The Voices of Famous Historical Figures from the 1800s and 1900s

Ever wondered what Otto von Bismark sounded like? In this video, you can hear the voice of Bismark, Winston Churchill, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Henry Ford, Douglas MacArthur, Tsar Nicholas II, and Theodore Roosevelt.
You may have seen and know about many of these famous figures from the 19th and early 20th century, but if you haven't heard their voice, now is your chance to do so.
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[@nursmalik6024]

That's how I imagined Churchill's voice

[@Hexauslion]

uh the part where he says we don't want heaven too cramped. kinda pissed me off. like some Hierarchy. just found out that was a joke. i didn't catch it right away

[@Ashfielder]

Kscott McCauslin Yes, it’s an old joking rhyme from the 1600s I believe.

[@Shadowkiller-dq2ju]

Drunk probably

[@mysteryakatsuki]

Sounds like the Kingpin from the Spiderman cartoon

[@harley7417]

@@mysteryakatsuki Wilson Fisk lol

[@shrimpspaghetti]

I still can't believe Pablo Picasso only passed away in 1970. I always imagined him as a painter from a long time ago, and 50 years ago was still a long time, but he always seemed so far back.

[@susank8371]

I thought the same thing. I think a lot of us did.

[@themagicminstrels476]

@@susank8371 we all did

[@EPWillard]

His most famous works are mostly from the early-mid century so that's probably why. He was from a long time ago he just lived longer than most.

[@billbergendahl2911]

Pablo Picasso passed away in 1973 at the age of 91. He was prolific in more ways than one.

[@mauryanball4486]

What about Vincent van Gogh who passed away in 1890 even though so far, I always thought he was way earlier.

[@ObiWanMeister]

Came for Otto von Bismarcks voice - only heard a train....... 10/10

[@markaxelson5940]

I could only make out a few garbled sounds. With the recent technology advances in just the past couple of years, I bet there's a way to clean that up.

[@zerotodona1495]

Never thought I hear the last tzar of Russia! The voice of a Prussian?! That’s even more amazing!!!!

[@nrw64]

Prussian, Speaking or have spoken ​​High German but there were also many dialects. They all sound very friendly if you can speak German. I can still speak a bit of my grandma's Low Prussian. Unfortunately, many have been lost. There are still an extremely large number of German dialects (lower Westphalian, Hessian, low German, Saxon, sometimes there is still German-Silesian in eastern Saxony Dialect, Bavarian, Swabian) and there are still different dialects but most of them speak normal standard German. There were a number of dialects, some remained, some were simply no longer spoken, others died out. Dialects are actually frowned upon. Klaus Kinski, a famous German actor Which I think Nosferatu played and was famous for his freaks could also speak lower Prussian.

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

This ties into how he looked like the British king’s twin, as he was also german. House Windsor used to have a german name but changed it during WWI for obvious reasons

[@Nghilifa]

@@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad Yep. Battenberg - - Mountbatten

[@TheTanveerGaming]

​@@Nghilifano batternburg and mountbatten is also english, the real name was saxe-coburg und gotha

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

Churchill is one of the few historical figures who sounds like you’d expect

[@RobloxianShenanigans678]

meanwhile: *there is no place in heaven for you.*

[@icel8828]

Teddy Roosevelt is pretty much how I expected

[@MrTimeless101]

Churchill's doesn't count his voice is well recorded.

[@judehutchinson8355]

@Swape Swap how about salvador dali???

[@Intreductor]

Shame we don't have a better recording of Bismarck. From what I read he had a booming and strong voice.

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Perhaps the recording can be cleaned with modern techniques.

[@jogui]

@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial it theoretically can, but it’s too scuffed up to be cleaned. It can lose a lot of characteristics and detail. I think it’s too scuffed up

[@ebinshumate3132]

@@jogui I think they mean that by isolating and removing certain parts that were obviously not originally there, the recording can be made more intelligible

[@Harry-om5lm]

They were right, Theodore Roosevelt had a high class Harvard accent

[@kenrickeason]

You can tell Ivy league from regular college.. all of them are educated Universities but them Ivy league schools give you an accent that sticks with you for life.

[@36thpresidentlyndonbainesj32]

Damn right I did

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

@@36thpresidentlyndonbainesj32 Guess Death lost his fight with you: welcome back Teddy!

[@seaoggo9574]

@@36thpresidentlyndonbainesj32 you're a badass president im sure you did not understand what I said

[@shoggy3890]

Why did I think Roosevelt had a Southern accent?

[@bkstandard882]

Theodore Roosevelt's voice doesn't sound like I imagined. I imagined a more heavy New York accent.

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Harvard accent.

[@omega1575]

i expected something more "manly" and gruff

[@philomelodia]

But, he did have a New York accent! It’s just a rich New York accent. The accent of the rich families of Oysterbay. Locust valley lockjaw, they call it. It’s a very specific accent for a very specific class of people from the northeastern United States. Theodore Roosevelt’s accent was quintessentially lockjaw; utterly northeastern blue blood.

[@Benjifan2000]

He always said speak sofly and carry a big stick.

[@warrenlehmkuhleii8472]

Bismarck: Now remember this is going on the record, make sure there are no interruptions. Probably a steam loco: I also want to be remembered.

[@sauron9883]

Back then sound was recorded on wax cylinders and this locomotive sound is the cylinder rotating :)

[@birdbrain9625]

"There is no place for you we cant have Heaven cramped" how very blunt Mister Church Hill was.. I LOVE IT =)

[@HansFlammenwerfer07]

Churchill not curch hill

[@creepyguyinyourwindow5081]

“Church Hill”

[@muhmmadmuneeb219]

Eyy can anyone give me some context to what he was saying.

[@annmitchell4663]

It was a quote from a poem I think.

[@jasonr1309]

Imagine if this technology was around during the late 1700's during the American and French Revolution?

[@creatorlight4346]

Then those people would have imagined if the technology was in 15th century or during Mongolian empire and so on.

[@sanexpreso2944]

@@creatorlight4346 14th century

[@user-cq4hv1fs2r]

Imagine that this technology exists in ancient Egypt.

[@saywhatnow2173]

We could finally hear Napoleon's voice

[@ElectrostatiCrow]

Tkain selfies while kicking out the British and removing the the monarchy.

[@SurrealCubeOnly]

No one: Bismark: voto chahchchchch de er chchchchchchchgchgchg

[@qui-gonjinn3322]

Tyu, Tyu!

[@fattyMcGee97]

Otto von choo choo train

[@apharmasus9158]

Chugga chugga chugga chugga

[@malfattio2894]

He's actually speaking English; "In good old colony times, when we lived under the king, three rougeish chaps fell into misshaps because they could not sing"

[@SurrealCubeOnly]

@@malfattio2894 very neat

[@aaliyah3087]

yeah their voices are surprising but i’m more surprised with how long most of them lived!! picasso lived to be 92 like whattt

[@zerotodona1495]

Wealth helps a lot. Picasso is surprising since paint still had lead back then.

[@glassshardsarchive]

They didn’t live that long most of them only lived to like 70-80 which is subpar or average, 95-120 is super old

[@alkha4711]

3:20 The reverb noise from his voice reminded me of the fate of the Romanovs. Haunting...

[@user-mh4qo9xj4s]

Journalist: Say something about the situation in France in 1940. Churchill: 0:53

[@harrypjotr4075]

HNNNNNNNNNNNNGHH!

[@hyeronymus]

Bahahaa

[@setsyoufree8]

😂😂😂

[@england1413]

😂😂😂

[@PaulKretz]

Huge thanx! I only miss the actual recording dates.

[@faithnolasco7506]

its so crazy how you can look at a person and already assume how they sound. everyone sounded like how i expected

[@inesnaglic472]

Wow, fantastic, imagine if we all can hear our own ancestors from past, that would be so touching 🥺💝

[@Garfieldescu]

Seeing churchill telling me i'll be damned is scary.

[@BogusmanTheSwagman]

Well I'll be damned.

[@philomelodia]

Churchhill would be first in line to enter the gates of hell with the feet of millions of Bengali dead of starvation on his back side vengefully propelling him forward right into the maw the abyss.

[@mournblade1066]

Churchill and Dali are well-documented in audio-visual media. Hell, Dali was a master of self-promotion, and embraced that technology whole-heartedly. Picasso probably was, too.

[@cjr4286]

You should've done George S. Patton instead of MacArthur. Because of the Patton movie, most people seem to think his voice sounded like a stereotypical "general," but he actually had a New Englandish accent.

[@philomelodia]

No, he didn’t. I have heard his voice before. His accent was Virginia southern. Upper crust.

[@KamenBeats]

1:01 It'd be cool if this was an interview with Bell, and the interviewer asked him to talk about his life around the time he was prototyping early designs of the telephone. Would be such a fascinating conversation.

[@metaquest2772]

Later in life he built Hydrofoils. I live on Cape Breton Island and have visited his house, grave and of course the museum. The museum has a full replica of the HD4 Hydrofoil and the hull of the original craft that you can touch.

[@jamesmadison7551]

crazy the technology has progressed last 100 years, if only i would be alive for the next hundred years to see what else comes.

[@TsarinaJacksontore]

even this video has better quality than my online class teachers voice

[@user-rv5dy6dg5z]

Thanks for this vídeo!

[@philobrien8920]

Picasso's voice is a lot more high pitched than I imagined

[@bhami]

This is a wonderful collection, but could you please give a reference for each segment with its original date?

[@tafftuth]

Really?

[@kaneogz]

Thank you, really interesting.

[@jabemission4170]

I was hoping I'd hear Gen. Mac Arthur say "I shall return".

[@bhami]

I think the most famous MacArthur video is where he's giving his "old soldiers never die -- they just fade away" speech to Congress.

[@lou626]

Im surprised that otto voice was recorded He's such an interesting character to me

[@cranberriesgirlhype8292]

Gosh I love this channel

[@batasjohnpaulp.8495]

Thanks to you!

[@closetsclosetsclosetsclose9250]

I think you should have included the recording of Tchakovsky!

[@e.hutchence-composer8203]

I love that recording, such strange sounds in there! The whistling, the weird bird sound, Tchaikovsky’s squeaky voice 😂

[@oldcremona]

Also the recording of Sir Arthur Sullivan.

[@tuwagjerswold376]

Douglas MacArthur speaks a lot like Donald Trump I’ve realized 😂

[@awc6007]

I swear someone really needs to digitally fix the Bismarck voice recording. The static sounds like a train in the back.

[@florjanbrudar692]

It's the sound of a wax cylinder rotating

[@oliverk.8312]

Churchill had jokes, wow

[@mazadancoseben4818]

Of course he did He was known for them

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

I have a book of just jokes Churchill made. For example: when he was running for MP in 1900, he was talking to someone who said “Vote for you? Why, I’d rather vote for the Devil!”. Churchill said “Yes, but in case your friend is not running, may I count on your support?”. He won the election, and so began 60 years of career in government.

[@mazadancoseben4818]

@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial , 💯🔥 Savage

[@summerslamcool1891]

Thanks fotcthese

[@BogusmanTheSwagman]

When Alexander Graham Bell said "xnopyzhuzhuojojdiofeahkhdachbfeaufn.", I really felt that.

[@TheJanvicgwaps]

salvador dali sounds like that Generic french accent made by american actors.. Lmao

[@SpeedyWings2323]

Well he was Spanish

[@sexysadie2901]

@@SpeedyWings2323 Catalan

[@MFPhoto1]

Dali created Dali. It was his greatest work. ;-)

[@GrandMasterAbe]

Bismark's voice sounds like recorded from a warped record.

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Likely a worn Edison wax cylinder.

[@felixnimo]

Bismarck the Iron Engine 😁⚔️

[@AVOIDAVOIDVOID]

Nice little compilation.

[@wolnapolska5991]

Incredible. 👍

[@misakikuran9027]

Seeing Picasso.....I’ve seen everything now

[@firaxolegirein9816]

And Edison moving and talking

[@mazadancoseben4818]

Never thought I would

[@franktesses6676]

Я влюбился в парня стоящего слева от Теодора Рузвельта..боже...

[@tonicipriani7091]

хах кек

[@masterbadger9408]

To everyone joking there’s a train on the Bismarck recording, it’s just mold that developed on the wax cylinder overtime.

[@venkos6476]

Wow! Amazing!

[@Orion12113]

That’s exactly how I thought Roosevelt would sound

[@AnAdorableWombat]

When I was younger, I used to think that most of these legends were born in like the 1500s. Lol. I thought nothing existed because they were so old. Now I'm 31 and realize, they were old, but not that old.

[@timrobinson7373]

Also Otto Von Bismark great to hear these voices

[@General_Thanksgiving]

Roosevelt has an accent I’ve never even heard Quite amazing

[@kenrickeason]

Winston Churchhill has comedian timing...

[@zudicus1646]

I wanted to hear George Washington’s voice

[@Mii.2.0]

R.I.P George Washington. :(

[@lolyouremadkid2806]

Time Traveller _ you would never be able to hear his voice. He died to far back

[@Mii.2.0]

@@lolyouremadkid2806 Lol You're Mad Kid.

[@lolyouremadkid2806]

Mii 2.0 how am I mad?

[@Mii.2.0]

@@lolyouremadkid2806 Just mocking your name. xd

[@madeleinechapman1478]

No one: Churchill: *You are the chosen one*

[@paytonpowers318]

Churchill has such a weirdly calming voice

[@JoeStudd96]

The Churchill bit is so rather informal. I always expect old clips to appear almost robotic, but that clip did show a real humanity, not just to Churchill but those around him too.

[@guarykknay]

2:43 "I see rhinoceros"

[@boxyice1017]

Sorta how I expected Theodore Roosevelt's voice I expected deep and northern/Yankee accent

[@chocolatier9597]

Love your channel ❤️ Please post footages of Albert Einstein.

[@yuuki-sj4rt]

すごい！

[@abigailb5178]

Alexander sounded like he was recorded off my 3D DS 😕

[@stuff5499]

"Alexander Graham Bell" -Alexander Graham Bell

[@Sparky-ce9yy]

Wasn't expecting Edison

[@abc64pan]

Edison's voice was the big pay-off.

[@wowee_3117]

my great grandfather was alive when thomas edison too was alive, he was 6 when he died. 1925, he dies 2018. i love you dean.

[@editaudios164]

Alexander gram bell sounds so sweet and smart

[@queerbotanicalqueen]

Oh..... do I have news for you...

[@c-wordplay2146]

Cool

[@MrVoiceImages]

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[@ERTChimpanzee]

Still better than my microphone.

[@SlyHikari03]

So thankful for Thomas Edison. He single handily created the first pieces of audio recording equipment.

[@florjanbrudar692]

1. It's spelled "single-handedly" 2. I hope you don't really mean that manner...

[@parrotthecommentor8402]

4:31 otto von bismark

[@caitlinmaemartin8830]

I remember this

[@florjanbrudar692]

I know the voices of Queen Victoria, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Franz Joseph I, Nicolas II ...now Theodore Roosevelt and *Otto von Bismarck,* they both lived in the Victorian era and the latter having been born 4 years before the queen.

[@maihaiki888]

I came for Tsar Nicholas ll.

[@jackie3435]

Salvador Dali He's literally talking about his mustache 2:41

[@rory4605]

Churchill sounds like Boris Johnson but with an actual soul.

[@janco333]

Steady

[@CHTV.]

Mr. Churchill looks like the curvy Michael Cain, both of them almost had the same voice, anyway, imo.

[@evanh.4565]

Who listening to this during pandemic?

[@carabellascorner1168]

Dang Winston Churchill. I’m pretty sure I’m going to heaven.

[@mattmc5069]

On the famous women side, I'd love to hear Lizzie Borden's voice and Mary Shelley's. To hear Annie Oakley and Laura Ingalls Wilder would be nice to.

[@user-gt8jh6go2m]

Wow

[@user-uw6mk5tr9p]

winston churchill is such a funny guy

[@rantym35]

All those people lived harder times than us

[@firaxolegirein9816]

Lol

[@kellytostada8403]

Lmfao

[@mazadancoseben4818]

And yet

[@goldprogoldpro7809]

has anyone ever head Nikola Tesla's real voice?

[@CallmenobodWMAO743]

I wish they would put what year the voices were recorded in

[@LukeMcdonnell-fd3fs]

Winston was holding that since 26 B.C. 0:55

[@LukeMcdonnell-fd3fs]

0:53.

[@jackie3435]

That chugging sound from the recording of otto Is caused by The machinery in the recorder Device

[@eleodorovergarayanchante4599]

Voz, la voz.

[@PanicAttackRecovery]

Near

[@leduytoan21]

Mr.Churchill's voice look like Papa Knoth's voice (on loudspeaker) in Outlast 2

[@david18ireland]

Edison wasn't the inventor of motion pictures and it still annoys me that people think he was lol

[@Azhar-xyz]

3:15 Lenin left the chat

[@timrobinson7373]

Never heard Czar Nicholas II the recording is amazing

[@phaedrawidney5246]

You can get a better glimpse of who they were in 3d not flat photos. You can see the sensual nature of Picasso hence all the ladies that loved him.

[@vagp2495]

Maiden fans already knew Churchills voice

[@henryghanem7265]

Hey im from Malaga the city of Pablo picasso

[@president.garsha]

It’s kinda creepy to hear voices from over 100 years ago.

[@marsh6626]

one day our voices will be a hundred years old and someone from that time might just say the same thing

[@president.garsha]

You have a point

[@marsh6626]

I think it's cool to hear people from so long ago, v interesting to me to see how they were actually real people and not just people in stories

[@president.garsha]

@@marsh6626 I never said it wasn’t cool. I was just saying the fact that we’re HEARING them like they’re ACTUAL VOICES, it’s really cool and really creepy at the same time!

[@marsh6626]

@@president.garsha Ik I was just sayin lol either way its p valid to think it's a bit creepy, I just think its super cool as well :>

[@Viktoria_Selene]

1:17 audio recording was invented 20 years before Edison’s discovery of it

[@devilsorchard1449]

That train in Bismarck's clip is also preserved! How cool is that?

[@florjanbrudar692]

If it was really the train, it wouldn't matter to anyone. The sound was from the rotating wax cylinder.

[@devilsorchard1449]

I was obviously being facetious, of course that's the wax cylinder lol.