# "Handsomest Man" Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 17, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466 "2003-06-17T14:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/21 "2003-06-17T18:28:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blonde \* > \*\*—Doubletake— > > A straight male who is admitting that he can tell whether another man is handsome or not?? > > Hell has officially frozen over. 😃 \*\* Get ready for another one… I’ve always thought Harrison Ford was a handsome dude. Happy ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/22 "2003-06-17T18:42:20Z")
Here’s a third straight male chiming in - I guess I am surprised that no one has mentioned **Pierce Brosnan** by this point… Other than that - Gregory Peck, Cary Grant and JFK, Jr. always seemed to be the one I most wanted to look like and most of my girlfriends wished I did look like… And also - funny that no one has mentioned **Brad Pitt** , who is normally held up as a “standard” for male attractives…not that I mind - I never particularly wanted to look like him… ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/23 "2003-06-17T18:49:18Z")
Hmm, yes - interesting, not too many young men on the list yet. Brad, Tom Cruise, etc. (not that they get my vote). I’ll start the cradle-robbing and go with a model named **Travis** …I don’t know his last name, but he’s got beautiful long blonde hair…yummy! Someone post a picture if you can find one. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/24 "2003-06-17T18:56:20Z")
I’ll third Bill Holden and nominate Frederic March. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/25 "2003-06-17T19:10:33Z")
Brad Pitt? Ugh. I have no idea why he’s considered so attractive. What a skanky male ho. OK, here are my serious votes: **Kurt Russell Kevin Sorbo Orlando Bloom (only as Legolas, oddly)** Probably others that I can’t think of at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Breezy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Breezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breezy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/26 "2003-06-17T19:14:49Z")
I can’t believe I didn’t think of Sean Connery. He is a VERY attractive man. I’ve had a crush on him since I was 5, and watched that “Little People” movie he was in about Lepruchans. He’s still hot, and my husband thinks I’m totally bizarre for saying so. But seriously, did everyone see the pics of James Franco? They just don’t come any hotter than that. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/27 "2003-06-17T19:15:18Z")
Paul Newman circa _Cool Hand Luke_. No question. ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/28 "2003-06-17T19:18:44Z")
I’ll see you Sean Connery and Harrison Ford, and raise you Jude Law. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/29 "2003-06-17T19:19:32Z")
I fourth William Holden. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/30 "2003-06-17T19:19:49Z")
See, I looked at him and thought, “scrawny little baby.” Not my type at all. ---
**Author:** ![Potter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Potter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potter)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/31 "2003-06-17T19:36:21Z")
[Ian Somerhalder](http://www.iansomerhalder.net/Star4full.jpg) [Freddie Ljungberg](http://www.zlatan.net/freddie/f108.jpg) And, yeah, Gregory Peck. They purty. ---
**Author:** ![Breezy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Breezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breezy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/32 "2003-06-17T19:37:58Z")
Yes, he is a tad skinny for some tastes, but so yummy. Enough of my James Franco obsession. haha I agree with the Jude Law one, he is quite the hottie too. ---
**Author:** ![Breezy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Breezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breezy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/33 "2003-06-17T19:44:08Z")
By the way, **Eve** , did you see the TV movie about James Dean that starred James Franco? I think I have a pic somewere: [Here it is.](http://www.james-franco.org/pictures/magazines/girlfriend/girlfriend-01.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/34 "2003-06-17T19:49:09Z")
Feh, James Dean’s not my type either. Pouty little boys, who’d blow away in a strong wind. Now, Gregory Peck and Errol Flynn were _men_. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/35 "2003-06-17T19:49:47Z")
I’ve posted before of how I feel for George Clooney in Ocean’s 11. ---
**Author:** ![mrunlucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mrunlucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrunlucky)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/36 "2003-06-17T19:54:22Z")
I used to adore Errol Flynn. Then I discovered James Dean. And then James Franco. And then James Franco as James Dean in that made-for-TV movie! I also vote for James Franciscus. Check out the tight pants in Valley of Gwangi! Any man that can wrangle a dinosaur is alright with me. And Colin Farrell, even though the eyebrows could use some work. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/37 "2003-06-17T20:13:06Z")
James Remar! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/38 "2003-06-17T20:24:17Z")
I’ve still got it for Brad Pitt. He’s got that boyish grin that just turns me inside out! ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/39 "2003-06-17T20:24:19Z")
I third, fourth, and fifth Harrison Ford, and would like to raise Ewan McGregar and Mark Hamill. What can I say, I’m a Star Wars geek. ::shrug:: ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/40 "2003-06-17T20:33:27Z")
Personally, I don’t think of young men as handsome. Sean Connery is handsome; Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp, for example, are pretty, or hot, or cute, but not handsome. And **Blonde** , you’re probably thinking of Travis Fimmel, the CK underwear (among other things) model. He has an Australian accent to boot. And yes, he’s [definitely](http://www.davidtoc.com/ck/ckad.cfm?Ad_ID=23) [gorgeous](http://www.davidtoc.com/ck/ckad.cfm?Ad_ID=16). Such a very[pretty](http://www.davidtoc.com/ck/ckad.cfm?Ad_ID=17) boy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466.md?page=3)