No modern footballer has risen to such celebrated status as David Beckham. Worshipped by football fans and desired by women globally, he has been deified on television, in art (remember the photos of him sleeping) and even carved into gold alongside Buddha. At his peak, he was the man who had it all, his footballing brilliance carried England to the 2002 World Cup, he was happily married to a famous popstar and his iconic beauty made him one of the most attractive men on the planet (to both women and sponsors). The tabloids have recently tried to take the shine off the man Victoria calls "golden balls", but England should never forget that game against Greece. When his team mates had long given up Beckham played them on his own, eventually winning, and then scoring, the free kick that took us to Japan. The way David Beckham bends the ball really is one of the sexiest things in football.

This Partridge Family TV show star was a heart throb for a whole generation of teenage girls. At the peak of the show's success David Cassidy was the highest paid entertainer on television and his fan club was bigger than Elvis Presley's. However, as with many young stars, Cassidy found it impossible to escape his on screen persona, no matter how hard he tried. Even posing naked for Rolling Stone magazine couldn't break the curse of The Partridge Family.

The man who made dressing up as a woman sexy, David Walliams, along with his comedy partner Matt Lucas, has become one of the most famous faces in the UK thanks to Little Britain. Walliams' ambiguous sexuality, he camps it up, dresses up, yet the tabloid tales indicate just how much he like the ladies, only adds to his attractiveness. He famously scooped Best Comedy Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards in 2003, despite the fact that he'd been working with Lucas within the scene for nearly 10 years.

Possibly the sexiest rock-chick ever, Debbie Harry had worked as a Playboy Bunny and sang in a band called Wind In The Willows before she met Chris Stein in 1973. The two fell in love and created the band Blondie, which would go on to become one of the most successful bands of the 70s and 80s. Her wild lifestyle, seductive vocals, crazy personality and impossible blonde beauty made her the ultimate front woman and the fantasy of fans across the world. Still sexy.

Denzel Washington has been one of the sexiest men in Hollywood for nearly 3 decades now. After working in film and TV for much of the 80s, Washington hit the big time after winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the historical epic Glory (1989). Since then, Denzel's powerful presence has been felt in films like Malcolm X (1992), Philadelphia (1993) and Crimson Tide (1995). He's so sexy that he even managed to seduce Angelina Jolie whilst crippled in the film The Bone Collector (1999). Hollywood still wouldn't let him kiss Julia Roberts in The Pelican Brief (1993) though, but we bet she wanted to.

The women of Wisteria Lane are desperate, and the whole world found it sexy. There's been a lot of debate about the various plot lines in Desperate Housewives, but the real argument is all about which of its female inhabitants is the sexiest. Is it to kooky Terri Hatcher, the stressed out Felicity Huffman, the kinky Marcia Cross, the over exposed Eva Longoria or the blonde seductress Nicollette Sheridan? They're all pretty hot, but together they make for one of the sexiest shows on television.

Diana Dors was adored by the British public. A star of the silver screen for nearly forty years, the woman once dubbed the 'English Marilyn Monroe' was a larger than life character that seemed to have it all - fame, riches, beauty. Dors' image has endured since her death in 1984, in part because of the fact she hid 2m pounds away in bank accounts, with a code for her son to use to track down the money.

The sex symbol of the older lady, Donny Osmand found fame after his brothers were discovered at Disneyland by Walt Disney. After they performed on various TV shows, Donny joined the Osmands at the age of six, and became a heartthrob to girls across the world. His wide-eyed innocent looks melted hearts with songs like Puppy Love, Go Away Little Girl and Crazy Horses. As his obsessive fans have aged, Donny has moved out of the pop world and into Broadway and television. He'll score high!