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Play-Doh People from History

Many historical figures are easily recognized from photographs and well-known paintings, but can you identify these notable (or notorious) people made from Play-Doh?
Since these are original sculptures, the resemblance is not always as accurate as I would like. Hopefully, that just adds to the challenge! :)
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First submittedNovember 3, 2021
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100 Recent Comments
MG17
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Level 43
Nov 4, 2021
Feel dumb trying Hitler or Mussolini for Stalin, but these quizzes are wonders! Continue com esse ótimo trabalho! :)
dug28
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Level 86
Nov 4, 2021
Thanks MG! I should have asked you to suggest a historical figure from Brazil. Pele, maybe?
MG17
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Level 43
Nov 7, 2021
Pelé would be a good choice as he is born on my state as he is the absolute king of soccer (don’t trust on Argentinians with Maradona 😅😜), but also cool picks of Brazilians could be Juscelino Kubitscheck (president, who built Brasília), Ayrton Senna (one of the best F1 racers ever), or Oscar Niemeyer (architect, with many beautiful buildings all over the world).

But don’t feel obligated to add a Brazilian on this series! Is already gorgeous the way it is! :)

sumguy
+3
Level 86
Nov 4, 2021
Awesome!
cpgatbyu
+8
Level 87
Nov 4, 2021
Finally, Ben Franklin is a person of color.
Josiah
+5
Level 59
Nov 4, 2021
Wow, you're an amazing artist! Great quiz!
OfficerDibble
+3
Level 84
Nov 5, 2021
Impressive stuff.
xtremesecretary
+3
Level 83
Nov 5, 2021
You are so talented!
QuizFace
+2
Level 60
Nov 5, 2021
This is so cool! And you did a great job, got them all! Following!
Hampus
+2
Level 56
Nov 5, 2021
Awesome quiz
Zettabyte
+3
Level 43
Nov 5, 2021
Greatest quiz of all time.
Hlfbecks
+3
Level 90
Nov 5, 2021
Ha ha I love this quiz. Some of my guessing was spectacularly bad 😂
halpie
+4
Level 79
Nov 5, 2021
I love that Van Gogh only shows his left ear.
Malbaby
+4
Level 70
Nov 6, 2021
That is what threw me, he cut off his left ear!
InterAlia
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Level 79
Jun 9, 2025
This was from the day before.
joeythelemur
+3
Level 82
Nov 5, 2021
This is amazing! Thanks Dug. I'm always pleasantly surprised by your creativity.
BelchConsumer
+7
Level 43
Nov 5, 2021
Frederick Douglass is cool
25lpconrod
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Level 36
Apr 14, 2025
😎
ItzIngenious
+4
Level 66
Nov 5, 2021
was this legit just featured after a day!? Amazing quiz dug!
JWC1202
+4
Level 75
Nov 6, 2021
Wow. That very rare quiz that is both fun and oddly beautiful. Great job!
Malbaby
+3
Level 70
Nov 6, 2021
Great quiz, bit of fun and well made representations.
TravelingMama
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Level 73
Nov 6, 2021
Amazing!
HinesBrothers
+3
Level 76
Nov 8, 2021
Amazing artwork. How large are these in real life?
dug28
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Level 86
Nov 9, 2021
Unfortunately, I deconstructed them as soon as I took a picture, so I can't give you an exact number. However, I'd estimate that they averaged around 3-4 inches tall.
HinesBrothers
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Level 76
Nov 14, 2021
Okay, that's decently sized. It would have been pretty cool to keep them all and then have a collection. You probably didn't want to purchase all that play doh, though
DiscoBayGolfer
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Level 79
Nov 9, 2021
It's just astounding what you can do. Absolutely brilliant!
Findlay
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Level 81
Nov 9, 2021
This was fun. Great work!
PrettyTiedUp
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Level 70
Nov 10, 2021
I thought Frederick Douglass was Saddam Hussein. I am sorry.
GrammarBeane1
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Level 83
Nov 10, 2021
Dang it, I knew Bob Marley but couldn't think of his name
thread
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Level 67
Nov 16, 2021
Incredible! These are so fun. You could try making play dough flags or country shapes lol
MG17
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Level 43
Nov 16, 2021
What if he make an SVG of Play-Doh? Or what if he make a Play-Doh of SVG?

Or what if Play-Dohs make SVGS of Dug?

Dperez
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Level 73
Nov 16, 2021
BRAVO!!!!! Wonderful job!
MaxStickies
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Level 80
Nov 16, 2021
Just as brilliant as the last Play-Doh quiz, nicely done.
Corrode
+3
Level 60
Nov 16, 2021
This quiz is amazing
alexandertorres1978
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Level 70
Nov 16, 2021
Excellent idea, congrats to the sculptor! I didn't know who Frederick Douglass was and I'm glad I know now.
kalbahamut
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Level 81
Nov 16, 2021
Good likenesses. Got everything on my first guess.
ShayBealer
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Level 84
Nov 16, 2021
AMAZING.
DJMonaco
+2
Level 46
Nov 16, 2021
Definitely one of the more creative quizzes on JetPunk
Pares321
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Level 83
Nov 16, 2021
Fantastic work--worth it for the play-doh people alone. I tried so many different spellings of "Halie Selassie" and it was Frederick Douglass all along. Should have paid closer attention to the hair.
Rozzi
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Level 61
Nov 16, 2021
Great quiz. I tried so many people for Frederick Douglass - sad to say I have never heard of him, but then I'm British, we had our own heroes of anti-slavery.
Emchupi
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Level 77
Nov 16, 2021
Keep it up!

Love seeing the effort you put in this :)

Greetings from Spain! <3

dug28
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Level 86
Nov 16, 2021
Thanks Emchupi. Saludos!
Cincinnatus
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Level 76
Nov 16, 2021
Before anyone complains about Frederick Douglass’ inclusion - he was the most photographed man of the 19th century, making it an important test if people can still identify him by appearance today
sjj93gg
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Level 55
Jun 14, 2025
Not complaining about his inclusion, but I don't think he's that well known outside the US (or at least North America), regardless of his status as most photographed man in the 19th century.

This quiz has at least made me aware of him.

CrustyHemorrhoid
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Level 69
Nov 16, 2021
Only 30% getting Douglass?? IN 2021!!!?? Yall need to bump your woke numbers up
sjj93gg
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Level 55
Jun 14, 2025
I think that shows that he's not particularly well-known outside the US
French2010
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Level 95
Nov 16, 2021
Woke has nothing to do with it. This is a great effort and brilliant quiz, but that does not look much like Douglass other than the clue of the wispy strands of white hair. Douglass had a broader face and fuller hair at the sides in most photos. Although not sure I can come up with another historical figure that looks like that.

Again, love the quiz and would like to see more.

dug28
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Level 86
Nov 16, 2021
If you think Douglass is rough, you should have seen my three attempts at Nelson Mandela! :)
Islandcarver
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Level 81
Nov 16, 2021
What, no Adolf?
25lpconrod
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Level 36
Apr 14, 2025
Eichmann?
Newroadgirl
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Level 68
Nov 16, 2021
Brilliant and beautiful - I cannot believe you took them apart. If I'd made those they'd be sitting on my mantelpiece for all to admire! Thank you.

Like many others I'm off to look up Frederick Douglass - not all famous names make it across the Atlantic Crusty and Europe has many, many heroes of its own. I was astonished to discover the other day that my Canadian cousins hadn't heard of Edith Piaf.

dug28
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Level 86
Nov 16, 2021
Thank you! I've been pleased to see that several people were introduced to Frederick Douglass through this quiz. He's someone worth knowing. :)
kalbahamut
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Level 81
Nov 16, 2021
"he's someone who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more"
OdamMaloof
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Level 55
Nov 16, 2021
I just knew that the last two I couldn't get were some Americans I'd never heard of, good quiz though.
YogBarOg
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Level 73
Nov 16, 2021
Really amazing!
scherre
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Level 56
Nov 17, 2021
Thanks for the fun quiz! I'm amazed at how well you are able to render people in Play-Doh. I hope to see more of these in the future, though I'd imagine it must be quite time consuming for you.
redsplat
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Level 73
Nov 18, 2021
Fabulous quiz, fabulous sculpting, fabulous breadth of figures. Thank you!!!
wolfcat95
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Level 66
Nov 18, 2021
Great quiz! You missed the L "sculptures" in your instructions, though.
dug28
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Level 86
Nov 23, 2021
Good catch. :) Fixed.
plattitude
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Level 95
Dec 2, 2021
Looking back at them all after the fact, the same color was used for the skin of Marley, Douglass, Gandhi, and... Stalin. "Uncle Joe's Cabin" probably wouldn't have had the same impact...
Milo74
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Level 70
Dec 22, 2021
It's shameful that Douglass is by far the least recognized.

I don't think Confucius belongs on here. Although he is not the only one on here whose likeness predates photography (or oil painting, for that matter), there's really nothing that identified him as him - that really sets him apart. At least with Cleopatra, the jewelry really narrows it down. I only got him because I had plenty of time to keep typing a bunch of things really quickly to see what "stuck", and since he was vaguely East Asian looking, it wasn't too hard. I think that Mao would be better because any representation of him could be nailed down as being more accurate.

French2010
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Level 95
Nov 27, 2023
That's because it doesn't look much like Douglass. Has nothing to do with people's knowledge or interest. Judgmental much?
mjthedinarwhal
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Level 33
Dec 20, 2024
the hair is a dead giveaway.
sjj93gg
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Level 55
Jun 14, 2025
I don't think Douglass is very well known outside the US: all countries have their slavery pasts, and so their own stories of abolition. One country's anti-slavery movement isn't going to gain that much attention outside that country, especially so long after the events in question.
mjolnir
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Level 55
Sep 24, 2022
This is such a great quiz… hope dug makes a part 2🤩🤩🤩
powderpuff
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Level 46
Nov 1, 2022
Couldn't figure out why "Da Vinci" wasn't working... Sorry Michelangelo!
captainhamster
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Level 28
Nov 22, 2022
I love all of these quizes
bainsler
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Level 34
Jan 17, 2023
very swag. most excellent
baconpig
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Level 37
Jun 14, 2023
i always mix up genghis khan and gandhi
kaderschaufel
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Level 72
Nov 14, 2023
Confucius lived in 500 BC, I highly doubt that anyone still knows what he looked like.
Dollyfroggy
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Level 63
Nov 27, 2023
There is certainly depictions of him that we can go off of.
sneha444
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Level 19
Nov 27, 2023
i thought benjamin franklin was newton
Kalamazoo
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Level 52
Nov 27, 2023
Yes! me too.
PietjePuk24
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Level 81
Nov 27, 2023
Could you accept 'Clayopatra"?
maur85
+5
Level 72
Nov 27, 2023
Or Frederick Dough-glass..
KingBardlin
+1
Level 70
Nov 27, 2023
Is it me, or Play-Doh Frederick Douglas looks more like Mo Salah?
Aoto327
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Level 81
Nov 27, 2023
I only knew 4/12…
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 74
Nov 27, 2023
49 seconds used
Thunderhead
+1
Level 64
Nov 27, 2023
Awesome. Did anyone else try Elton John before getting Benjamin Franklin?!
Boombapbill
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Level 73
Nov 28, 2023
Please accept van doh
Quizbyquiz
+1
Level 43
Nov 30, 2023
Did anyone else try Sun Tzu for Confucius?
Pharley
+1
Level 75
Dec 3, 2023
Henry 8 (or even just Henry) is accepted for practically every Jetpunk quiz in which King Henry VIII is an answer. Why not this one?
dunkinggandalf2
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Level 71
Dec 5, 2023
Usually, even just Henry ist accepted (which it shouldn't...).
dunkinggandalf2
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Level 71
Dec 5, 2023
You really shouldn't accept "Marie" for Marie-Antoinette! She's not known as Marie, nobody calls her Marie, and there are so many women named Marie throughout History... it just doesn't make any sense!
Unobtainium
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Level 48
Mar 27, 2024
True, but I don't think it makes much difference. I had Antoinette in mind when I put "Marie".
Unobtainium
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Level 48
Mar 27, 2024
Great Quiz. The Orange body color and clothing for Frederick Douglass threw me off.
Sifhraven
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Level 73
Apr 1, 2024
But you had no issues with a blue franklin and einstein?
tazaja
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Level 58
May 4, 2024
not me thinking 'benjamin franklin' was jimmy savile-
GlassMonkeyCode
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Level 69
Jun 14, 2024
This quiz is just the greatest!
mjthedinarwhal
+1
Level 33
Dec 20, 2024
anyone who didn't get Douglass is embarrassing.
French2010
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Level 95
Jun 9, 2025
As I replied to another commenter above, it's not embarrassing - the figure doesn't look anything like Douglass. Why is this example embarrassing versus other figures that folks weren't able to guess? Says more about you than anyone else here.
eged
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Level 40
Jan 3, 2025
tried *mary* antoinette... unfortunate
Jezilly
+1
Level 80
Feb 5, 2025
Why does Benjamin Franklin look so cute? A little cinnamon roll.
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 60
Jun 11, 2025
He exfoliates.
Eumenes
+1
Level 57
Apr 29, 2025
Need part 2!
BichoRojo
+1
Level 28
Jun 9, 2025
Fantastic Quiz!! =D
Iscannon
+1
Level 45
Jun 9, 2025
Thanks to Drunk history for teaching me about Frederick Douglass!
spritedaway
+1
Level 55
Jun 9, 2025
It was such a fun thing to do first thing on the Monday! Thanks a lot for a great start to the week! Fantastic quiz, great artworks!
Dizuix
+1
Level 51
Jun 9, 2025
I couldn't remember Amelia Earhart's name. Got everything else though. Great sculptures!
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 60
Jun 11, 2025
I thought this was going to be important people from the history of Play-Doh, not people from history made with Play-Doh. Still cool though.
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