What Did Sideburns Used To Be Called?

What Did Sideburns Used To Be Called? ‘Sideburns’ take their name from General Ambrose Burnside, a Civil War veteran and Rhode Island senator. … The original sideburns were called burnsides. Who made sideburns popular? Sideburns made a comeback in the mid-1950s when Marlon Brando sported them as the title character in The Wild One (1953).