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Sexiest Man Alive complete list: These are the best looking men according to People magazine 1985 - 2024
The countdown is on as People magazine will officially reveal the identity of the Sexiest Man Alive 2024 on Tuesday (November 12).
Excitement is in the air with People magazine poised to confirm just who is 2024′s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’.
The identity of the winner is to be revealed today, Tuesday November 12, on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift’s boyfriend is cited as an outside bet with Top Gun: Maverick actor Glen Powell fancied by many to scoop the award but the Austin native faces stiff competition from the likes of Jeremy Allen White (The Bear), Pedro Pascal (Narcos) and Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) also said to be in the reckoning.
Since the award was first handed out in 1985, John F. Kennedy Jr. (1988), Adam Levine (2013), David Beckham (2015) and John Legend (2019) are the only non-actors to have been recognised for their sexiness with many eyebrows raised in 2016 when former WWE star and actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson scooped the prize.
Former Grey’s Anatomy actor Patrick Dempsey is the current holder of the (2023) Sexiest Man Alive award, whose recipient is chosen by the editorial staff at People.
Sexiest Man Alive winners: 1985-2023
1985: Mel Gibson
1986: Mark Harmon
1987: Harry Hamlin
1988: John F. Kennedy Jr.
1989: Sean Connery
1990: Tom Cruise
1991: Patrick Swayze
1992: Nick Nolte
1993: Cindy Crawford & Richard Gere (Sexiest Couple Alive)
1994: Keanu Reeves (retrospectively)
1995: Brad Pitt
1996: Denzel Washington
1997: George Clooney
1998: Harrison Ford
1999: Richard Gere
2000: Brad Pitt
2001: Pierce Brosnan
2002: Ben Affleck
2003: Johnny Depp
2004: Jude Law
2005: Matthew McConaughey
2006: George Clooney
2007: Matt Damon
2008: Hugh Jackman
2009: Johnny Depp
2010: Ryan Reynolds
2011: Bradley Cooper
2012: Channing Tatum
2013: Adam Levine
2014: Chris Hemsworth
2015: David Beckham
2016: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
2017: Blake Shelton
2018: Idris Elba
2019: John Legend
2020: Michael B. Jordan
2021: Paul Rudd
2022: Chris Evans
2023: Patrick Dempsey