blackbeard, with smaller appearances by King George II of England and some of his ministers, and a brief cameo by King Ferdinand VI of Spain.
* UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla appears in ''Film/ThePrestige''.
* The ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''-bait film ''Film/QuestOfTheDeltaKnights'' has a young Leonardo Da Vinci as a central character - then proceeds to posit that all his great ideas were just ripped off from UsefulNotes/{{Archimedes}}.
* William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and Queen Elizabeth I, as well as the rest of the theatre company, in ''Film/ShakespeareInLove''.
* ''Film/ShanghaiKnights'' includes as a supporting character a young Creator/ArthurConanDoyle.
** ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'' reveals at the end that major character Roy O'Bannon is actually [[spoiler:Wyatt Earp]].
* Franchise/SherlockHolmes meets Dr. Sigmund Freud in ''Literature/TheSevenPercentSolution''.
** And Thubten Gyatso in ''Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years''. (This is referred to in "Empty House", but the pastiche is worth noting because the author is one of the more warlike proponents of a free Tibet, so the thirteenth Dalai Lama is [[WriterOnBoard right up his alley.]])
* The Cinderella adaptation''Film/EverAfter'' has Leonardo da Vinci as the eventual fairy godmother figure.
* ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' has loads in order to pass a history exam.
* Manfred von Richthofen (the UsefulNotes/TheRedBaron) appears in several UsefulNotes/WW1 movies, amongst which ''Wings'', ''HellsAngels'' and ''Film/TheBlueMax'', and has a rather large role in several movies named after him.
* Eliot Ness, Al Capone, and Frank Nitti in ''Film/TheUntouchables''.
* The Swedish comedy ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPicasso'' does this with Creator/PabloPicasso and many of his contemporaries.
* Aberline from ''Film/TheWolfman2010'' is a fictionalized version of the real life [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Abberline Inspector Frederick Abberline]].
* President UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. As one of the most famous leaders in the 1970s.
* ''Film/{{Unconscious}}'' has brief appearances by Drs. Alzheimer and Freud, as well as Alfonso XIII of Spain.
* Fantasy versions of several historical figures serve as the lead characters in ''Film/DraculaUntold'', especially Mehmet and Vlad.
** Vlad III, better known as Vlad the Impaler, was a prince of Wallachia (a neighboring state to Transylvania, both part of Romania today) whose life has been conflated over the past 150 years with Bram Stoker's fictional Dracula. He was infamous for impaling the bodies of enemy soldiers and criminals alike on upright wooden stakes and leaving them to die while he ate his lunch nearby.
** Mehmet the Conqueror was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, famous for conquering Constantinople and for beginning the Turkish conquest of southeastern Europe. He serves as the film's antagonist.
** The Elder Vampire is indicated in the original script to be none other than the Roman Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}.
* The protagonists of Film/NedKelly, Film/MadDogMorgan, Film/CaptainThunderbolt, Film/TheOutlawMichaelHowe, and Film/VanDiemensLand are all based on historical Australian outlaws.
* ''Film/TheBellWitchHaunting'' features the eponymous Bell Witch legend.
* ''Film/BridgeOfSpies'' has attorney James Donovan, American pilot Gary Powers, American student Frederic Pryor, and Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
* ''Series/HoudiniAndDoyle'': There are a few historic people other than the two titular characters that appear in the show.
* ''Film/IShotJesseJames'' features UsefulNotes/JesseJames, his killer Robert Ford, Ford's [[TheRival rival]] Edward O'Kelley (called [[AdaptationNameChange John Kelley]] in the film), and Frank James (Jesse's older brother and fellow bandit) as major characters.
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