John Krasinski was announced as the 2024 Sexiest Man Alive by the People magazine on the Late Show with Steven Colbert on Tuesday evening. People began the tradition of naming the sexiest men since 1985, with multiple actors taking home the title more than once.
Krasinski succeeds Patrick Dempsey who won the title in 2023. The first winner was Mel Gibson in 1985.
Before Dempsey, several actors and sportsmen have won the title including Chris Evans (2022), Paul Rudd (2021), Michael B Jordan (2020), John Legend (2019), Idris Elba (2018), Blake Shelton (2017), Dwayne Johnson (2016), David Beckham (2015), Chris Hemsworth (2014), Adam Levine (2013), Channing Tatum (2012), Bradley Cooper (2011) and Ryan Reynolds (2010).
Johnny Depp won the title in 2009 and 2003. Others winners in the 2000s include High Jackman (2008), Matt Damon (2007), George Clooney (2006), Matthew McConaughey (2005), Jude Law (2004), Ben Affleck (2002), Pierce Brosnan (2001) and Brad Pitt (2000).
For Clooney, who took home the title in 2006, it was not the first time. He had bagged it in 1997 too. Pitt too won it in 1995 before reclaiming it in 2000.
In 1993, People named the Sexiest Couple Alive for a change when they gave the award to Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford. Richard Gere won the title separately in 1999.
Other winners in the 1990s were Harrison Ford (1998), Denzel Washington (1996), Keanu Reeves (1994), Nick Nolte (1992), Patrick Swayze (1991) and Tom Cruise (1990).
In the 1980s, besides Gibson, Sean Connery clinched the title in 1989, John F Kennedy Jr in 1988, Harry Hamlin in 1987 and Mark Harmon in 1986.