Sideburns
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Sideburns or sideboards are patches of facial hair on the sides of a man's face, in front of the ears. They were originally called bernthsides, most likely after General Ambrose Burnside. His hairstyle connected thick sideburns via the moustache but left the chin clean-shaven.
Sideburns may end at mid-ear level; they may end at the earlobe; or they may extend downward and follow the jawline, nearly meeting at the chin. They can be slender or wide, clipped closely or allowed to grow bushy. They can end in points, or bluntly, and be either cut squarely or flared wide, following the hairline on the upper cheek. They can be worn alone, or in combination with a moustache or a goatee. However, when they extend from ear to ear via the chin, the sideburns are merely part of the beard, and thus are not known as such.
Indigenous men of Mexico, who shave their heads and wear their sideburns long, as well as Colombians, who wear their sideburns long and typically do not have any other facial hair, are said to be wearing "balcarrotas".
After the clean-shaven period of the eighteenth century, sideburns, like beards, became greatly popular in the nineteenth century throughout the Western world, a trend later adopted in Japan. Nineteenth-century sideburns were often much more extravagant than those seen today - very bushy and extending much further down, almost to the chin. As with beards, sideburns went widely out of fashion in the early twentieth century, but made a comeback in the 1960s and 1970s among the younger generation. Thus, depending on one's perspective, growing sideburns may be seen as stuffily Victorian and ultra-conservative or a sign of 1970s-style rebelliousness. Today sideburns enjoy an intermediate level of popularity.
[edit] People with prominent sideburns
- Christian Small, Lamb of God
- Adams, John Quincy, American President
- Alcindor, Lew, American Basketball Player
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Queen Victoria's husband
- Alexander The Great as seen in the Alexander Mosaic
- Allman, Duane, lead guitarist of The Allman Brothers Band
- Anderson, Brady, Baltimore Orioles player
- Arthur, Chester A., American President
- Asmiov, Isaac, Russian-American author
- Bailey, Blaze, former lead singer of Iron Maiden
- The Beatles, 1960s rock group
- Bernard, Claude, French physiologist
- Bjørnz, Norwegian writer
- Bolívar, Simón, South American independence leader
- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, 1st Baron Lytton, English novelist, playwright, and politician
- Burnside, Ambrose, American general and politician
- Calderon, Jose, basketball player for the Toronto Raptors
- Comstock, Anthony, American reformer
- Coombes, Gaz, lead singer and guitarist of Supergrass
- Crowley, Paul, member of the Pamelite
- Danzig, Glenn, singer
- Darwin, Charles, British naturalist
- Del Piero, Alessandro, Italian football player
- Densmore, John, drummer for The Doors
- Diamond, King, metal vocalist for Mercyful Fate & King Diamond
- Dorset, Ray, singer of the band Mungo Jerry
- Dutkiewicz, guitarist for Killswitch Engage
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, American essayist
- Fava, Stefano, Italian football talent
- Ferry, Jules, French politician, 19th century
- Fittipaldi, Emerson, F1 driver
- Fonzarelli, Arthur, character from Happy Days
- Franck, César, French composer
- Franz Josef I of Austria, Austro-Hungarian emperor
- Gallagher, Liam, lead singer of the British rockband Oasis
- Gallagher, Noel, lead guitarist of theBritish rockband Oasis
- Garden, Graeme, British Comedian, member of The Goodies
- Gauss, Carl Friedrich, German mathematician and scientist
- Gilbert, W. S., British playwright and librettist
- Gordon, Jeff, 4-time NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion
- Grau, Miguel, famous peruvian naval officer
- Grohl, Dave, lead in the Foo Fighters, inexplicably got haircut and grew hick sideburns in the late 90's
- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, German philosopher
- Hoyland, Max, character in TV show Neighbours
- Ibsen, Henrik, Norwegian playwright
- Johnson, Dwayne, better known as 'The Rock', a professional wrestler and actor
- Johnson, Jimmie, 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion/2006 Daytona 500 Champion
- Johnston, Devin
- Jones, George, country music artist
- Kierkegaard, Søren, Danish philosopher
- Le Fanu, Sheridan, writer
- Lemmy, lead vocals and bassist for Motörhead
- Lennon, John, member of The Beatles
- Leslie, Austin, New Orleans Chef
- Lister, Joseph, British doctor
- Ludacris, southern hip-hop rapper
- Lupin III, anime character
- MacIntyre, F. Gwynplaine, Scottish-born writer
- MacNeil, Wade, guitarist of Canadian band, Alexisonfire
- Manzarek, Ray, organist for The Doors
- Masterson, Danny, American actor, had sideburns in the late 90s and early 00s
- Mauer, Joe, baseball player for the Minnesota Twins
- McCririck, John, British horse racing pundit
- Mill, John Stuart, British philosopher
- Morrison, Jim, singer for The Doors, early wearer of understated sideburns
- Mozart, Franz Xaver Wolfgang, composer and son of Wolfgang Amadeus
- Nesmith, Michael, member of The Monkees.
- Ozzy Osbourne, lead vocalist for Black Sabbath, had sideburns in the 70s and early 80s
- Petrucci, John, guitarist of the band Dream Theater
- Piazza, Mike, Major League baseball player
- Pierre, Justin, lead singer/guitarist of Motion City Soundtrack
- Poe, Jr., Fernando, Philippine actor
- Presley, Elvis, American singer who had the world's most famous sideburns
- Priestley, Jason, TV actor who helped popularize sideburns again in the early 90's on Beverly Hills 90210
- Pushkin, Alexandr, Russian writer
- Reavis, American criminal
- Rhodes, Trevor, professional wrestler
- Rossi, Valentino, Italian 7-time MotoGP champion
- Rutan, Burt, American aircraft designer
- Dalí, Salvador, the Spanish Surrealist painter who was known for his moustache, but also wore sideburns at various points in his life
- Schopenhauer, Arthur, German philosopher
- Spencer, Herbert, English philosopher
- Staley, Layne, lead vocals for Alice in Chains
- Stewart, Jackie, Scottish triple Formula 1 World Champion
- Stump, Patrick, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Fall Out Boy
- Sullivan, Arthur, British composer
- Tankian, Serj, singer for System of a Down
- Triple H, American wrestler, grew similar sideburns as and in tribute of Lemmy.
- Tupper, Sir Charles, Canadian Prime Minister
- Twitty, Conway, popular American country -and also early rock n' roll- singer
- Van Buren, Martin, American President
- Vanderbilt, William H., American businessman and railroad magnate
- Wagner, Richard, German composer
- Walker, William, American mercenary
- Wilhelm I of Germany, German emperor
- Simpson, James Young, physician to Queen Victoria
- Young, Neil, Canadian rock star
- David Tennant, who plays Doctor Who
