Redigerer Sexsymbol (avsnitt)

== Musikk ==
Musikere, hovedsakelig innenfor populærmusikk som popstjerner og rockestjerner, var blant de første som ble betraktet som sexsymboler. En del av de mest kjente er blant andre [[Elvis Presley]], medlemmene av [[The Beatles]] og [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Jim Morrison]], [[Sid Vicious]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[David Bowie]], [[Debbie Harry]], [[Sting]], [[Prince (artist)|Prince]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[Kenny Chesney]], [[Billy Idol]], [[Janet Jackson]], [[Mariah Carey]], [[Madonna (artist)|Madonna]], [[Rihanna]], [[Beyoncé Knowles]], [[Steven Tyler]],<ref>Laura: «Jon Bon Jovi», side 73. Citadel Press, 2004</ref><ref>Awarded Sexiest Rock Star by People magazine for 2000, 2002 og 2003</ref> [[Britney Spears]], [[Cher (artist)|Cher]], [[Justin Timberlake]], [[Shakira]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Christina Aguilera]] o.a.

=== Modeller ===
Mange modeller og supermodeller er godt nok kjent til at mange av dem blir betraktet som sexsymboler. En del av dagens sexsymboler som har blitt kjent som modeller er blant andre [[Cindy Crawford]], [[Claudia Schiffer]], [[Elle Macpherson]], [[Naomi Campbell]], [[Linda Evangelista]], [[Gisele Bündchen]],<ref name="victorias_secret_tour">{{Kilde www |url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2004/11/16/1116angels.html |tittel=PalmBeachPost.com: Victoria's secret Angels Across America Tour |besøksdato=2010-07-24 |arkiv-dato=2004-11-25 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041125093036/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2004/11/16/1116angels.html |url-status=død }}</ref><ref name="FHM 100 Sexiest Women in The World 2007 List">[http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=131905 FHM 100 Sexiest Women in The World 2007 List - Shoryuken] {{Wayback|url=http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=131905 |date=20090112212400 }}</ref> [[Ana Beatriz Barros]], [[Adriana Lima]],<ref name="victorias_secret_tour" /> [[Alessandra Ambrosio]],<ref name="victorias_secret_tour" /> og [[Heidi Klum]].<ref name="victorias_secret_tour" />

=== Tegneserier ===
[[1930-tallet]]s tegneseriefigur [[Betty Boop]] er kjent som første og en av de mest berømte sexfigurer innenfor tegnefilm.<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/betty_boop_boop_oop_a_doop/ Betty Boop - Boop Oop a Doop (1986)] fra nettstedet ''Rotten Tomatoes''</ref><ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9504E1DF1238F93AA25752C0A96E958260 Video World Is Smitten by a Gun-Toting, Tomb-Raiding Sex Symbol] fra ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> Etter Betty Boop er det kanskje først og fremst figuren Jessica Rabbit, som [[Kathleen Turner]] ga stemme til i tegnefilmen ''[[Hvem lurte Roger Rabbit?]]'', som er betraktet som det neste store animerte sexsymbolet.

=== Skuespillere ===
[[Film]]- og [[fjernsyn]]sindustrien har historisk sett spilt en betydelig rolle i å skape og opprettholde forestillingene om sexsymboler. Følgende liste er en del eksempler på sexsymboler som fikk sin status ved at de ble eksponert på film.

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====1920-tallet og før ====
*[[Lillian Russell]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Lillian Russell: A Biography of America's Beauty|first=Arnold|last=Fields|publisher=McFarland|year=2008|ISBN=978-0786438686|page=215}}</ref>
*[[Pola Negri]]
*[[Asta Nielsen]]
*[[Ramon Novarro]]
*[[Clara Bow]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The 1920's|url=https://archive.org/details/1920s0000drow|first=Kathleen Morgan|last=Drowne|coauthor=Patrick Huber|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2004|ISBN=0313320136|page=[https://archive.org/details/1920s0000drow/page/237 237]}}</ref>
*[[Theda Bara]]<ref name="Mix">Mix, Deborah M. (2000) "Sex Symbol" ''In'' Pendergast, Tom (editor) (2000) ''St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture: Volume 4: P - T'' St. James Press, Detroit, Michigan, ISBN 1-55862-404-X</ref>
*[[John Barrymore]]
*[[Alla Nazimova]]
*[[Douglas Fairbanks]]
*[[Mata Hari]]
*[[Mae Murray]]
*[[Nita Naldi]]
*[[Evelyn Nesbit]]
*[[Gloria Swanson]]
*[[Rudolph Valentino]]
*[[Rudy Vallee]]
*[[Lya de Putti]]
*[[Valeska Suratt]]
*[[Louise Brooks]]
*[[Myrna Loy]]
*[[Joan Crawford]]

====1930-tallet ====
*[[Marlene Dietrich]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Marlene Dietrich, 90, Symbol of Glamour, Dies|first=Peter B.|last=Flint|newspaper=New York Times|date=7. mai 1992|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/07/us/marlene-dietrich-90-symbol-of-glamour-dies.html?pagewanted=1}}</ref> 
*[[Jean Harlow]]
*[[Bette Davis]]
*[[Joan Crawford]]
*[[Mae West]]
*[[Errol Flynn]]
*[[Anna May Wong]]
*[[Clark Gable]]
*[[Greta Garbo]]
*[[Cary Grant]]
*[[Tallulah Bankhead]]
*[[Dolores del Rio]]
*[[Charles Boyer]]
*[[Robert Taylor (skuespiller)|Robert Taylor]]
*[[Alice Faye]]
*[[Vivien Leigh]]
*[[Fay Wray]]
*[[Maurice Chevalier]]
*[[Claudette Colbert]]
*[[Bing Crosby]]
*[[Ginger Rogers]]

====1940-tallet ====
*[[Rita Hayworth]]
*[[Veronica Lake]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Porter|first=Darwin|title=Howard Hughes: Hell's Angel|url=https://archive.org/details/howardhugheshell00darw|publisher=Blood Moon Productions Ltd.|date=2005|pages=[https://archive.org/details/howardhugheshell00darw/page/n568 639]|isbn=0-974-81181-5}}</ref> 
*[[Ava Gardner]]
*[[Carmen Miranda]]
*[[Betty Grable]]
*[[Ann Sheridan]]
*[[Olivia de Havilland]]
*[[Cary Grant]]
*[[Judy Garland]]
*[[Hedy Lamarr]]
*[[Lana Turner]]
*[[Tyrone Power]]
*[[Maria Felix]]
*[[Frank Sinatra]]
*[[Burt Lancaster]]
*[[Gregory Peck]]
*[[Gene Tierney]]
*[[Jane Russell]]
*[[Lena Horne]]
*[[Lauren Bacall]]

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==== 1950-tallet ====
*[[Elvis Presley]]
*[[Marilyn Monroe]]
*[[Bettie Page]] 
*[[Gina Lollobrigida]]
*[[Sophia Loren]]
*[[Jayne Mansfield]]
*[[Marlon Brando]]
*[[Grace Kelly]]
*[[James Dean]]
*[[Rock Hudson]]
*[[Mamie Van Doren]]
*[[Susan Hayward]]
*[[Sara Montiel]]
*[[Diana Dors]]
*[[Audrey Hepburn]]
*[[Tony Curtis]]
*[[Kim Novak]]
*[[Dorothy Dandridge]]

====1960-tallet ====
*[[Paul McCartney]]
*[[John Lennon]]
*[[Elizabeth Taylor]]
*[[Ann-Margret]]
*[[Ursula Andress]]
*[[Brian Jones]]
*[[Raquel Welch]]
*[[Jane Fonda]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Biond|first=Chris|title=Fpnda memories and the changing face of the sex symbol|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Fonda-memories-and-the-changing.3608012.jp|accessdate=3. mars 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Catherine Deneuve]]
*[[Julie Christie]]
*[[Paul Newman]]
*[[Brigitte Bardot]]
*[[Robert Redford]]
*[[Clint Eastwood]]
*[[Sean Connery]]
*[[Warren Beatty]]
*[[Claudia Cardinale]]
*[[Jimi Hendrix]]
*[[Virna Lisi]]
*[[Natalie Wood]]
*[[Uschi Obermaier]]
*[[Mick Jagger]]
*[[Jim Morrison]]
*[[Edie Sedgwick]]

====1970-tallet ====
*[[John Travolta]]
*[[Farrah Fawcett]]
*[[Diana Ross]]
*[[Faye Dunaway]]
*[[Pam Grier]]
*[[David Cassidy]]
*[[Steve McQueen]]
*[[Ali MacGraw]]
*[[Ryan O'Neal]]
*[[Burt Reynolds]]
*[[Jon Voight]]
*[[Charlotte Rampling]]
*[[Goldie Hawn]]
*[[Lee Majors]]
*[[Catherine Bach]]
*[[Kris Kristofferson]]
*[[Candice Bergen]]
*[[Lynda Carter]]
*[[Sam Elliott]]
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====1980-tallet ====
*[[Kim Basinger]]
*[[Christie Brinkley]]
*[[Brooke Shields]]
*[[Kathleen Turner]] 
*[[Harrison Ford]]
*[[Daryl Hannah]]
*[[Mickey Rourke]]
*[[Patrick Swayze]]
*[[Val Kilmer]]
*[[Tom Cruise]]
*[[Isabelle Adjani]]
*[[Madonna (artist)|Madonna]]
*[[Michael Jackson]]
*[[Mel Gibson]]
*[[Jon Bon Jovi]]
*[[Melanie Griffith]]
*[[Don Johnson]]
*[[Sting]]
*[[Rob Lowe]]
*[[Kevin Bacon]]
*[[Nastassja Kinski]]
*[[Michelle Pfeiffer]]
*[[Tom Selleck]]
*[[Michael Douglas]]
*[[Kevin Costner]]
*[[Richard Gere]]
*[[Meg Ryan]]
*[[Heather Locklear]]
*[[Prince (artist)|Prince]]
*[[Bruce Willis]]

====1990-tallet ====
*[[Sharon Stone]]
*[[Leonardo DiCaprio]]
*[[Pamela Anderson]]
*[[Cindy Crawford]]
*[[Johnny Depp]]<ref name="independent.ie">[http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/so-just-who-was-it-for-you-last-night-1055246.html So just who was it for you last night?] ''Irish Independent'', publisert 8. oktober 2007</ref>
*[[Brad Pitt]]
*[[Demi Moore]]
*[[Julia Roberts]]
*[[Keanu Reeves]]
*[[Uma Thurman]]
*[[Gillian Anderson]]<ref>[http://www.gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/96_97/96fhmsup.shtml 100 sexiest women of the year!]</ref>
*[[David Duchovny]]
*[[Jennifer Aniston]]
*[[Naomi Campbell]]
*[[Axl Rose]]
*[[Mariah Carey]]
*[[Juliette Binoche]]
*[[Ricky Martin]]
*[[Linda Fiorentino]]
*[[Denzel Washington]]
*[[Sandra Bullock]]
*[[Antonio Banderas]]
*[[Salma Hayek]]
*[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]
*[[Nicole Kidman]]
*[[Cameron Diaz]]
*[[Vanessa L. Williams]]
*[[Mark Wahlberg]]
*[[Tyra Banks]]
*[[Lenny Kravitz]]
*[[George Clooney]]
*[[Enrique Iglesias]]

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====2000-tallet====
*[[Angelina Jolie]]
*[[Megan Fox]]
*[[Robbie Williams]]
*[[Jennifer Lopez]]
*[[Orlando Bloom]]
*[[Beyonce Knowles]]
*[[Hugh Jackman]]
*[[Charlize Theron]]
*[[Halle Berry]]
*[[Natalie Portman]]
*[[Gisele Bündchen]]
*[[Eva Longoria]]
*[[Scarlett Johansson]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article5369980.ece | work=The Times | location=London | title=Scarlett Johansson the reluctant sex symbol | first=Martyn | last=Palmer | date=27. desember 2008| accessdate=5. mai 2010}}</ref>
*[[Gerard Butler]]
*[[Monica Bellucci]]
*[[Taylor Lautner]]
*[[Josh Holloway]]
*[[Katy Perry]]
*[[Usher]]
*[[Keira Knightley]]
*[[Penelope Cruz]]
*[[Robert Pattinson]]
*[[Eva Green]] 
*[[Jessica Alba]]
*[[Kate Beckinsale]]
*[[Jude Law]]
*[[Justin Timberlake]]
*[[Ashton Kutcher]]
*[[Jake Gyllenhaal]]
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