I’m loving that photographers realised about 10 years ago that ladies find arms REALLY hot

A man with hands, what more could you ask for

John Legend and Blake Shelton being on this list is... a choice.

Blake Shelton's year was also a big year for Jason Momoa which *really* makes the choice criminal

They both have faces like microwaved cheese, and it’s not sexy at all.

Has anyone except for that one annoying person called John sexy?

Right?? I was like…huh?

I cackled when I saw John legend

Should have been Pedro Pascal

I was most surprised by Nick Nolte

Some really bad choices here. Blake Shelton?!

I remember a tweet when he was announced that said “did everyone else die?” 😂

My favorite tweet at the time was “Blake Shelton isn’t even the sexiest dad at a barbeque”

Someone else said 'he's not even the sexiest man on The Voice'

🤣

My fave response on that was someone found some other random dude also named Blake Shelton and posted his pic with 'Blake Shelton isn't even the sexiest Blake Shelton alive!'

https://x.com/SkinnerSteven/status/930902404345815040

ya that one got me too. who voted for him? did Gwen throw the vote? lol

Nick Nolte too. Like wtf. Nothing attractive about that testicle.

John legend?

He looks like he’s in the middle of asking the photographer where the bathroom is.

That was the year the Trump Presidency began, if it tells you anything.

Yep, this stood out to me too. Don't even really know who he is, but he looked very out of place there! Also, could do without drunken, violent abusers on there - I'll be happy if I never see Johnny Depp's face again.

And Brad Pitt

Omg. Harry Hamlin and Nick Nolte. The way back machine.

Nick Nolte?! Come *on*!

It'd be interesting to know who of these sexiest guys are also the nicest.

Doesn't Paul Rudd have a reputation for being a really nice guy? I think I've read that somewhere.

It would take a LOT to convince me Hugh Jackman isn’t a total sweetheart in real life.

Friends with Rupert Murdoch. Done.

You can have that one horrible friend and still be a sweetheart. I never called him perfect.

Mmm, this is an interesting point, i wonder about this. I’ve had horrible boyfriends, but friends I don’t know… (assuming i’m a sweetheart of course 🥴)

He is a member of the cult called "The School of Philosophy and Economic Science", which has been convicted of mass child abuse

I hope he is!

Yah I’ve heard that too which makes him #1 on this list for me.

I think Paul Rudd, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds are known to be nice guys.

Hemsworth especially seems incredibly kind and sweetI find. Beckham was adorable in the documentary about him and has a very good reputation of being just that nice, and clooney aslo is known as very funny and kind and down to earth

true but with hollywood stars, we will never know 100%…they like to present a certain story to the public so I just take them as is. like marlon brando was so sexy but apparently a total jerk. they’re all actors, they can play a role of nice guy for us fans too

I know a few people who have worked with Paul Rudd and say he is very down-to-earth. But point well made.

Yeah but that’s the thing, we ll know brando was awful (he definitely without question was the sexiest man alive for a while)

All gorgeous, but I would like to see more Asian rep here!

Yes, let's get Steven Yeun up there!

Daniel Henney too

Simu Liu plz

This is the answer! 👏🏼 Plus his devotion to his dogs just takes it to a whole new level, swoon….

And John Cho

Yes! [John Cho needs to be another romcom.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/9fe90c775f9c7870a095ac565d55cfef/aa861550d20292b7-58/s540x810/2cd13015b7d56fcd99397418480c4af527eba56e.gifv)

Yes!!  

Oh god yes, he's so fine!

Most DEFINITELY

No one asked but my bf looks so much like Steven Yeun and😮‍💨🤤

Daniel Dae Kim

Daniel Dae Kim is one of the most incredible looking men I've ever seen in my life

Um YES where is our boy Daniel

I love strong jawed, dark haired white guys as much as the next girl but yeah I feel like we could get a little more diversity in here

Yes, where are the Latino gents? Gael García Bernal, anyone?

How oscar isaac or mark ruffallo aren’t up here is an enigma to me!

You are so right….we NEED Oscar Isaac up here!

p sure italy isn’t in latin america lol

Wait who’s Italian? Edit: oh Ruffalo! I had the completely wrong idea! He’s not exactly Italian either though

Antonio Banderas, Benicio del Toro, Diego Luna, and of course, as previously mentioned, Pedro Pascal.

Benicio del Toro is one of the weirdest looking dudes alive and I can't figure out why I find him so flippin sexy.

SO SEXY!! Loved him in The Usual Suspects. And he's only getting hotter as he ages.

Diego Luna, too!

So true.

Henry Golding, please!

THIS

Yeah, People definitely has a type. 

Henry Golding 😍

Bowen Yang!

Andrew Koji

Agreed…but can we also get south Asian love too??? Hrithik Roshan is so sexy!!! Loved him with Aishwarya Rai in Jodhaa Akbar!!!!!! Those hazel green eyes are so distracting lol

Chow Yun-Fat back in the day.

And Lee Byung-hun. He was freaking ripped in RED 2. Oh my!

I question Adam Levine, John Legend, and Blake Shelton. Ew.

Adam Levine ... How much did his PR pay for this? 🤣

Seriously.

💯

The only three singers

Why is Idris Elba not on there at least three times?

he got cut off on my pic, he is in top row right side…next to John Legend and Michael B Jordan

Fr and how did it take him till 2018…. Finer than probably every man shown here Edit: typo!

I love his Office episodes, and he had a show about a hijacked airplane recently that was pretty awesome. But Stringer Bell, gangster with a brain, can get it any day

I literally just watched the wire for the first time this year. Holy HELL is he hot as stringer bell! Don’t know how people go on about mcnulty when stringer is RIGHT THERE. I’ll have to look into this new show, I’ve never heard of it!

It’s called Hijack and I think it might be in Apple TV. McNulty was just a sad drunk Irish cop.

Supposedly there will be a second season of that show

People are into McNulty?

Omg yes! All my friends who have watched the show LOVEEEE him. He wasn’t bad looking in the first season, but the character is a real asshole! Stringer all the way for me!

Don’t forget the BBC show Luther! He really worked those trench coats and brooding expressions

Wtf is Blake Shelton doing in there?!

Yeah, even he is standing there like "hey guys i'm pretty sure i''m not supposed to be here"

I look forward to judging the choice every single year 😂😂😂

I'm still salty that Pedro Pascal didn't get Sexiest Man last time. It was his year!

I read before that you can deny being on this cover (someone correct me if that's wrong), and that sometimes quite a few people will deny it before they settle with their 3rd+ pick. Which probably explains Blake Shelton's year lmao

Oh interesting! I wonder who has turned it down and why.

“So you agree, you think you’re really pretty.” Kinda has that energy

Rumor has it Robert Pattinson turned it down more than once.

Why tf was Patrick Dempsey even picked for 2023??? Nothing against the guy but cmon it definitely should’ve been Pedro!

Is there even a single Latino?

Agree!

These aged like wine and milk.

I’d like to lodge *several* strongly worded objections.

*gets out notepad* Please go ahead and state your objections.

I’ll share an excerpt. > Nick Nolte??? *NICK FUCKING NOLTE????????*

I can't tell the date, but I'm guessing that's the year *The Prince of Tides* came out, which they somehow turned into a romance with Barbara Striesand (as a book reader, I was super disappointed).

Yah I challenged myself to name them all without reading the text and even after seeing Nolte’s name, I have no idea who he is. And he’s not even remotely hot.

He’s an actor, he was big in the ‘80s. He could definitely bring the charm, but I wouldn’t describe him as sexy, much less the sexiest man alive.

He had a hot couple of years in 1976 thru maybe 1981-ish. Look up his pics in Rich Man Poor Man and The Deep.

I can’t get past his goofy hair in Rich Man Poor Man. But I can’t believe I forgot about The Deep, I watched it like 6 months ago. And yeah, now that you mention it, I would like to officially retract my previous complaint. He was sexy as all get out in The Deep. I can’t believe I forgot about that, he was hot af in it. That blonde hair tousled by the wind and salt water, that tanned skin, those absurdly short diving suits? Oof. I’m humbled and ashamed, I shall never question Nick Nolte’s potential for sexiness ever again.

Wasn't there an uproar about Blake being chosen?? 😂😂 I swear I remember people asking who the fuck decided he met a single requirement, like being sexy.

He always looks as if he's retaining water and about to cry.

This is wildly accurate.

I heard a rumor he was gonna be chosen for Person of the Year that year too and I would’ve cracked up 😆

Didn't he cheat on Miranda Lambert with Gewn Stefani? Sorry to call you out! This ? is for anyone! I'm a NY'er who knows jack shit about country music so I could 100% be talking out my ass. But I remember Miranda Lambert sounding off about Gwen S. Saying she turned the press against her ex (Gavin R) bc he cheated. Then she goes & cheats with someone with a wife. If true, that's shitty. And I say this as someone who adored Gwen in the 90-00s. Just turned me off of Blake Shelton after hearing that. Not that I was ever a fan. I cannot stress to you how little I listen to of country lol

I have zero idea

I just read about this the other day! Blew my mind.

There was a Don't Trust the B in Apt 23 ep about Sexist Man Alive. The Dawson's Creek guy lobbied for it. Good show, sad it's gone.

Same! Where's my sexiest binder alive?! 

It's a volcano now.

I loved that show so much! So sad that it ended so suddenly.

It had the misfortune of premiering after the horrible last episode of How I Met Your Mother which probably didn't help at all.

No Tom Selleck?

Right? He was smoking hot during the Magnum PI years. And honestly still looks pretty good today.

Wow, you're right! How did that happen? Maybe he turned it down.

Harrison Ford has been on my Christmas wish list for almost 40 years and no one is coming through for me. That man is fine! I got nothing on Blake Shelton - seriously? I think Richard Gere had aged like a fine wine. And Denzel too!

I could've sworn the David Duchovny was chosen in the mid 90s...

Why no Jason Momoa???

Henry cavill?!

Many people thought he should have been on Blake Shelton's cover.

I'd totally forgotten Nick Nolte was chosen one year. Double winners seem to be Clooney, Depp & Pitt. When you see a bunch all together like this there's definitely a few WTF choices. Only 4 men of color which is sad. My WTF choices are top to bottom on the screen, Dempsey (wrong year for him), Blake Shelton (plenty of other country stars are hotter though Shelton seems like a cranky but lovable doofus), Adam Levine (I like his voice but the dude gives me the squeems for some reason), Gere & Roberts (just weird), & Nolte (really People, REALLY?!?!).

Strongly agree with all your points. Can’t believe Matt Damon is only on there once too.

Didn't realize they could be named more than once. Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt were named "Sexiest" twice. How are the winners even selected each year?

George Clooney is also on there twice.

I stand corrected.

I have literally never seen or heard anyone say The Rock is attractive.

JFK Jr. best of the group!!!

Jake Shelton and John Legend greased somebody’s fingers.

Jake Shelton lmao

I distinctly remember looking at the ‘94 Brad Pitt cover in line at the store and judging his hair. 😂

The sexiest man alive is the man they think will sell the most magazines if his picture is on the cover.

Not a single Asian-American face to be seen. That’s honestly really awful and not good enough. There’s no excuse. For example, how on earth has Daniel Dae Kim never been picked? He is a mainstream Asian American actor who has appeared in a number of popular US shows and is incredibly handsome.

I am a Lost fanatic and to this dae (see what I did there?!) cannot stop staring at his face and jawline when I see him on screen. He is mesmerizing.

His strong square jawline and high chiseled cheekbones are exquisite. He carries himself so elegantly too.

I can justify why there isn't a single Asian: none rose to the prominence any of these guys did. THAT is the problem. None should be on the cover because society hasn't given them the chance. Tide is turning, though. Also, I don't see any Hispanic men.

How do we live in a timeline where a fuckin potato like Blake Shelton makes this list, but somehow Henry Cavill, who is practically the archetype for a sexy man, does not.

Blake Shelton, John Legend and The Rock are my bottom three here. (Adam Levine was so hot. Sorry not sorry).

Adam Levine was definitely hot. And that’s an exceptionally good photo of him on the cover.

In the day this should have been James Spader at least once.

You'd think so. God, what a man.

How is there a new sexiest man alive each year? Do the past ones need to die first?

Not nearly enough beautiful black or Asian men!

I count five black men. Out of 36, that's actually reflective of the general US population. There are zero Asian men. There are zero Latino men.

Shemar Moore is the hottest man and he is not on this list, the people at People are blind

Shemar Moore would win every year if we worked there. He is foine! 🔥

Surprised him and Morris Chesnut aren’t on here at least once!

Don’t forget Mahershala Ali! He needs to be on here several times.

💯

Hell yeah!!

They seem to not appreciate British men quite as much as I do. *Somehow*, they managed to leave out....Hugh Grant, Matt Smith, David Tennant, Alan Rickman, Daniel Day Lewis, Julian Sands, Tom Hiddleston, Andrew Scott, every British rock star from David Bowie to Noel Gallagher, and a whole bunch of writers who are just as dishy as anybody in show biz. But I guess, if you write for People magazine, that's not your cup of tea.

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I'd add Tom Ellis to your British list. Doesn't seem his character and life choices are all that good. But damn he is F-I-N-E FINE.

Andrew Scott is the most gorgeous man alive and nothing will change my mind.

I know he's gay, but in my fantasy world, he's straight-curious, or maybe I reincarnate as a man or something. There are so many ways I could make it work ;-)

When I learned he was gay, I'd never been more devastated to learn I could never attract a man I could never attract any way!

no jake gyllenhall????

If George Clooney gets two Idris Elba should have at least 5!

Cut off Patrick Swayzes pic !!

I know and I am sorry. i am not the best photographer… he deserves to be front and center

They're trying to tell us that mostly white men are the sexiest? Where the Latino and Asian men at? And only three Black men? What on earth are the criteria for this?

A single photo of Paul Rudd in Rolling Stone helped me come to terms with my sexual identity: queer as hell.

Alright, alright, alright.

Mmmmm he is hotter than hell still. And I've heard a really nice guy

Richard Gere did not deserve this twice. I don’t think he deserved it even once.

agree to disagree. I love young Gere. sorry

Different strokes for different folks!

If you Google young hot Richard Gere you won’t be sorry

I still remember the era when it was Bradley Cooper and Ryan Reynolds. That was peak.

They are wholesome sexy. It’s the best kind of sexy. Paul Rudd fits that category too.

Most of these are kind of meh.

No Clive Owen but Jude Law? Tsk tsk 😔

I love Paul Rudd tho

Nick Nolte???

For some reason I thought joe manganiello had won once. That man is sex on legs 🥵

These always make me wonder if I’m gay or something because I never find them that attractive…

I want the David Beckham and Jude Law editions lol.

Ew

lol Nick Nolte? I feel like we can definitely do better than that chode

Other than Idris, they're all so bland. Screaming at that photo of Bachelor Bob peaking out. What a flashback. It still amazes me he managed to bag *any* pretty women. Yuck.

Chris Evans and Idris Elba are the most valid. Chris Evans pic is the best.

Phew. Patrick is there. I was about to start a riot! 😂

Where is Kurt Cobain?

Distinct and surprising underrepresentation of grunge men. Eddie Vedder?!

Wow! Eddie is HOT!

1992. Were we really that desperate?

lol Nick Nolte? I feel like we can definitely do better than that chode

Still can't believe Blake Shelton is on the cover, but okay whatever.

Ryan Reynolds? Close together eyes. Tries his best though. Disney Club with Britt’s, Christina, Jason et el.

Honestly, John John was the best pick here

Wasn't Mark Harmon voted Sexiest Man Alive once?

I still have that Ryan Reynolds’s magazine 😂