<P> Dates of magazine issues, winners, ages of winners at the time of selection, and pertinent comments are listed below . </P> <P> As of 2016, John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Patrick Swayze are the only winners to have died since winning . Kennedy, Adam Levine, David Beckham and Blake Shelton are the only non-actors to have won the award . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Choice </Th> <Th> Age </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001985 - 02 - 04 - 0000 February 4, 1985 </Td> <Td> Mel Gibson </Td> <Td> 29 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001986 - 01 - 27 - 0000 January 27, 1986 </Td> <Td> Mark Harmon </Td> <Td> 34 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001987 - 03 - 30 - 0000 March 30, 1987 </Td> <Td> Harry Hamlin </Td> <Td> 35 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001988 - 09 - 12 - 0000 September 12, 1988 </Td> <Td> John F. Kennedy, Jr . </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001989 - 12 - 16 - 0000 December 16, 1989 </Td> <Td> Sean Connery </Td> <Td> 59 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001990 - 07 - 23 - 0000 July 23, 1990 </Td> <Td> Tom Cruise </Td> <Td> 28 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001991 - 07 - 22 - 0000 July 22, 1991 </Td> <Td> Patrick Swayze </Td> <Td> 38 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001992 - 03 - 16 - 0000 March 16, 1992 </Td> <Td> Nick Nolte </Td> <Td> 51 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001993 - 10 - 19 - 0000 October 19, 1993 </Td> <Td> Richard Gere (1) and Cindy Crawford (Sexiest Couple Alive) </Td> <Td> 44 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (awarded on 000000002015 - 11 - 18 - 0000 November 18, 2015) </Td> <Td> Keanu Reeves </Td> <Td> 30 (at the time) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001995 - 01 - 30 - 0000 January 30, 1995 </Td> <Td> Brad Pitt (1) </Td> <Td> 31 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001996 - 07 - 29 - 0000 July 29, 1996 </Td> <Td> Denzel Washington </Td> <Td> 41 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001997 - 11 - 17 - 0000 November 17, 1997 </Td> <Td> George Clooney (1) </Td> <Td> 36 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001998 - 11 - 16 - 0000 November 16, 1998 </Td> <Td> Harrison Ford </Td> <Td> 56 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001999 - 11 - 15 - 0000 November 15, 1999 </Td> <Td> Richard Gere (2) </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002000 - 11 - 13 - 0000 November 13, 2000 </Td> <Td> Brad Pitt (2) </Td> <Td> 36 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002001 - 11 - 26 - 0000 November 26, 2001 </Td> <Td> Pierce Brosnan </Td> <Td> 48 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002002 - 12 - 02 - 0000 December 2, 2002 </Td> <Td> Ben Affleck </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002003 - 12 - 01 - 0000 December 1, 2003 </Td> <Td> Johnny Depp (1) </Td> <Td> 40 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002004 - 11 - 29 - 0000 November 29, 2004 </Td> <Td> Jude Law </Td> <Td> 31 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002005 - 11 - 28 - 0000 November 28, 2005 </Td> <Td> Matthew McConaughey </Td> <Td> 36 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002006 - 11 - 27 - 0000 November 27, 2006 </Td> <Td> George Clooney (2) </Td> <Td> 45 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002007 - 11 - 26 - 0000 November 26, 2007 </Td> <Td> Matt Damon </Td> <Td> 37 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002008 - 11 - 25 - 0000 November 25, 2008 </Td> <Td> Hugh Jackman </Td> <Td> 40 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002009 - 11 - 18 - 0000 November 18, 2009 </Td> <Td> Johnny Depp (2) </Td> <Td> 46 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002010 - 11 - 17 - 0000 November 17, 2010 </Td> <Td> Ryan Reynolds </Td> <Td> 34 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002011 - 11 - 16 - 0000 November 16, 2011 </Td> <Td> Bradley Cooper </Td> <Td> 36 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002012 - 11 - 14 - 0000 November 14, 2012 </Td> <Td> Channing Tatum </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002013 - 11 - 19 - 0000 November 19, 2013 </Td> <Td> Adam Levine </Td> <Td> 34 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002014 - 11 - 19 - 0000 November 19, 2014 </Td> <Td> Chris Hemsworth </Td> <Td> 31 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002015 - 11 - 17 - 0000 November 17, 2015 </Td> <Td> David Beckham </Td> <Td> 40 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002016 - 11 - 15 - 0000 November 15, 2016 </Td> <Td> Dwayne Johnson </Td> <Td> 44 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002017 - 11 - 27 - 0000 November 27, 2017 </Td> <Td> Blake Shelton </Td> <Td> 41 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Choice </Th> <Th> Age </Th> </Tr>

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