Sexiest Man Alive 2012

All the Sexiest Man Alive Covers

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

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1991

Thanks to Ghost, Patrick Swayze went from bad boy dancer (in Dirty Dancing) to Hollywood leading man. As his costar, Demi Moore, said, "'He has a very sweet, gentle, kind heart, and those southern manners. But he's also got a very rugged, animalistic physique."