--- title: The Internet Is Swooning Over Young Harrison Ford description: The original Han Solo and Indiana Jones turns 75 today, and the internet is celebrating by remembering his youth. canonical: https://time.com/4858421/young-harrison-ford/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-14T15:17:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:23.942Z og:title: The Internet Is Swooning Over Photos of Young Harrison Ford og:description: He turns 75 today og:url: https://time.com/4858421/young-harrison-ford/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb32dcfc776ea7bf8/6988d5ae97cdffae716b1964/harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5275 og:image:height: 2967 og:image:alt: harrison-ford og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Swooning Over Photos of Young Harrison Ford twitter:description: He turns 75 today twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb32dcfc776ea7bf8/6988d5ae97cdffae716b1964/harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Swooning Over Photos of Young Harrison Ford > Sponsored content. 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Harrison Ford poses for the Paramount Pictures movie "Witness" circa 1985. Hulton Archive/Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 14, 2017 3:17 PM UTC The internet’s crushing hard on youthful Harrison Ford. Actor Harrison Ford was born in Chicago 75 years ago. Little did anyone know then that he would go on to become an iconic star of the silver screen, appearing as the beloved, roguish character [Han Solo](http://time.com/4828521/ron-howard-star-wars-han-solo/) in the original [_Star Wars_](http://time.com/4788422/best-star-wars-moments/) trilogy and going on to become the face of the adventure-seeking [Indiana Jones](http://time.com/4259611/indiana-jones-harrison-ford-steven-spielberg/) franchise — both series that have stood the test of time and solidified his claim to everlasting Hollywood fame. Since those blockbuster roles, Ford continued on to make his mark in _Blade Runner_ (with a sequel in the works) and, most recently, reprising his roles in new _Star Wars_ and _Indiana Jones_ installments. But on Thursday in honor of his birthday, the internet is taking a look back to remember just why he captured so many hearts in his youth. See what people are saying below. > [](https://twitter.com/dvorakoelling/status/885516863140237312) > [](https://twitter.com/celia%5Fluck/status/885615668179210241) > [](https://twitter.com/vndrlyl/status/885597295399641089) > [](https://twitter.com/History%5FPics/status/863850158479593473) > [](https://twitter.com/poedamnrn/status/885466410629029890) > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fsydneyjeffrey/status/874729976481939456) Even the original Luke Skywalker, self-professed number-one Ford fan Mark Hamill himself, sent a shout out to the actor, proving that Ford has admirers at any age. > [](https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/885524754244845568) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4858421/young-harrison-ford/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4858421/young-harrison-ford/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Swooning Over Photos of Young Harrison Ford","datePublished":"2017-07-14T15:17:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:23.942Z","description":"The original Han Solo and Indiana Jones turns 75 today, and the internet is celebrating by remembering his youth.","url":"https://time.com/4858421/young-harrison-ford/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","harrison ford"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb32dcfc776ea7bf8/6988d5ae97cdffae716b1964/harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb32dcfc776ea7bf8/6988d5ae97cdffae716b1964/harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"harrison-ford","caption":"Harrison Ford poses for the Paramount Pictures movie \"Witness\" circa 1985.","creditText":"Hulton Archive/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4858421/young-harrison-ford/","name":"The Internet Is Swooning Over Photos of Young Harrison Ford"}}]}] ```