That Pamela Anderson has appeared on the cover of Playboy more times than any other woman in history means one thing, she's beyond sexy. Famously discovered after appearing on the big screen at a sports stadium, Anderson became an international star running around a lot in a swimsuit in the Baywatch TV series. Her perfect barbie doll figure has since appeared in numerous films, making her the benchmark of beauty in the new millennium.

Best known for his delectable classically trained voice Patrick Stewart began his acting career treading the boards with the Royal Shakespeare Company. However it was only once this balding beauty donned the captains uniform, as the quietly commanding Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation that he rose to international fame and sex symbol status. One of the older recipients of the 'sexiest man on television' accolade Stewart has also bestowed his sophisticated charm on to the big screen in several Star Trek movies and more recently in X-men and X-Men 2.

The man with the most famous blue eyes in Hollywood history, Paul Newman was one of the biggest sex symbols of the 1960s. After attending New York's famous Actors Studio, Newman went on to appear in movies like The Hustler (1961), The Hud (1963), Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969). The basis of his sex appeal can be seen in the stubborn intensity Newman brings to any character he plays. After being ignored by The Academy for years, they do seem to hate good looking actors; he was finally rewarded with an Oscar for his fine performance in The Color Of Money (1986).

Taking his wholesome good looks from his mother, Wills is a strapping lad, though perhaps not an obvious choice for inclusion in a sex symbol poll. But throw in the fact that he happens to be heir to the throne, and that one day his bride will be queen, and Prince Wills becomes very sexy indeed. Long-term relationships with university flatmate Kate Middleton and Jessica Craig, the daughter of a wealthy Kenyan conservationist, haven't hurt his sex symbol credentials Wills is no cad, he's the perfect gentleman.