All the Sexiest Man Alive Covers

Some are familiar faces (George! Brad!) and some are shockers (here's looking at you, Hugh!). Check out who's been named Sexiest through the years

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2008

The accent! The charm! And oh, that chest! Hugh Jackman was named PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive for the first time in 2008 – and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness agrees, calling his physique "the Body of Doom – but I like what's inside."