Robert Taylor by George Hurrell, 1936.

Spencer Tracy, 1934

Chris Evans photographed by Peggy Sirota

Writer Richard Harding Davis

is said to have popularized the clean shaven look in 1900s USA. Was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War.[1] His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Photograph taken in New York, 1890

Errol Flynn

Marcello Mastroianni in La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)

Jackie Cooper Child star