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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1990

Thanks to a string of hits like Top Gun, Risky Business, Rain Main, Cocktail and All the Right Moves, Tom Cruise was box-office gold – and the Sexiest Man Alive. But it wasn't his smile, or his well-toned chest, that Rain Man costar Valeria Golino said was his biggest asset. It was "his eyes. Not their color. His regard – the way he looks with them. They're very alive."