Sideburns
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Sideburns are patches of facial hair on the sides of a man's face, in front of the ears. They were originally called burnsides, possibly after General Ambrose Burnside. His hairstyle, commonly known as mutton chops or chops, 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] Men known for their sideburns
- Alexander The Great as seen in the Alexander Mosaic
- Alexandr Pushkin, Russian writer
- Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician
- Anthony Comstock, American reformer
- Arslaan, Pakistani-American dj and producer
- Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher
- Arthur Sullivan, British composer
- Austin Leslie, New Orleans Chef
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian writer
- Boss Campbell, professional wrestling manager
- Brady Anderson, Baltimore Orioles player
- Burt Rutan, American aircraft designer
- Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and scientist
- César Franck, French composer
- Charles Darwin, British naturalist
- Chester A. Arthur, American President
- Christian Small, Shifty
- Claude Bernard, French physiologist
- Conway Twitty, popular American country -and also early rock n' roll- singer
- Curtis Horton, Canadian hockey player
- Dave Grohl, lead in the Foo Fighters, inexplicably got haircut and grew hick sideburns in the late 90's
- Duane Allman, Lead guitarist of The Allman Brothers Band
- Dwayne Johnson, better known as 'The Rock', a professional wrestler and actor
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, English novelist, playwright, and politician
- Elvis Presley, American singer who had the world's most famous sideburns
- Emerson Fittipaldi, F1 driver
- F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, Scottish-born writer
- Fernando Poe Jr., Philippine actor
- Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer and son of Wolfgang Amadeus
- Gaz Coombes, lead singer and guitarist of Supergrass
- General Ambrose Burnside, American Civil War general
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher
- George Jones, country music artist
- Graeme Garden, British Comedian, member of The Goodies
- Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright
- Herbert Spencer, English philosopher
- Hugh Jackman, Australian actor best known as Wolverine in the X-Men movie series
- Isaac Asimov, Russian-American author
- James Reavis, American criminal
- James Young Simpson, physician to Queen Victoria
- Jason Priestley, TV Actor who helped popularize sideburns again in the early 90's on Beverly Hills 90210
- Jeff Gordon, 4-time NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion
- Jim Morrison, singer for The Doors, early wearer of understated sideburns
- Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Driver/2006 Daytona 500 Champion
- Joe Mauer, baseball player for the Minnesota Twins
- John Densmore, Drummer for The Doors
- John Lennon, Member of The Beatles
- John Petrucci, guitarist of the band Dream Theater
- John Quincy Adams, American President
- John Stuart Mill, British philosopher
- Joseph Lister, British doctor
- Justin Pierre, Lead singer/guitarist of Motion City Soundtrack
- Kaiser Franz Josef I of Austria, Austro-Hungarian emperor
- Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany, German emperor
- Lemmy Kilmister, Lead vocals and bassist for Motörhead
- Lew Alcindor, American Basketball PLayer
- Ludacris, Southern hip-hop rapper
- Lupin III, anime character
- Martin Van Buren, American President
- Matt Franklin, POW camp manager
- Mike Piazza, Major League baseball player
- Neil Young, Canadian rock star
- Patrick Stump, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Fall Out Boy
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Queen Victoria's husband
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist
- Ray Dorset, singer of the band Mungo Jerry
- Ray Manzarek, Organist for The Doors
- Richard Wagner, German composer
- Salvador Dalí, the Spanish Surrealist painter who was known for his moustache, but also wore sideburns at various points in his life
- Scrooge McDuck, fictional milliardaire
- Serj Tankian, political activist and singer for System of a Down
- Sheridan Le Fanu, writer
- Simón Bolívar, South American independence leader
- Sir Charles Tupper, Canadian Prime Minister
- Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher
- The Beatles
- Thorsten Sideb0ard head of Highpoint lowlife records
- Trevor Rhodes, Professional Wrestler
- Triple H, American wrestler, grew similar sideburns as and in tribute of Lemmy Kilmister.
- W. S. Gilbert, British playwright and librettist
- Wade MacNeil, guitarist of Canadian band, Alexisonfire
- William Walker, American mercenary
[edit] See also
- Facial hair
- Beard
- Sideburn (TV Program)
- Stubble
- List of types of facial hair
