So many to choose from, including actors, athletes, businessmen, etc.
I thought of a few great choices, including a quiet gun slinging actor turned director.
But I would vote for Dean Martin. Smooth and graceful(even when performing goofy physical comedy). Great singer (I prefer him to Sinatra, but I admit this is personal taste and not objective). Can dance, with impeccable comic timing.
And the dude just had crazy charisma. Goldie Hawn said that she cracked up in the clip below because she was so nervous to be in the presence of man she found so attractive.
So, who is your choice? And only give 1!
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and if you dont think that you yourself are the coolest guy around you gotta problem.
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no way, he is a first class a-hole hothead (I know someone who used to work for him and it's well-known that he is a POS) and the fact that he wears hideous suits doesn't make him cool either.
That was, apparently, a poor attempt at humor
Do you mean Joe Willie Namath?
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Bonus points for:
*Serving in WWII
*Having a long successful ollywood marriage
*Starting a massively successful charitable food product company
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My second thought was Steve McQueen
*Bonus points for his first name
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One name I didn't see mentioned that could at least be included in the discussion was Warren Beatty
Effing good pick. He was supposedly witty as hell on his feet in Parliament. Had a huge ongoing feud supposedly with a certain "Lady Astor." A least there's a legend about their verbal repartee.
He said something that set her off, to which she responded:
"Winston Churchill, if you were my husband I would poison your tea!"
His comeback for trumps:
"If you were my wife, I'd drink it!"
"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."
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Officer on US destroyer during Korean War
Helicopter pilot
Fighter pilot
Test pilot
Flew on first Gemini mission
Flew to the Moon - Apollo 10
Commanded & walked on Moon - Apollo 16
- 9th man on Moon
- 1 of only 3 to go to the Moon twice
Commanded first Space Shuttle flight (only astronaut to fly on first flight of a two different manned spacecraft):
Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, becoming the first person to make six space flights over the course of 42 years of active NASA service,[1] and is the only person to have piloted, and been commander of, four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command/Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle.
In 1965, Young flew on the first manned Gemini mission, and commanded another Gemini mission the next year. In 1969, he became the first person to orbit the Moon alone during Apollo 10. He drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon's surface during Apollo 16, and is one of only three people to have flown to the Moon twice. He also commanded two Space Shuttle flights, including its first launch in 1981, and served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1974–1987. Young retired from NASA in 2004.
After graduating from Georgia Tech in 1952, Young entered the United States Navy through the Navy ROTC and was commissioned on June 6, 1952, as an ensign.[2] He served as fire control officer on the destroyer USS Laws until June 1953 and completed a tour in the Sea of Japan during the Korean War. Following this assignment, he was sent to flight training. In January 1954, he was designated a Navy helicopter pilot,[2] and after receiving his aviator wings on December 20, 1954, he was assigned to Fighter Squadron 103 (VF-103) for four years, flying F-9 Cougars from USS Coral Sea and F-8 Crusaders from USS Forrestal.
After training at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in 1959, Young was assigned to the Naval Air Test Center at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland for three years. His test projects included evaluations of the XF8U-3 Crusader III and F-4 Phantom II fighter weapons systems. In 1962, he set two world time-to-climb records while flying his Phantom II, attaining 3,000 meters (9,843 ft) from a standing start in 34.523 seconds and 25,000 meters (82,021 ft) from a standing start in 227.6 seconds.[2] He also served as maintenance officer of Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143) from April to September 1962.[1]
Fellow astronaut Charles Bolden described Young and Robert "Hoot" Gibson as the two best pilots he had met during his aviation career: "Never met two people like them. Everyone else gets into an airplane; John and Hoot wear their airplane. They're just awesome".[9] Young retired from the Navy as a Captain in September 1976, after completing 25 years of active military service.
He has logged more than 15,275 hours flying time in props, jets, helicopters, and rocket jets; more than 9,200 hours in T-38s; and 835 hours in spacecraft during six space flights.
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That dude has it all.
Great choice.
Steve McQueen
Paul Newman
Humphrey Bogart
...in that order.
Lol.
Surprised no one mentioned, both were good race car drivers. That's pretty cool.
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LOL
Silky Smooth
That's the huge difference for me. By most accounts Newman was as cool, classy and confident in his personally life as on screen. While McQueen would rival anyone on screen for being cool by many accounts personally he was insecure, hard to work with, and his personal life was generally a mess.
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LOL
Ok you got me. Poorly worded. - Best two answers already posted. Besides all their other achievements, surprised no one mentioned they both were accomplished race car drivers.