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These celeb doppelgangers may make you double take – especially if you’re a history buff

After England's record goalscorer Wayne Rooney's doppelganger was spotted in a Nazi documentary, we look at other familiar faces...

YOU may need to do a double-take when you see the famous faces on these pages – especially if you are a history buff.

It turns out some of today’s stars of sport and screen have centuries-old doppelgangers.

 A sharp eyed viewer spotted 'Wayne Rooney' on the National Geographic channel
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A sharp eyed viewer spotted 'Wayne Rooney' on the National Geographic channel

We reported that viewers of a World War Two documentary this week were astonished to see a Wayne Rooney lookalike pop up in the guise of a Nazi soldier.

But the Everton footballer is not the only celeb with a familiar face from the past.

Here, we pick out some others.

 Rein-car-nation ... racer Enzo Ferrari and Arsenal's Mesut Ozil
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Rein-car-nation ... racer Enzo Ferrari and Arsenal's Mesut Ozil
 Zuckalike ... King Philip IV of Spain and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
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Zuckalike ... King Philip IV of Spain and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
 Look of the Irish ... Dublin-born Oscar Wilde and Hugh Grant
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Look of the Irish ... Dublin-born Oscar Wilde and Hugh Grant
 Grease Likening ... man from 1860s America and John Travolta
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Grease Likening ... man from 1860s America and John Travolta
 N'Synced up ... 19th century Amish and singer Justin Timberlake
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N'Synced up ... 19th century Amish and singer Justin Timberlake
 Dredd ringer ... Raphael Fresco and Judge Dredd star Sly Stallone
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Dredd ringer ... Raphael Fresco and Judge Dredd star Sly Stallone
 Top Marx ... A young Leon Trotsky and actor Andrew Garfield
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Top Marx ... A young Leon Trotsky and actor Andrew Garfield
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