Beards

[MatthewM]

A question has been bugging me- I'm not familiar with the Silmarillion, but I heard that it is said that the people from the race of Númenor are beardless. Does this (if true) apply to all descendants of the Númenoreans? I can't imagine that it would, as I'm sure people from this high descent would mingle and some could have beards.

I'm talking mainly about characters such as Boromir, Aragorn, Faramir, and Denethor. I always picture Boromir and Aragorn with beards, more of a warrior like quality, I would say. I'm not sure about the other two, as Tolkien tells us that in Faramir and Denethor the Númenorean blood runs most truly. Boromir it did not as truly, so he could have surely had a beard. But as Boromir, Denethor, and Faramir are all described to be like in face and bear striking similarities to one another, the conflict becomes a little more complicated.

A simple matter, but I dwell on such little details. Any opinions? How do you see these characters, or the Númenorean people as a whole?