People's Sexiest Man Alive

Since 1985, People magazine has crowned an annual "Sexiest Man Alive," similar to Time magazine's "Person of the Year" (but sexier). Since 1997, the recipient has been named in November or the first two days of December. The title is the counterpart of the "Most Beautiful Person" issue released each spring, which usually features a woman.

The full list of winners is:

• 1985: Mel Gibson, age 29
• 1986: Mark Harmon, 34
• 1987: Harry Hamlin, 35
• 1988: John F. Kennedy, Jr., 27
• 1989: Sean Connery, 59
• 1990: Tom Cruise, 28
• 1991: Patrick Swayze, 38
• 1992: Nick Nolte, 51
• 1993: Richard Gere, 44 with Cindy Crawford
• 1994: none named
• 1995: Brad Pitt, 31
• 1996: Denzel Washington, 41
• 1997: George Clooney, 36
• 1998: Harrison Ford, 56
• 1999: Richard Gere, 50
• 2000: Brad Pitt, 36
• 2001: Pierce Brosnan, 48
• 2002: Ben Affleck, 30
• 2003: Johnny Depp, 40
• 2004: Jude Law, 31
• 2005: Matthew McConaughey, 36
• 2006: George Clooney, 45
• 2007: Matt Damon, 37
• 2008: Hugh Jackman, 40
• 2009: Johnny Depp, 46
• 2010: Ryan Reynolds, 34
• 2011: Bradley Cooper, 36
• 2012: Channing Tatum, 32
• 2013: Adam Levine, 34
• 2014: Chris Hemsworth, 31
• 2015: David Beckham, 40
• 2016: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, 44
• 2017: Blake Shelton, 41
• 2018: Idris Elba, 46
• 2019: John Legend, 40
• 2020: Michael B. Jordan, 33 -- profile needed
• 2021: Paul Rudd, 52
• 2022: Chris Evans, 41