Before They Ruled: 21 Leaders’ Youthful Snaps

A whimsical gallery showcasing the days when the world’s most recognizable faces were just regular youngsters, probably fretting over homework or planning their next birthday party.

Young Donald Trump.

Young Teddy Roosevelt.

A young Bill Clinton meets President John F Kennedy in 1963.

Ronald Reagan, 12 Years Old, 1923.

Barack Obama, three years old, with his grandfather in 1965.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel with Lothar de Maiziere in 1990.

Eight-year-old Justin Trudeau feeds pigeons in 1980.

Vladimir Putin as a KGB officer in 1980.

Joseph Stalin in 1902 after dropping out from seminary school.

A mugshot of Benito Mussolini after his arrest by Swiss police in 1903.

Fidel Castro’s yearbook photo from 1945.

Fidel Castro’s yearbook photo from 1945.

George Bush, 1960s.

Princess Elizabeth II of England at 18 years old in 1945.

Margaret Thatcher.

Kim Jong-il with his father Kim Il-sung and mother Kim Jong-suk in 1945.

Kim Jong-il with his father Kim Il-sung and mother Kim Jong-suk in 1945.

John F. Kennedy at age 10 in 1927.

Nelson Mandela in 1961.

Richard Nixon playing football in the 1930s.

Hilary Clinton around 1969.

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