 Many of the print ads featured men and women in situations that would be considered risqué for their time.The company also used several famous spokesmen throughout the years, including actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., star baseball players Babe Ruth and Rogers Hornsby, as well as football legend Knute Rockne.In 1938, Barbasol sponsored a car in the Indianapolis 500, and painted it to look like a tube of the cream.