--- title: Sexiest Man Alive Chris Hemsworth: Historical Photos of Sexy Guys description: In honor of the Sexiest Man Alive news, here are some more of the "sexiest" men of all time canonical: https://time.com/3586321/sexiest-men-history-photos/ author: Lily Rothman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-19T05:41:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:03.368Z article:section: History og:title: Sexiest Man Alive Chris Hemsworth: Historical Photos of Sexy Guys og:description: In honor of the Sexiest Man Alive news, here are some more of the "sexiest" men of all time og:url: https://time.com/3586321/sexiest-men-history-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a936bd1a82344de/698768dbcd1bba11ae6f3891/warren-b.jpeg?branch=production&width=765&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 765 og:image:height: 430 og:image:alt: WARREN BEATTY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sexiest Man Alive Chris Hemsworth: Historical Photos of Sexy Guys twitter:description: In honor of the Sexiest Man Alive news, here are some more of the "sexiest" men of all time twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a936bd1a82344de/698768dbcd1bba11ae6f3891/warren-b.jpeg?branch=production&width=765&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # TIME's 'Sexiest' Men Alive (and Dead) > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Nov 19, 2014 5:41 AM UTC  Warren Beatty in 1961"Scoring minor successes on television (Studio One, Playhouse 90), he eventually won a screen test with Director Joshua Logan, who asked him to demonstrate his kissing talents, using Actress Jane Fonda as a prop. Beatty fastened himself to her like a hyperthyroid lamprey, ignoring cries of "Cut!" "Stop!" and "That's enough, that's enough!" winning Logan's unqualified admiration. 'This boy,' says Logan, 'is the sexiest thing around.'" - TIME, Sept. 1,1961 Warren Beatty in 1961"Scoring minor successes on television (Studio One, Playhouse 90), he eventually won a screen test with Director Joshua Logan, who asked him to demonstrate his kissing talents, using Actress Jane Fonda as a prop. Beatty fastened himself to her like a hyperthyroid lamprey, ignoring cries of "Cut!" "Stop!" and "That's enough, that's enough!" winning Logan's unqualified admiration. 'This boy,' says Logan, 'is the sexiest thing around.'" - TIME, Sept. 1,1961 AP Images  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Nov 19, 2014 5:41 AM UTC So Chris Hemsworth is PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive. PEOPLE has been making this pronouncement since 1985, but sexy men were around long before that — so, to celebrate our sister publication’s announcement, we’ve rounded up some of the men dubbed “sexiest” something-or-other by someone-or-other throughout TIME’s history. Click on “MORE” in the gallery captions to find out how each guy made the list.  Dale Robertson on 'Tales of Wells Fargo' in 1960."As an actor, Robertson can hardly say heck with his hands tied, but he is probably the best horseman in television, and his shy. Sunday-go-to-meetin' smile provokes what an agent describes as 'the sexiest mail in Hollywood.'"-TIME, Mar. 30, 1959 L. J. Willinger—Getty Images  Warren Beatty in 1961"Scoring minor successes on television (Studio One, Playhouse 90), he eventually won a screen test with Director Joshua Logan, who asked him to demonstrate his kissing talents, using Actress Jane Fonda as a prop. Beatty fastened himself to her like a hyperthyroid lamprey, ignoring cries of "Cut!" "Stop!" and "That's enough, that's enough!" winning Logan's unqualified admiration. 'This boy,' says Logan, 'is the sexiest thing around.'" - TIME, Sept. 1,1961 AP Images  Bonus! Beatty on the cover of TIME on July 3, 1978  Rock Hudson, circa 1959."Next morning, leering happily as he watches the old biddy leave, Rock slips into his sexiest robe..."-TIME, Sept. 15, 1961 Ray Fisher—The LIFE Images Collection/Getty  New York City Mayor John Lindsay in 1971"Part of his fascination is that he is almost preternaturally handsome and photogenic —the London Daily Sketch in a recent effusion called him "the sexiest man in the world"—and formidably charming as a campaigner." - TIME, Aug. 23, 1971 Underwood Archives / Getty Images  Bonus! A young John Lindsay on the cover of TIME on Nov. 12, 1965 TIME  Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley in 1976"Recently Oakland Tribune Columnist Marcy Bachmann selected Finley as one of her "20 Sexiest Men in the Eastbay." The Oakland clubhouse rattled with laughter the day that story came out—and so did Finley when he heard about it." - TIME, Aug. 18, 1975 AP Images  Joe Namath in 1977"By showing pictures of 50 or so men to females in several Ohio shopping malls, Pro Arts Inc. discovered that Pro Quarterback Joe Namath was considered by women the sexiest male of the lot (other high scorers included Robert Redford and Jimmy Carter)." - TIME, July 25, 1977 AP Images  Bonus! Joe Namath on the cover of TIME on Oct. 16, 1972  Eddie Murphy in1982"Richard Avedon has photographed Eddie for the cover of Rolling Stone; in its September issue, Playgirl will proclaim him one of the ten sexiest men in America; he has thunderstormed his family and friends with costly gifts." - TIME, July 11, 1983 Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3586321/sexiest-men-history-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3586321/sexiest-men-history-photos/"},"headline":"TIME's 'Sexiest' Men Alive (and Dead)","datePublished":"2014-11-19T05:41:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:03.368Z","description":"In honor of PEOPLE crowning a new Sexiest Man Alive, here are TIME's \"sexiest\" men past and present","url":"https://time.com/3586321/sexiest-men-history-photos/","keywords":["celebrities","photography","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a936bd1a82344de/698768dbcd1bba11ae6f3891/warren-b.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a936bd1a82344de/698768dbcd1bba11ae6f3891/warren-b.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"WARREN BEATTY","caption":"WARREN BEATTY","creditText":"AP Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3586321/sexiest-men-history-photos/","name":"TIME's 'Sexiest' Men Alive (and Dead)"}}]}] ```