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Mel Gibson was just 29 when he was named People’s first Sexiest Man Alive in February 1985.
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“St. Elsewhere” star Mark Harmon, then 34, became the magazine’s second choice.
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Political scion John F. Kennedy Jr., then 27, was named Sexiest Man Alive in 1988.
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Tom Cruise, 28, had just opened “Days of Thunder” when he was selected in 1990.
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Denzel Washington, 41, became the first non-white star named as Sexiest Man Alive in 1996.
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George Clooney, then 36, had just starred in “Batman & Robin” when he was cast in 1997.
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Brad Pitt was chosen for a second time in 2000.
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Pierce Brosnan was 48 and then the reigning James Bond when he was named in 2001.
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“Pirates of the Caribbean” star Johnny Depp, 40, took the honor in 2003.
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Jude Law was at the height of his ubiquity when the then-31-year-old Brit was selected in 2004.
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Matthew McConaughey was actually in a box office slump (“Two for the Money,” “Sahara”) when he was chosen in 2005.
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“Wolverine” star Hugh Jackman, 40, claimed the honor in 2008.
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Ryan Reynolds, 34, was named in 2010 hot off the rom-com hit “The Proposal” with Sandra Bullock.
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“The Hangover” star Bradley Cooper, 36, was a year away from his first Oscar nomination for “Silver Linings Playbook” when he was selected in 2011.
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Channing Tatum, 32, capped his break-out hits “21 Jump Street” and “Magic Mike” in 2012 by claiming the Sexiest Man Alive crown.
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In 2013, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, 34, became the first music star to be named Sexiest Man Alive.
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“Thor” star Chris Hemsworth, then 31, wielded the sexiest hammer in 2014.
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Forty-year-old soccer star David Beckham became the first pro athlete chosen in 2015.
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Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson became only the second star of color to be given the title in 2016.
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Blake Shelton, the country star and longtime judge on “The Voice,” was named in 2017.
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Idris Elba, the British actor who rose to fame on TV series like “The Wire” and “Luther” and later in films like “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” and the “Thor” franchise, was selected in 2018.
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In 2019, multi-talented John Legend became only the fourth person of color to be named People’s Sexiest Man Alive, following in the footsteps of Denzel Washington, Dwayne Johnson, and Idris Elba.
Actor-Producer Michael B. Jordan was named People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2020. The “Creed” and “Black Panther” star follows Denzel Washington, Dwayne Johnson, Idris Elba and last year’s winner John Legend to become the fifth person of color to hold the title.
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Actor Paul Rudd, who’s starred in everything from “Clueless” to “Ant-Man” to “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” was named Sexiest Man Alive in 2021 at the age of 52.
Chris Evans, the former Marvel star who appeared in this year’s “Lightyear” and “The Gray Man,” was named Sexiest Man Alive at age 41.
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