Sex symbol

A sex symbol is a celebrity of either sex, typically an actor, musician, supermodel, teen idol, or sports star, noted for being widely regarded as sexually attractive. The term was first used in the mid-1950s in relation to the popularity of certain film stars, including Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, and Raquel Welch.

Examples

1920s and before

  • Mary Astor
  • Josephine Baker
  • Theda Bara
  • Sarah Bernhardt
  • Louise Brooks
  • Lord Byron
  • Lina Cavalieri
  • Marlene Dietrich
  • Isadora Duncan
  • Greta Garbo
  • Mata Hari
  • Herman Melville
  • Alla Nazimova
  • Ramon Novarro
  • Mary Robinson
  • Lillian Russell
  • Norma Talmadge
  • Rudolph Valentino

    • 1930s

  • Joan Blondell
  • Clark Gable
  • Gary Cooper
  • Bette Davis
  • Errol Flynn
  • Jean Harlow
  • Olivia de Havilland
  • Vivien Leigh
  • Bela Lugosi
  • Joel McCrea
  • Anna Neagle
  • Laurence Olivier
  • Tyrone Power
  • William Powell
  • Robert Taylor
  • Mae West
  • Josh White
  • Anna May Wong
  • Fay Wray

    • 1940s

  • Ingrid Bergman
  • Kirk Douglas
  • Billy Eckstine
  • Ava Gardner
  • Paulette Goddard
  • Cary Grant
  • Judy Garland
  • Rita Hayworth
  • Lena Horne
  • Glynis Johns
  • Gene Kelly
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