Maxim's 50 Greatest Guys of the 20th Century

Historical Heroes

Representations: Elvis Presley represents 'Fat Elvis' (1) Jimi Hendrix, John Bonham and Bon Scott represent 'Any Rock Star Who Choked on His Own Vomit' (8) The Simpsons represents Homer Simpson (10) The actors at (11) represent 'The Magnificent Seven,' The actors at (30) represent James Bond, Robert Shaw represents 'Captain Quint from Jaws' (35) Mr. T represents B.A. Barracus (42) Missing: #11 The Magnificent Seven, #24 Dad, #26 Oscar Goldman, #28 Edwin Shoemaker, #28 Gerry Thomas, #34 Godzilla

This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

Vote RankingList Ranking  

37

1

Elvis Presley

Vocalist

28.47% (39 of 137 votes)

29

2

Muhammad Ali

Boxer

31.93% (53 of 166 votes)

49

3

Evel Knievel

Daredevil

0% (0 of 0 votes)

5

4

Clint Eastwood

Actor

80.0% (4 of 5 votes)

25

5

Hank Aaron

Baseball Player

33.01% (34 of 103 votes)

30

6

Bill Murray

Comedian

31.48% (17 of 54 votes)

18

7

Harry S Truman

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

33

8

John Bonham

Musician

31.13% (33 of 106 votes)

35

8

Jimi Hendrix

Musician

29.81% (48 of 161 votes)

40

8

Bon Scott

Musicians

20.0% (1 of 5 votes)

39

9

Bruce Lee

Actor

24.00% (6 of 25 votes)

27

10

The Simpsons

TV Series

32.41% (47 of 145 votes)

1

11

Brad Dexter

Actor

100% (1 of 1 votes)

28

11

Steve McQueen

Actor

32.00% (32 of 100 votes)

45

11

Charles Bronson

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

47

11

James Coburn

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

58

11

Yul Brynner

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

65

11

Horst Buchholz

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

69

11

Robert Vaughn

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

67

12

Steve Irwin (Crocodile Hunter)

Animal Expert

0% (0 of 1 votes)

48

13

Chuck Yeager

Military Personnel

0% (0 of 2 votes)

22

14

Willie Nelson

Vocalist

38.89% (7 of 18 votes)

62

14

Waylon Jennings

Vocalist

0% (0 of 4 votes)

68

15

Douglas Kenney

Comedian

0% (0 of 0 votes)

64

16

Geronimo

Native American Icon

0% (0 of 2 votes)

41

17

Johnny Cash

Vocalist

16.67% (1 of 6 votes)

4

18

Joe Besser

Comedian

100% (22 of 22 votes)

10

18

Curly Joe De Rita

Comedian

53.85% (77 of 143 votes)

11

18

Curly Howard

Comedian

51.49% (52 of 101 votes)

43

18

Shemp Howard

Comedian

12.50% (1 of 8 votes)

56

18

Moe Howard

Comedian

0% (0 of 6 votes)

57

18

Larry Fine

Comedian

0% (0 of 0 votes)

66

18

Three Stooges

Comedians

0% (0 of 1 votes)

7

19

John Wayne

Actor

60.06% (212 of 353 votes)

42

20

Chester Nimitz

Military Personnel

16.67% (1 of 6 votes)

9

21

James Brown

Vocalist

54.29% (76 of 140 votes)

21

22

Keith Richards

Vocalist

38.89% (7 of 18 votes)

20

23

Paul Newman

Actor

39.13% (27 of 69 votes)

17

25

Babe Ruth

Baseball Player

47.83% (55 of 115 votes)

54

26

Richard Anderson (Actor)

Actor

0% (0 of 8 votes)

55

26

Martin Caidin

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

36

27

Ozzy Osbourne

Vocalist

29.52% (49 of 166 votes)

12

28

Philo T. Farnsworth

Inventor

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

53

28

Gerry Thomas

Inventor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

29

Howard Stern

King of All Media

50.0% (68 of 136 votes)

8

30

Roger Moore

Actor

54.55% (6 of 11 votes)

13

30

Pierce Brosnan

Actor

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

23

30

Sean Connery

Actor

38.24% (13 of 34 votes)

46

30

Timothy Dalton

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

50

30

Peter Sellers (Comedian)

Comedian

0% (0 of 4 votes)

51

30

George Lazenby

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

63

30

David Niven

Actor

0% (0 of 4 votes)

31

31

Louis Armstrong

Vocalist

31.43% (11 of 35 votes)

61

32

Dick Butkus

Football Player

0% (0 of 9 votes)

71

33

Tenzing Norgay

Adventurer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

52

35

Robert Shaw

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

59

36

Chef Boyardee

Advertising Icon

0% (0 of 2 votes)

32

37

Philadelphia Flyers

Sports Team

31.25% (5 of 16 votes)

34

38

Rodney Dangerfield

Comedian

30.34% (27 of 89 votes)

44

39

William M. Gaines

Publisher

0% (0 of 0 votes)

38

40

Richard Pryor

Comedian

27.27% (6 of 22 votes)

60

41

Julius Erving

Basketball Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

19

42

Mr. T.

Actor

44.83% (13 of 29 votes)

16

43

Gordie Howe

Hockey Player

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

26

44

Jackie Chan

Daredevil

32.79% (20 of 61 votes)

2

45

Pancho Villa

Military Personnel

100% (1 of 1 votes)

6

46

Redd Foxx

Comedian

78.57% (11 of 14 votes)

15

47

Don Ho

Vocalist

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

70

48

George Foreman

Boxer

0% (0 of 5 votes)

24

49

Ray Charles

Vocalist

33.67% (67 of 199 votes)

3

50

Russ Meyer

Filmmaker

100% (2 of 2 votes)