# Símbolo sexual

Símbolo sexual (sendo também comum o uso do termo inglês sex symbol) é o indivíduo notório que simboliza o ideal masculino ou feminino no plano da sensualidade e da sexualidade. É todo e qualquer personagem que possua apelo sexual suficiente para ditar comportamentos na sociedade. Alguns exemplos podem ser citados principalmente nos anos 50 onde esse comportamento começou a "nascer" mais fortemente.

## Cinema

Várias atrizes entraram para a história como ícones de sensualidade e beleza, muitas como Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, Raquel Welch, Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, Gina Lollobrigida, Sophia Loren, Grace Kelly, Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor e muitas outras. Assim como muitas figuras masculinas foram grande referência de beleza e sensualidade como Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Rock Hudson, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson, Rudolph Valentino, Elvis Presley, Richard Gere, James Dean, George Clooney e outros.

## Video games

Personagens de jogos como Lara Croft se popularizaram como a imagem da "Mulher Perfeita".

## Desenhos

Grandes personagens da década de 80 a 90 ficaram consagradas como símbolos de beleza e poder, tais como Jessica Rabbit, Betty Boop, Lola Bunny e outros.

## Modelos

Também modelos famosas foram citadas ao longo dos anos nos mídia como símbolos sexuais, tais como as supermodelos Christie Brinkley, Cindy Crawford e Linda Evangelista, entre outros(as).

## Exemplos notáveis
### Década de 1920

* Mary Astor
* Josephine Baker
* Theda Bara
* Sarah Bernhardt
* Clara Bow
* Louise Brooks
* Lord Byron
* Lina Cavalieri
* Joan Crawford
* Marlene Dietrich
* Isadora Duncan
* Greta Garbo
* Mata Hari
* Franz Liszt
* Herman Melville
* Alla Nazimova
* Ramón Novarro
* Lillian Russell
* Norma Talmadge
* Rudolph Valentino

### Década de 1930

* Joan Blondell
* Gary Cooper
* Bette Davis
* Olivia de Havilland
* Dolores del Rio
* Errol Flynn
* Clark Gable
* Jean Harlow
* Vivien Leigh
* Bela Lugosi
* Joel McCrea
* Laurence Olivier
* William Powell
* Tyrone Power
* Robert Taylor
* Mae West
* Josh White
* Anna May Wong
* Fay Wray

### Década de 1940

* Ingrid Bergman
* Kirk Douglas
* Billy Eckstine
* Ava Gardner
* Judy Garland
* Paulette Goddard
* Cary Grant
* Rita Hayworth
* Lena Horne
* Glynis Johns
* Gene Kelly
* Veronica Lake
* Hedy Lamarr
* Dorothy Lamour
* Burt Lancaster
* Margaret Lockwood
* Gregory Peck
* Ezio Pinza
* Jane Russell
* Frank Sinatra
* Gene Tierney
* Lana Turner
* Alida Valli
* Esther Williams

### Década de 1950

* Lauren Bacall
* Harry Belafonte
* Humphrey Bogart
* Marlon Brando
* Jim Brown
* Yul Brynner
* Martine Carol
* Leslie Caron
* Montgomery Clift
* Joan Collins
* Dorothy Dandridge
* Yvonne De Carlo
* James Dean
* Ava Gardner
* Betty Grable
* Stewart Granger
* Richard Greene
* Rock Hudson
* Tab Hunter
* Grace Kelly
* Deborah Kerr
* Piper Laurie
* Christopher Lee
* Gina Lollobrigida
* Sophia Loren
* Silvana Mangano
* Jayne Mansfield
* Marilyn Monroe
* Julie Newmar
* Kim Novak
* Bettie Page
* Elvis Presley
* Cliff Richard
* Porfirio Rubirosa
* Elizabeth Taylor
* Mamie Van Doren

### Década de 1960

* Ursula Andress
* Ann-Margret
* Carroll Baker
* Brigitte Bardot
* Warren Beatty
* Honor Blackman
* Claudia Cardinale
* Veronica Carlson
* Eric Clapton
* Leonard Cohen
* Sean Connery
* Yvonne Craig
* Alain Delon
* Catherine Deneuve
* Clint Eastwood
* Shirley Eaton
* Barbara Eden
* Anita Ekberg
* Britt Ekland
* Jane Fonda
* Marvin Gaye
* Robert Goulet
* Jimi Hendrix
* Audrey Hepburn
* Dustin Hoffman
* Mick Jagger
* Tom Jones
* Janis Joplin
* Anna Karina
* John F. Kennedy
* Eartha Kitt
* John Lennon
* Marcello Mastroianni
* Mina Mazzini
* Paul McCartney
* Steve McQueen
* Roger Moore
* Jim Morrison
* Joe Namath
* Franco Nero
* Paul Newman
* Ingrid Pitt
* Robert Redford
* Diana Rigg
* Diana Ross
* Gunter Sachs
* Isabel Sarli
* Omar Sharif
* Edie Sedgwick
* Grace Slick
* Tina Turner
* Twiggy
* Monica Vitti
* Raquel Welch
* Barbara Windsor

### Década de 1970

* Woody Allen
* Gregg Allman
* Laura Antonelli
* Jane Birkin
* Jacqueline Bisset
* David Bowie
* Jackson Browne
* Dyan Cannon
* Lynda Carter
* David Cassidy
* Bo Derek
* Faye Dunaway
* Farrah Fawcett
* Linda Gray
* Pam Grier
* Gloria Guida
* Debbie Harry
* Lauren Hutton
* Julio Iglesias
* Jermaine Jackson
* Michael Landon
* Peggy Lipton
* Freddie Mercury
* Liza Minnelli
* Joni Mitchell
* Dudley Moore
* Wayne Newton
* Olivia Newton-John
* Jack Nicholson
* Stevie Nicks
* Ryan O'Neal
* Dolly Parton
* Luciano Pavarotti
* Valerie Perrine
* Victoria Principal
* Burt Reynolds
* Linda Ronstadt
* Richard Roundtree
* Telly Savalas
* Maria Schneider
* Hanna Schygulla
* Jane Seymour
* Cybill Shepherd
* Carly Simon
* Jaclyn Smith
* Patti Smith
* Suzanne Somers
* Roger Staubach
* Cheryl Tiegs
* John Travolta
* Barry White
* Ann Wilson
* Nancy Wilson
* Henry Winkler

### Década de 1980

* Adrienne Barbeau
* Kevin Bacon
* Kim Basinger
* Jennifer Beals
* Jon Bon Jovi
* Klaus Maria Brandauer
* Christie Brinkley
* Michael Caine
* Phoebe Cates
* Cher
* Tom Cruise
* Rebecca De Mornay
* Gérard Depardieu
* Michael Douglas
* Morgan Fairchild
* Sherilyn Fenn
* Harrison Ford
* John Forsythe
* Michael J. Fox
* Richard Gere
* Mel Gibson
* Jeff Goldblum
* Melanie Griffith
* Daryl Hannah
* Mark Harmon
* Heavy D
* Michael Hutchence
* Michael Jackson
* Don Johnson
* Grace Jones
* Michael Keaton
* John F. Kennedy, Jr.
* Nastassja Kinski
* Kelly LeBrock
* Heather Locklear
* Madonna
* Morrissey
* Prince
* Michelle Pfeiffer
* River Phoenix
* Christopher Reeve
* Alan Rickman
* Eric Roberts
* Axl Rose
* Isabella Rossellini
* Mickey Rourke
* Tom Selleck
* Nicollette Sheridan
* Brooke Shields
* Silk Smitha
* Bruce Springsteen
* John Stamos
* Sting
* Patrick Swayze
* Heather Thomas
* Kathleen Turner
* Luther Vandross
* Billy Dee Williams
* Vanessa L. Williams
* Bruce Willis

### Década de 1990

* Aaliyah
* Ben Affleck
* Gillian Anderson
* Pamela Anderson
* Jennifer Aniston
* Antonio Banderas
* Drew Barrymore
* Halle Berry
* Notorious B.I.G.
* Bono
* Pierce Brosnan
* Jeff Buckley
* Naomi Campbell
* Mariah Carey
* Charisma Carpenter
* Nick Carter
* George Clooney
* Kurt Cobain
* Kevin Costner
* Christina Cox
* Courteney Cox
* Cindy Crawford
* Matt Damon
* Daniel Day-Lewis
* Johnny Depp
* Cameron Diaz
* Leonardo DiCaprio
* Shannen Doherty
* Vincent D'Onofrio
* Robert Downey Jr.
* Colin Firth
* Calista Flockhart
* Dennis Franz
* Sarah Michelle Gellar
* Gina Gershon
* Heather Graham
* Teri Hatcher
* Salma Hayek
* Elizabeth Hurley
* Janet Jackson
* Harvey Keitel
* Nicole Kidman
* Anthony Kiedis
* Val Kilmer
* Heidi Klum
* Matt LeBlanc
* Jared Leto
* Ricky Martin
* Jenny McCarthy
* Matthew McConaughey
* Rose McGowan
* Christopher Meloni
* Alyssa Milano
* Demi Moore
* Kate Moss
* Liam Neeson
* Luke Perry
* Brad Pitt
* Katie Price
* Jason Priestley
* Natalie Portman
* Dennis Quaid
* Keanu Reeves
* Trent Reznor
* Christina Ricci
* Julia Roberts
* Antonio Sabàto Jr.
* Devon Sawa
* Tupac Shakur
* Alicia Silverstone
* Kelly Slater
* Anna Nicole Smith
* Will Smith
* Ben Stiller
* Sharon Stone
* Tiffani Thiessen
* Uma Thurman
* Liv Tyler
* Usher
* Goran Višnjić
* Mark Wahlberg
* Denzel Washington
* Lucinda Williams
* Kate Winslet
* Catherine Zeta-Jones

### Década de 2000

* Jessica Alba
* Christina Aguilera
* Christiane Amanpour
* Mitchell Baker
* Christian Bale
* Bipasha Basu
* David Beckham
* Kate Beckinsale
* Monica Bellucci
* Beyoncé
* Joe Biden
* Jessica Biel
* Orlando Bloom
* Lil' Kim
* Tom Brady
* Adam Brody
* Kelly Brook
* Brooke Burke
* Kari Byron
* Robert Carlyle
* Cheryl Cole
* Ann Coulter
* Daniel Craig
* Russell Crowe
* Penélope Cruz
* Kaley Cuoco
* Elisha Cuthbert
* D'Angelo
* Judi Dench
* Peter Dinklage
* Hilary Duff
* Zac Efron
* Carmen Electra
* Eminem
* Colin Farrell
* Megan Fox
* James Franco
* Lady Gaga
* James Gandolfini
* David Gandy
* Paul Giamatti
* Joseph Gordon-Levitt
* Eva Green
* Kathy Griffin
* Dave Grohl
* Jake Gyllenhaal
* Maggie Gyllenhaal
* Alyson Hannigan
* Anthony Head
* Katherine Heigl
* Vanessa Hudgens
* Hugh Jackman
* Scarlett Johansson
* Angelina Jolie
* Keira Knightley
* Anna Kournikova
* Diane Lane
* Hugh Laurie
* Evangeline Lilly
* Lucy Liu
* Lindsay Lohan
* Eva Longoria
* Jennifer Lopez
* Jesse McCartney
* Eva Mendes
* Marisa Miller
* Sienna Miller
* Kylie Minogue
* Helen Mirren
* Julianne Moore
* B. J. Novak
* Hayden Panettiere
* Katy Perry
* Regis Philbin
* Joaquin Phoenix
* Pink
* Daniel Radcliffe
* Aishwarya Rai
* Tara Reid
* André Rieu
* Rihanna
* Michelle Rodriguez
* Seth Rogen
* Emmy Rossum
* Katee Sackhoff
* Shakira
* Maria Sharapova
* Jake Shears
* Jessica Simpson
* Britney Spears
* Jon Stewart
* Kristen Stewart
* Trish Stratus
* Mena Suvari
* Tilda Swinton
* Wanda Sykes
* David Tennant
* Charlize Theron
* Justin Timberlake
* Michelle Trachtenberg
* Yulia Tymoshenko
* Sofía Vergara
* Dita Von Teese
* Emma Watson
* Rachel Weisz
* Olivia Wilde

### Década de 2010

* Adele
* Anitta
* Sergio Agüero
* Caitriona Balfe
* Lake Bell
* Justin Bieber
* Matt Bomer
* Alessia Cara
* Arianny Celeste
* Timothée Chalamet
* Jessica Chastain
* Emilia Clarke
* Bradley Cooper
* Miley Cyrus
* Alexandra Daddario
* Rosario Dawson
* Lana Del Rey
* Nina Dobrev
* Adam Driver
* Scott Eastwood
* Ansel Elgort
* Chris Evans
* Luke Evans
* Dave Franco
* Leryn Franco
* G-Dragon
* Perfume Genius
* Summer Glau
* Selena Gomez
* Ryan Gosling
* Ariana Grande
* Tom Hardy
* Colton Haynes
* Amber Heard
* Chris Hemsworth
* Liam Hemsworth
* Christina Hendricks
* Tom Hiddleston
* Tyler Hoechlin
* Cheyenne Jackson
* Michelle Jenneke
* Nick Jonas
* Darya Klishina
* Mila Kunis
* Michael B. Jordan
* Jennifer Lawrence
* Sunny Leone
* Andrew Lincoln
* Blake Lively
* Ryan Lochte
* Demi Lovato
* Zayn Malik
* Joe Manganiello
* Gugu Mbatha-Raw
* Conor McGregor
* Kate McKinnon
* Kate Middleton
* Mads Mikkelsen
* Shay Mitchell
* Alex Morgan
* Olivia Munn
* Dylan O'Brien
* Randall Park
* Aubrey Plaza
* Natalia Poklonskaya
* Rosamund Pike
* Chris Pratt
* Lara Pulver
* Sergio Ramos
* Emily Ratajkowski
* Norman Reedus
* Ryan Reynolds
* Daisy Ridley
* Margot Robbie
* Gina Rodriguez
* Cristiano Ronaldo
* Hrithik Roshan
* Nicki Minaj
* Ronda Rousey
* Bernie Sanders
* Nicole Scherzinger
* Chloë Sevigny
* Léa Seydoux
* Ian Somerhalder
* Amanda Seyfried
* Amy Schumer
* Hope Solo
* Emma Stone
* Taylor Swift
* Miesha Tate
* Channing Tatum
* Aaron Taylor-Johnson
* Tim Tebow
* Naya Rivera
* Antonia Thomas
* Justin Trudeau
* Kate Upton
* Alicia Vikander
* Lindsey Vonn
* Kristen Wiig
* Harry Styles
* Serena Williams
* Caroline Wozniacki