Chaplin (left) sporting his trademark moustache

A toothbrush moustache, also known as a Hitler moustache or a Chaplin, is a bushy moustache shaved except for three to five centimetres in the centre of the lip. The sides of the moustache are vertical rather than tapered. A scene from Charlie Chaplins 1921 movie The Kid. Copyright has expired and the photo is in the public domain. ... A scene from Charlie Chaplins 1921 movie The Kid. Copyright has expired and the photo is in the public domain. ... Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. ... This article has been illustrated as part of WikiProject Illustrated Wikipedia. ...

This moustache is most famous for having been worn by film star Charlie Chaplin and later by dictator Adolf Hitler. Chaplin took advantage of this unlikely similarity between the two men for his role in The Great Dictator. The style is now unpopular due to its strong association with Hitler. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. ... Hitler redirects here. ... The Great Dictator is a film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. ...

In China a trimmer version of this moustache is stereotypical of Japanese people, especially of Japanese soldiers.^{[citation needed]}

Other famous people known to sport a toothbrush moustache include:

• Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov
• Merle Allin
• Sepp Dietrich
• Gottfried Feder
• Max Fleischer
• Adolf Galland
• Oliver Hardy
• Martin Heidegger
• Ron Mael
• Zoltán Meskó
• Robert Mugabe
• Julius Kambarage Nyerere
• Marcel Pilet-Golaz
• Karl Plagge
• Sayyid Qutb
• Fritz Sauckel
• Julius Schreck
• Michael Vale (as Fred the Baker)
• Stefan Zweig

An extreme variant of the toothbrush moustache narrows it to the philtrum only. Robert Mugabe is noted for this style. Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (Александр Васильевич Александров) (1883-1946) was a Russian composer who created the musical score to the national anthem of both... Merle Allin Merle Allin is an American bassplayer and older brother to the late punk rock singer/songwriter/performance artist GG Allin. ... SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich Josef Sepp Dietrich also known as Ujac (May 28, 1892–April 21/22, 1966) was a German Waffen-SS general, an SS-Oberstgruppenführer, and one of the closest men to Hitler. ... Gottfried Feder (January 1, 1883 - September 24, 1941) was an anti-capitalist, anti-semite and one of the early key members of the German Nazi party. ... Max Fleischer (July 19, 1883–September 11, 1972) was an important pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon. ... Adolf Galland (March 19, 1912 - February 9, 1996) was a World War II German fighter pilot and commander of Germanys fighter force (General der Jagdflieger) from 1941 to 1945. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Martin Heidegger (September 26, 1889 – May 26, 1976) was an influential German philosopher, best known as the author of Being and Time (1927). ... Ron Mael (born J Ronald Day on August 12, 1947 in Culver City, California) is the elder of the brothers in the popular band Sparks. ... Zoltán Meskó (12 March 1883-10 June 1959) was a leading Hungarian Nazi during the 1930s. ... Robert Gabriel Mugabe KCB (born February 21, 1924) is a Zimbabwean politician. ... Julius Kambarage Nyerere (April 13, 1922 - October 14, 1999) was President of Tanzania, and previously Tanganyika, from the countrys founding until his retirement. ... Marcel Pilet-Golaz (December 31, 1889 - April 11, 1958) was a Swiss politician. ... Karl Plagge Major Karl Plagge (born July 10, 1897 in Darmstadt, died July 1957 in Darmstadt) was a German officer and Nazi Party member, who during World War II hired approximately 1,200 Jews — 500 men, and the rest women and children — to forced labor, thus preventing many of them... Sayyid Qutb Sayyid Qutb (IPA pronunciation: ) (Arabic: ‎; 9 October 1906 (The Library of Congress has his birth year as 1903). ... Fritz Sauckel Fritz Sauckel (Ernst Friedrich Christoph Sauckel, October 27, 1894 - October 16, 1946) was a senior government official in Nazi Germany. ... Julius Schreck in 1933 Julius Schreck (July 13, 1898 – May 16, 1936) was an early Nazi Party member and also the first commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS). ... Michael Vale as Fred the Baker Michael Vale (June 28, 1922 – December 27, 2005) was an American commercial actor famous for being the longtime sleepy-eyed mascot Fred the Baker for doughnut chain Dunkin Donuts, with his famous catchphrase Time to make the doughnuts. ... Fred the Baker Fred the Baker was a popular advertising character portrayed by actor Michael Vale in commercials for Dunkin Donuts from 1982 to 1997. ... Stefan Zweig (November 28, 1881 – February 22, 1942) was an Austrian writer. ... The philtrum (Greek philtron, from philein, to love; to kiss) is the vertical groove in the upper lip, formed where the nasomedial and maxillary processes meet during embryonic development. ... Robert Gabriel Mugabe KCB (born February 21, 1924) is a Zimbabwean politician. ...