If Shakespeare Walked in 2013

This is a bit of silly, but it’s also pretty fun. What would prominent figures from the long ago look like if they were alive today?

The Huffington Post tries to answer with a bit of help from some serious heavy hitters, including a platoon of digital artists, as they imagine (by way of educated guesses and some very serious tech) what Queen Elizabeth I, Henry the VIII, William Shakespeare and Horatio Nelson might look like if they were alive and working today.

(Is it just my eye, or did modern day William Shakespeare come out looking a lot like thriller novelist Owen Laukkanen?)