This is a subjective list of sex symbols, celebrities considered sexually attractive by the general audience.

Entries marked with a † indictate that the individual is or was underage in one or more nations or districts when he or she first achieved sex symbol status.

Female

• Christina Aguilera
• Pamela Anderson
• Ann-Margret
• Josephine Baker
• Theda Bara
• Brigitte Bardot
• Kim Basinger
• Clara Bow
• Louise Brooks
• Claudia Cardinale
• Mariah Carey
• Lynda Carter
• Laetitia Casta
• Helena Christensen
• Cindy Crawford
• Elisha Cuthbert
• Marlene Dietrich
• Mamie van Doren
• Carmen Electra
• Farrah Fawcett
• Samantha Fox
• Janina Frostell
• Betty Grable
• Vida Guerra
• Jean Harlow
• Rita Hayworth
• Paris Hilton
• Olivia Hussey^†
• Kathy Ireland
• Angelina Jolie
• Heidi Klum
• Anna Kournikova
• Hedy Lamarr
• Dorothy Lamour
• J. Lo
• Traci Lords^†
• Sophia Loren
• Madonna Ciccone
• Jayne Mansfield
• Virginia Mayo
• Jenny McCarthy
• Kylie Minogue
• Marilyn Monroe
• Evelyn Nesbit
• Bettie Page
• Britney Spears
• Sharon Stone
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Tina Turner
• Mamie Van Doren
• Dita Von Teese
• Raquel Welch
• Mae West
• Stacey Williams

Groups

• Spice Girls
• t.A.T.u.^†

Fictional

• Betty Boop
• Lara Croft
• Ĉon Flux
• Jessica Rabbit
• Red Hot Riding Hood, a Tex Avery cartoon character
• Female characters from Neon Genesis Evangelion^†
• Aki Ross

Male

• Ben Affleck
• Charles Atlas
• Alec Baldwin
• Humphrey Bogart
• Sean Connery
• Tom Cruise
• Matt Damon
• James Dean
• Johnny Depp
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Kirk Douglas
• Douglas Fairbanks
• Errol Flynn
• Mel Gibson
• Rock Hudson
• Enrique Iglesias
• Mick Jagger
• Tom Jones
• Jude Law
• Ricky Martin
• Luke Perry
• Brad Pitt
• Elvis Presley
• Keith Richards
• Axl Rose
• Justin Timberlake
• Mark Wahlberg

Groups

• Backstreet Boys
• The "Baldwin brothers": Alec, Daniel, Stephen, and William
• New Kids on the Block
• NSYNC (includes Justin Timberlake)

Fictional

• Male characters from Gundam Wing