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Today I left the ranks of the few and the proud. I went back to life as usual, my lip undecorated and I am a lesser man for it. So in honor of my former moustache who was given up in the early stages of his life, today I post a list of other men, good and evil, who wore their staches with pride and left their mark on the world.

Note: The moustache has been getting a bad rap these days for the being the facial hair of choice for motorcycle cops, carnival workers, and our fathers in the seventies and early eighties. This is a shame. It was once used in the British military as a form of rank and prestige and so I present this listing of the famous patrons of the stache, to remind people of its place in history.

Albert Einstein- Father of quantum physics, Star of the film IQ with Meg Ryan, Jewish
Groucho Marx- Comedian, grew up in a Jewish neighborhood

Charlie Chaplin- Silent film actor, Communist
Joseph Stalin- Leader of the Communist Soviet Union

Errol Flynn- Actor, The Adventures of Robin Hood(1938)
Veerapan- Bandit, Considered the Robin Hood of India

Friedrich Nietzsche- Originator of the Übermensch or Superman concept
Adolf Hitler- Fascist dictator, Believer in the Superman concept

Emiliano Zapata- Mexican Revolutionary, Known as a fancy dresser
John Waters- Filmmaker, Known as a total weirdo

Theordore Roosevelt- President of the United States, Spoke softly and carried a big stick
Georges Clemenceau- Prime Minister of France, Spoke softly
Rollie Fingers- Don’t know how he spoke, Pitched to a big stick

Mark Twain- Great American Novelist, Wrote about riverboats
Burt Reynolds- Great American________, Starred in the television series Riverboat (1950)

I’ll end this post with a collage of moustaches, mostly because I can’t think of something whitty and secondly, my brother told me over thanksgiving break that I don’t use enough pictures.