With the 2025 announcement from People Magazine right around the corner, let’s remember the only Mainer to ever hold that title.
NBC announced that Jimmy Fallon will reveal and interview this year’s Sexiest Man Alive on The Tonight Show next Monday, November 3rd, a role he’s taken on before when the show introduced Idris Elba as the 2018 honoree.
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On November 7th, 2023, Patrick Dempsey was named People magazine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ at age 57, with the announcement made on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
Best known for playing Dr. Derek ‘McDreamy’ Shepherd on Grey’s Anatomy, the Lewiston native said he was glad to receive the honor at this stage in his life.
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Dempsey said he was shocked and laughed when he first learned he was named People’s Sexiest Man Alive, joking that he’s ‘always been the bridesmaid.’
He was excited to be able to use this recognition as a platform to support causes close to him like The Dempsey Center, while also focusing on family and his love of race-car driving.
And there you have it! With this year’s People Magazine announcement for Sexiest Man Alive just days away, remember—a Mainer has won it before.
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