In a British study, blue eyes were found to be the most attractive choice to people with every other eye colour, including those with blue eyes themselves.
A total 34% of study participants ticked the ‘blue eyes are best’ box and 38% of people with a blue iris chose their own eye colour as the most attractive.
The colour of your eye is determined by the amount of melanin (pigment) in the iris, combined with the amount of light that passes through it. Baby blues have the least amount of pigment and let in the most amount of light.
Interestingly, blue eyes only exist in people of European descent, but that doesn’t mean the genes haven’t travelled far and wide as this list of hot male celebs will prove.
Got a favourite male celeb with blue eyes? Let’s take a peek.
#15 Scott Disick
According to (dubious) research, having blue eyes means you’re less likely to get angry. Not sure Kourtney Kardashian’s ex, Scott Disick, got the memo but he sure does have dazzling blue eyes.
#14 Jeremy Meeks
The only two ways a person of Asian or African heritage could have blue eyes is down to either gene mutation or ancestry that includes a caucasian. Ex-con-turned model, Jeremy Meeks proves you can be black with blue eyes.
#13 Dan Stevens
Remember Matthew Crawley from Downton Abbey? This is he, looking rather suave and a bit more ‘street’ than he did in the long-running British drama.
You can stare into his blue eyes in his next film, Call of the Wild, due for release 25 Dec. 2019.
#12 Henry Cavill
In 2013 the dashing 35-year-old actor who’s played Superman three times was voted World’s Sexiest Man by Glamour magazine and One of the World’s Sexiest Movie Stars by Empire magazine.
What do you think? Do those blue eyes do it for you?
#11 Michael Ealy
As well as a strong acting career (Barbershop, 2 Fast 2 Furious), Ealy was the guy in Beyonce’s Halo video. His real name’s Michael Brown but there’s no mistaking those piercing blue eyes.
#10 Chris Hemsworth
Seriously, this guy could have purple eyes and green hair and he’d still be hot. As it happens, he’s got blonde hair, blue eyes and an Aussie swagger that has millions of women worldwide drooling over him.
Don’t find him attractive? I have nothing to say to you.
#9 Zac Efron
Currently sporting platinum blonde hair (not for a role, but just cos) Efron has been undergoing some flack for romanticising serial killer Ted Bundy in the upcoming movie Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.
Usually though, Efron is known for his brown hair and blue eyes – one sexy combo that really, just works.
#8 Chris Pine
Best known as Captain T Kirk in Star Trek and Beyond, Pine is another guy with blue eyes who challenges the supposed ‘norm’ of people with blue eyes: that they’re more stable.
‘I talk to myself, especially in the car. I do it to work through ideas, or if I’m pissed off. I use the interior of the car like it’s a [therapist’s office].’
He’s quirky, and we like it.
#7 Jake Gyllenhaal
A 2007 study by the University of Copenhagen reported that everyone with blue eyes is related. Apparently it’s a fact that we can all be traced back to one common ancestor who lived about 8000 years ago.
Needless to say, if you have blue eyes, then Gyllenhaal is your (and my) cuz and should be treated like family. Welcome to visit any time JG.
#6 Daniel Radcliffe
Depending where you do your research, anywhere from 8-17% of the population has blue eyes which makes them reasonably rare. Countries like China, Africa and India would have very few blue eyed people.
One celebrity in the blue eyed minority is Daniel Radcliffe, aka Harry Potter. Just look at those peepers.
#5 Cillian Murphy
If there was an award for Bluest Eyes on the Planet then 42-year-old Irish actor Cillian Murphy would take the prize. His steely look has become a trademark for the father of two.
Christopher Nolan, director of Batman Begins said about Murphy, “He has the most extraordinary eyes, and I kept trying to invent excuses for him to take his glasses off in close-ups.”
#4 Liam Hemsworth
Too many Hemsworths? No, didn’t think so. Drink it in people.
Liam, now married to Miley Cyrus, (and like his brothers Chris and Luke), has been blessed with the Hemsworth genes. The vegan actor was named PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity in 2016 and we put it down to those blue eyes.
#3 Benedict Cumberbatch
Are they blue or are they green? Benedict Cumberbatch’s eyes are actually both. The Sherlock actor has what’s called sectoral heterochromia which is where more than one colour appears in the iris of the eye.
#2 Jared Leto
Blue eyes are a risk factor for Type 1 diabetes so it’s fitting that Oscar winner Jared Leto has supported the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in the US.
Leto doesn’t have diabetes but he does have incredibly intense sapphire blue eyes.
#1 Bradley Cooper
Come on, he was born to be a star and those blue eyes! There’s no contest. Definitely one of the hottest guys (with blue eyes) on the planet.
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