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Sexiest Man Alive Quiz

Name the celebrities chosen as "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine.
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First submittedNovember 17, 2012
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Year
Clue
Age
Sexiest Man
2022
U.S. actor
41
Chris Evans
2021
U.S. actor
52
Paul Rudd
2020
U.S. actor
33
Michael B. Jordan
2019
U.S R&B
singer
40
John Legend
2018
British actor
46
Idris Elba
2017
U.S. country
singer
41
Blake Shelton
2016
U.S. actor
44
Dwayne Johnson
2015
English athlete
40
David Beckham
2014
Australian actor
31
Chris Hemsworth
2013
U.S. pop singer
34
Adam Levine
2012
U.S. actor
32
Channing Tatum
2011
U.S. actor
36
Bradley Cooper
2010
Canadian actor
34
Ryan Reynolds
2009
U.S. actor
46
Johnny Depp
2008
Australian actor
40
Hugh Jackman
2007
U.S. actor
37
Matt Damon
2006
U.S. actor
45
George Clooney
2005
U.S. actor
36
Matthew
McConaughey
Year
Clue
Age
Sexiest Man
2004
English actor
31
Jude Law
2003
U.S. actor
40
Johnny Depp
2002
U.S. actor
30
Ben Affleck
2001
Irish actor
48
Pierce Brosnan
2000
U.S. actor
36
Brad Pitt
1999
U.S. actor
50
Richard Gere
1998
U.S. actor
56
Harrison Ford
1997
U.S. actor
36
George Clooney
1996
U.S. actor
41
Denzel Washington
1995
U.S. actor
31
Brad Pitt
1992
U.S. actor
51
Nick Nolte
1991
U.S. actor
39
Patrick Swayze
1990
U.S. actor
28
Tom Cruise
1989
Scottish actor
59
Sean Connery
1988
U.S. publisher
28
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
1987
U.S. actor
36
Harry Hamlin
1986
U.S. actor
35
Mark Harmon
1985
Australian actor
29
Mel Gibson
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Level 51
Nov 20, 2014
Why doesn't this quiz accept my name??
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Level 84
Nov 23, 2014
Someone beat you to this joke by a year and a half.
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Level 32
Nov 22, 2020
I don’t see it.
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Level 67
Nov 20, 2014
LOL. I don't know if I'm the only one it happened to, but while I was taking this quiz, both ad banners at the top and right sidebar advertised the upcoming People issue and the front page said in huge font"Chris Hemsworth, Sexiest man alive!!". Well, thank you ad-ons for giving me the 2014 answer!
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Level 21
Mar 13, 2015
Why am I not on this list?
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Level 7
May 30, 2015
What about Justin Timberlake? Or what about zac efron?
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Level 7
May 30, 2015
Oh and Leonardo DiCaprio people!
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Level 7
May 30, 2015
I got Chris Hemsworth really easily I mean, come on look at them! and I am a little annoyed at myself that I didn't think Brad Pitt at anytime during the qui
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Level 75
May 30, 2015
In 80's, the sexiest man was Helmut Berger. All proofs on the french photographe Xavier Martin's website !
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Level 58
Sep 28, 2015
Another award that Leonardo DiCaprio didn't win..
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Level 66
May 11, 2018
This time I think it's completely fair. His heartthrob days are long past, and even back then I would argue that others were more deserving.
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Level 46
Nov 23, 2015
I just finished reading the newest People magazine two days ago and I couldn't remember who was on the cover as sexiest man 2015. lol
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Level 59
Nov 23, 2015
Not a single person from any non-anglophone country? Weird ranking...
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Level 55
Nov 23, 2015
Considering most of them became known through their roles in English-language movies, speaking English seems to be a prerequisite here (otherwise I doubt the film would get much viewing by the populous). I was going to respond and say that Idris Elba probably has a good chance in coming years, but he was born in the UK, which of course, is an (THE) anglophone country. Parents were non-anglophone, though, if that counts. I tried Antonio Banderas, because obviously, but no luck, and considered Bruce Lee (but realized the years didn't allow for it). Other than that, yeah, most men considered "sexy" in our culture are going to be very "anglicized".
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Level 67
Nov 15, 2018
Excellent prediction on Idris Elba, Deus!
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Level 67
Nov 17, 2017
It's an American magazine for American readers. Stars from non-anglophone countries won't be considered unless they make it big in the US and that's pretty normal. Despite the title I don't think anyone believes the men picked are actually the sexiest on the whole planet.
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Level 65
Nov 23, 2015
No Kim Jong-Un?
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Level 42
Nov 23, 2015
They should have included Kim Jong-Un! When I typed in sexiest man on Google Images, his picture is there only a few scrolls down. People Magazine is wrong!!!!! hahaha.
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Level 22
Sep 30, 2016
Only?
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Level 54
May 17, 2016
Proud to say I got LESS than average on this one. :)
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Level ∞
Nov 15, 2016
I ran the numbers. Sexiest men have an average age of 38.6, with a standard deviation of 8 years.
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Level 77
Nov 15, 2016
They should totally have added Sam Heughan too.
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Level 60
Nov 15, 2016
My sister agrees with the pick of this year.
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Level 92
Nov 16, 2016
Didn't they go back and retcon the list to add Keanu Reeves for 94?
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Level 70
Sep 15, 2017
Something must be wrong... It wouldn't accept Joe Pesci
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Level 67
Nov 17, 2017
How is it there's nobody for 1993 and 1994?
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Level 66
May 11, 2018
Apparently there weren't any sexy men those years.
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Level 67
Nov 15, 2018
I think they switched it to "Sexiest Couple" for those two years. They definitely tried that at some point, at least.
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Level 82
Nov 15, 2018
There was a sexy boycott
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Level 88
Nov 18, 2022
Justin Timberlake didn't bring it back?
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Level 88
Mar 13, 2018
Amazing how George Clooney was sexiest man alive twice, 9 years apart!
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Level 65
Nov 15, 2018
He had a rough 8 years in the middle, then cleaned it up for the repeat.
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Level 71
May 11, 2018
I realise that I am a man, but apart from that, I don't find any of these blokes sexy.
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Level 74
Nov 22, 2018
Lots of men find men sexy, and lots of other men not sexy.
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Level 65
Jun 19, 2019
Ápart from connery and hemsworth, none on of these are really of interest to me either. I get jackman though, he is very charming. (and sort of get ford too, indiana jones was an exciting character with an adventurous life and for many the indiana jones movies are a part of their childhood)>

I think many of these had adventurous roles, not simply movie star, superheros, action heros, bonds

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Level 57
Nov 22, 2020
That's ridiculous.
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Level 66
May 11, 2018
How the hell has Ryan Gosling never won this? I'm a straight man, but even I know he's sexy.
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Level 65
Jun 19, 2019
really ?? I absolutely dont seeit. I find him ugly sooner than goodlooking. But sometimes sexy goes beyond looks, but I still.. no... really not.
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Level 79
Oct 8, 2022
God I think Ryan Gosling is hot
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Level 50
May 11, 2018
david beckham is a footballer not a athlete but he is english
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Level 82
Nov 11, 2018
Athlete=sportsman, in at least a part of the anglophone world.
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Level 90
Jun 19, 2018
How Australian is Mel Gibson? He was born in the US, didn't move to Australia until he was 12 and since the time he was 30 he's been more or less living in America. He was born an American citizen and as far as I know never renounced his citizenship. Interestingly enough he is currently an Irish citizen which he clams from his mother as well not Australian which he is only a permanent resident. I understand leaving that since most people would say at first say he's Australian but he only lived there for about a third of his life.
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Level 82
Nov 15, 2018
The year he won he'd been Australian for more than half his life.
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Level 67
Jun 30, 2018
I always thought Harry Hamlin's political accomplishments were underappreciated. Glad someone finally recognized him, even if it was 220 years late. Also surprised Kevin Costner didn't win between '87 and '94. He was *everywhere.*
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Level 77
Sep 2, 2018
Pleased to have scored 1/28 in this so arbitrary and ridiculous quiz. The judges have around 4,000 million options to choose from and the fact that they've hardly strayed from the acting profession indicates that they haven't been checking them all out.
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Level 29
Sep 28, 2018
I cannot believe that Kevin Costner never made the list when other nominees who were not as hot as he was made the cut.... he's still hot!!
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Level 77
Nov 12, 2018
Why is one British, but there's also English and Scottish mentioned?
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Level 65
Nov 22, 2020
does it really matter?
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Level 88
Nov 13, 2018
Donald Trump for 2019. Orange wave.
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Level 67
Nov 15, 2018
I heard they wanted to pick him for this year, but he turned it down.
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Level 82
Nov 15, 2018
So it helps a lot to be American or else cast as James Bond.
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Level 49
Nov 15, 2018
I’m sorry but Mel Gibson is definitely not Australian. He may be of Australian descent but he was born in New York and neither of his parents are from Australia sooooo...
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Level 82
Nov 15, 2018
His grandparents were Australian. He was born in New York but he moved to Australia as a kid and spent his formative year there. He first worked as an actor in Australian movies before coming back to work in Hollywood.

However, he's never had Australian citizenship. He's got dual American and Irish citizenship. I'd say you're sort of right and sort of wrong.

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Level ∞
Nov 13, 2019
Australians were very proud of him until his drunk driving arrest and subsequent anti-semitic rant. Then they were like "Mel who?".
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Level 83
Nov 15, 2018
Guessing Burt Reynolds paid unexpected dividends.
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Level 72
Nov 23, 2020
I tried Burt and got Ryan instead.
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Level 33
Nov 16, 2018
That's weird, I don't see my name there
+12
Level 89
Nov 16, 2018
Yeah, that joke stopped being funny a long time ago...
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Level 82
Aug 24, 2019
5 and half years ago to be exact.
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Level 69
Aug 24, 2019
Some of these ages have to be wrong. For example, Sean Connery and Richard Gere.
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Level 82
Aug 25, 2019
The age is the age when they won, not their current age. Connery is currently 89 but 30 years ago he was 59.
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Level 63
Nov 15, 2019
You didn't think it was odd that by that logic Mel Gibson would be 29 but won 34 years ago?
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Level 76
Nov 13, 2019
How can a list like this that excludes Danny DeVito be expected to be taken seriously?
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Level 67
Nov 22, 2020
Had a very good laugh at this, but it's also a credit to DeVito's talent. Guys like him, Paul Giamati, and John C. Reilly never have to doubt whether they made it on talent alone. All three have put together remarkable and enduring careers too.
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Level 84
Nov 18, 2019
It's a very Swayze Christmas! :-)
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Level 76
Nov 19, 2019
I did terrible. However, I knew I would. I don't pay attention to hollywood or celebrity status.
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Level 59
Jan 19, 2020
Start at Ocean's Eleven and go from there...
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Level 89
Nov 22, 2020
That would only give you three: Clooney, Damon, Pitt.
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Level 56
Apr 5, 2020
Is it me or does People Magazine pick random names from a hat and just goes who they think is sexy
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Level 76
Apr 19, 2020
where's danny devito
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Level 37
Apr 19, 2020
Sean Connery, Idris Elba, Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Swayze, the late John Kennedy, Jr., George Clooney, Matthew McCaughey yes! ...the others, not so much.
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Level 60
Apr 19, 2020
Such a biased quiz, I'm very disappointed to not see Hrithik Roshan here.
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Level 76
Nov 19, 2020
It’s not the quiz makers opinion it’s the opinion of the people at People Magazine
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Level 68
Sep 10, 2020
How about the women's one?
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Level 89
Nov 18, 2020
I don't think there is one for women. Or at least, not one that's been as long-running as the men's.
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Level 63
Nov 20, 2020
There was a somewhat similar list in Esquire magazine but they abandoned it in 2015 after 12 years.
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Level 63
Nov 19, 2020
Make room for Paul Reubens.
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Level 76
Nov 19, 2020
Why couldn’t Kennedy be 1987? :( I would have liked to have been born in the year of JFK Jr.
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Level 52
Nov 22, 2020
For consistency Elba should be "English", not "British."
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Level 66
Nov 22, 2020
Patrick Swayze and Sean Connery are dead!
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Level 75
Nov 22, 2020
No Wilford Brimley???
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Level 67
Nov 22, 2020
rip Sean Connery
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Level 58
Nov 22, 2020
Why is Jude Law English, but Idris Elba British?
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Level 65
Nov 24, 2020
Was about to ask the same question, Elba should be changed to English if Law is staying as English and Connery as Scottish.
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Level 68
Nov 24, 2020
It's probably how they identify. A lot of BAME people in the UK tend to say they are British rather than English/Scottish/Welsh
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Level 57
Nov 22, 2020
The three latest ones are black. Hmmm
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Level 89
Nov 19, 2021
Hmmm what? What are you trying to say here?
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Level 89
Nov 20, 2021
A bash on political correctness, I guess? I don't know. You can never really tell sometimes.
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Level 61
Nov 22, 2020
Nonsense. I tried a dozen variations of my name & none of them worked.
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Level 85
Dec 2, 2020
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Level 31
Feb 9, 2021
I got a 21/31. Better than i thought id ever do. Great quiz tho!!
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Level 37
Jun 5, 2021
Kim Jong Un?
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Level 84
Nov 19, 2021
For some reason "Bartolo Colon" wasn't accepted.
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Level ∞
Nov 18, 2022
People is a family magazine. Can't have people getting too excited.
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Level 66
Nov 18, 2022
Not the Quizmaster himself?
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Level 88
Nov 18, 2022
Interestingly, not many of these people are dead.
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Level 82
Nov 20, 2022
More like sexiest English-speaking man in the entertainment business.
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Level 76
Nov 21, 2022
+who had notable success, preferably in the US, around the time of choosing.

But, we can always make our own list. With blackjack... and, you know.

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Level 67
Nov 26, 2022
Feels like they pick celebrities from a hat and say "Here's our guy"
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Level 81
Dec 14, 2022
Darn, I got the one obvious answer (Blake Shelton) but didn't get any of the others.
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Level 73
Jun 4, 2023
Obviously a wrong list beacuse I am not on it.
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Level 33
Feb 18, 2024
LIES! DECEPTION! MY MAN YODA AIN'T THERE!