DISQUS

Gary · 1 year ago

Kimbo Slice is NOT and NEVER will be a UFC fighter
he doesn't posses even a quarter of the skill necessary to be a UFC Fighter
he is an fighter for the now defunct elitexc(which folded when they realized they couldn't run a fighting organization based on a terrible fighter who lost to a much smaller man who couldn't make it in the ufc)

MAny make the mistake but the fact is MMA does NOT equal UFC
guys like Kimbo arent in the UFC because they could never make it he is a gimmick who was brought up fighting cans looking for paychecks not a fighter

Ben · 1 year ago

You forgot The King of Rock 'n Roll. Elvis's sideburns inspired a generation.

Shaun Daws · 1 year ago

If that shocking picture of me isn't proof of dedication to the cause, I don't know what is. Thanks Brett for bringing attention to the cause!

Shaun Daws · 1 year ago

On a more serious note, Prostate cancer kills on average nearly 29,000 men every year in the United States alone (That's more than the number of subscribers to this great blog). I hope that everyone who reads this blog today takes the time to think about their own health, and that some of you at least take up the torch to promote prostate health.

It's not too late! Movember is still happening around the world. This year, there are groups participating from Australia, USA, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Spain and Ireland. So, here's your chance to join up and start collecting donations! As Brett mentioned, just go to www.movember.com to sign up.

If growing a Mo isn't your thing, and you just want to make a donation, please visit:

https://www.movember.com/au/donate/donate-detai...

If every AOM subscriber puts in a single dollar, we'll have raised over $20,000 towards this great cause.

Thanks everyone, and Happy Movember!

Shaun

Bill · 1 year ago

Well done!

Shame that Kimbo's beard hid a glass jaw. Actually, that may even further prove your point. lol

Micah · 1 year ago

What, no Rick Ross on this list?
http://www.judiciaryreport.com/images/rick-ross...
That guy has one of the manliest beards in music today.
Great list, though. I didn't know some of these people before.

rommy · 1 year ago

where's Honest Abe Lincoln???

Peter · 1 year ago

I know it might be pushing it, seeing as Grizzly Adams is already on the list, but Jeremiah Johnson is still pretty darn manly. And so is his beard.

pooh · 1 year ago

i'm w/ rommy on this one

drakono · 1 year ago

Alex Trebek? Can we get him to regrow his beard, please?

drakono · 1 year ago

@drakono -- er, mustache, I mean. (I'm an idiot.)

Bob Moore · 1 year ago

What, No Sundance Kid (Robert Redford)?

Ryan · 1 year ago

Two of my favorite historical beards that did not make your list are, first, Henrik Ibsen - Swiss playwright and founder of Modern Realism. He had some epic facial hair:

young: http://www.malaspina.com/jpg/ibsen.jpg
old: http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/pic/henrik_ibsen/...

And I'm also very keen on Henry David Thoreau's neck beard I know it's a bit mangy, but I just love it. He could also grow a mean full beard:

neck mange: http://www.amaranthpublishing.com/Thoreau2.jpg
Full: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0...

Thanks!

shaggy · 1 year ago

No billy mays? He has the most awesome beard ever.

slakkjaw · 1 year ago

Originally Posted By GaryKimbo Slice is NOT and NEVER will be a UFC fighter
he doesn't posses even a quarter of the skill necessary to be a UFC Fighter
he is an fighter for the now defunct elitexc(which folded when they realized they couldn't run a fighting organization based on a terrible fighter who lost to a much smaller man who couldn't make it in the ufc)

MAny make the mistake but the fact is MMA does NOT equal UFC
guys like Kimbo arent in the UFC because they could never make it he is a gimmick who was brought up fighting cans looking for paychecks not a fighter

Relax, bud. I'm sure Dana White loves your butt-hurt defense of his organization, but it makes you look like a douche.

And I'd put money on it right now that Kimbo slice signs with the UFC to some degree now that EliteXC has folded. White even said he'd love to sign Kimbo to TUF and see how he does. So pluck those little panties out your rear and relax.

Manic · 1 year ago

Dammit!

ZZ Top AND Chuck Norris!?!?

Epic!

I can't decide....

And Tom Selleck.


Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

Will · 1 year ago

Too funny!

Scott · 1 year ago

Judge Matthew "Baillie" Begbie - the Hanging Judge.

Dispensed frontier justice in the 1850s and 1860s in rural British Columbia. Sentenced a dozen men to hang. When a man accused of murder was acquitted by a jury containing some of his friends, Begbie told the jury he would be doing the public a favour if he sentenced them to death. They all left the jurisdiction.

Also - His outspokenness from the bench did not endear Begbie to all manner of men. He frequently received threatening letters telling him that his life would be forfeited if he dared to sentence some popular desperado to prison. He would read such letters from the bench and invited his correspondent to make good his threat. On one occasion, he was seated on the second storey of a hotel veranda and overhead a group of ruffians making plans to shoot him as he left town. He listened for a while, then went into the hotel and obtained a pail of dirty water, and returning with it, he emptied it over the heads of the conspirators.

Direct Quote - "my idea is that if a man insists upon behaving like a brute, after fair warning, and won't quit the colony; treat him like a brute and flog him"

You rugged beast of a handsome devil. And check out that facial hair.

http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/BC/judge.htm
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/transactions/3/begbie...

kirk · 1 year ago

There also needs to be a John Candy Mustache because he had an awesome one as well as every cop that has walked a beat between 1965--present. In all seriousness, there is a charity for growing mustaches.
http://www.mustachesforkids.org/

Ryan Fehrmann · 1 year ago

Note: I did not see goatees on the list, they can be wicked, ala' Satan. Lets also not forget the famous, then infamous, Chaplin/Hitler mustache. Way to kill a look Adolf.

Oh and thank you though for no soul patches.

Louise · 1 year ago

I attended said brigham young university. The other exception for beard growing is for student actors involved in period piece plays where facial hair is required. Way whacko!

Ming · 1 year ago

don't forget Dr. Fu Manchu. that stache was quite a feat for an asian man.

Matt · 1 year ago

I'm with him. Kimbo SUCKS and it is an insult to any real fighter, especially those in the UFC, to call Kimbo a UFC fighter or to even say he's manly. Sure, he beat up a few no-talent ass clowns in the back yard of the porn company for which he works, but as an MMA fighter he's a total joke. In fact, the MMA organization he once worked for is now under investigation for trying to fix Kimbo's fights.

Gonz O'Lager · 1 year ago

You left off Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters.

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/m...

mattb · 1 year ago

Aw, come on! Where is Andrew Carnegie in all this?

The guy was a major capitalist and industrialist, was the richest man in the world for a time, gave millions to charitable funds...and rocked out a full beard better than most men could ever hope!

Google Image Serach for Andrew Carnegie has proof:

Michelle · 1 year ago

You had me at Chuck Norris.
LOL!

Spacey · 1 year ago

Many crazy Hais and peoples

Jeremy · 1 year ago

A list of the manliest mustaches and beards is not complete without General William Booth, founder of The Salvation Army.

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/SA/Willi...

How about that one?

kgold · 1 year ago

Two words:

Freddy Mercury

Thanks.

faith · 1 year ago

how can you forget the terrifying beard of Edward Teach (aka Blackbeard the Pirate) who would tie lit cannon fuses in his beard to scare his enemies!?

Gonz O'Lager · 1 year ago

@kgold -

One hell of an entertainer.

stashman · 1 year ago

I would have bookmarked this page had it properly commended Burt Reynolds.

Forrest Ross · 1 year ago

http://www.kaxe.org/familytree/volunteers/steve...

I'm rather proud of this one. The guy on the right is my dad, and in my 22 years of existence I have never seen his chin or cheeks and I've only gotten brief glimpses of his upper lip when he trims his mustache. He claims to have been growing it for 30+ years. The fact that I've never seen him get any sauce in his beard, I think, is proof.

cory huff · 1 year ago

Werd. Glad you included Brother Brigham on the montage. That Dali moustache is crazy. I think I might go for that one in Movember.

tomdawg · 1 year ago

Find a picture of General Nathan Bedford Forrest in his prime, during his Generalship of the Confederate Calvary. No more fierce, bearded and brave man ever lived, the very definition of Manliness.

gary · 1 year ago

@slakkjaw - sorry if i came off douchy im a bit of a mma fanatic and it really annoys me when ppl equate it with ufc. EliteXC was the worst excuse for a promotion but they got a bunch of tv time making a bad name for the sport so i got a little jumpy there but to your statement
kimbo wont ever sign with the ufc
dana whites comments about slice were to the effect that he would create a TUF show for heavyweights if kimbo wanted to be on it. he said this was to show everyone how far from a ufc fighter kimbo was becuase his skills aren't even c or d level, he lost to a guy a weight class below him who couldn't make it to the ufc in 14 seconds.
Dana just brought it up to further embarras kimbo he wouldnt sign him unless huge improvement is shown

Drew · 1 year ago

WTF? You forgot Lanny McDonald, any mustache that extends below the line of the LOWER lip is called a LANNY for god's sake.

http://thevlist.blogspot.com/2008/07/power-of-s...

john · 1 year ago

kimbo? oh god no...

Emshri · 1 year ago

Originally Posted By GaryKimbo Slice is NOT and NEVER will be a UFC fighter
he doesn't posses even a quarter of the skill necessary to be a UFC Fighter
he is an fighter for the now defunct elitexc(which folded when they realized they couldn't run a fighting organization based on a terrible fighter who lost to a much smaller man who couldn't make it in the ufc)

MAny make the mistake but the fact is MMA does NOT equal UFC
guys like Kimbo arent in the UFC because they could never make it he is a gimmick who was brought up fighting cans looking for paychecks not a fighter

"Who lost to a much smaller man" doesn't properly explain how bad Slice was beat. I can think of many different ways of explaining how bad he lost. But it all comes down to this, Slice is not only no UFC fighter, he was never a MMA fighter to begin with.

Valerie · 1 year ago

You missed the copious amounts of facial hair from the classic western, Lonesome Dove. Tommy Lee Jones dons a Grizzly Adams beard. Robert Duvall's stache is a mix between Teddy Roosevelt and Rollie's. Even Robert Urich and Danny Glover grow some fuzz for the tale.

Tim · 1 year ago

What about Abe Lincoln, Mr. T, Charles Spurgeon, Colonel Sanders, and Karl Marx? Mr. T should have been on there instead of Kimbo Slice for sure. Its the same look but Mr. T pulls it off much better I think, and was much more classy than Slice.

Bernie Franks · 1 year ago

@Gonz O'Lager - Ah, good call. Jamie Hyneman has one of the manliest mustaches around.

Rob · 1 year ago

Hey, just a note in response to the Charles Darwin comments. If Darwin were planning to look like an ape, the last thing he would do is grow a beard. Humans are alone among the hominids in our ability to grow beards. All other apes have naked faces. Further back along the evolutionary tree, you'll find gibbons with facial fur, but not the bushy hair humans grow.

Beau Brown · 1 year ago

What about Joshua Chamberlain, who commanded the 20th Maine infantry during the Civil War? He has a great mustache and kicks ass to prove it. For example, after one battle, he placed his coat on the ground, laid upon it and then placed two dead bodies over himself to keep warm.

And his mustache was still awesome.

Brett · 1 year ago

Excellent and worthy additions everyone. I'll have to have a part 2 sometime.

@Rob-

I'm not an expert, but furry faces among primates seem to abound:

http://www.naturalsciences.be/science/projects/...
http://www.northrup.org/Photos/Monkey/low/spide...
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://u...

Patty · 1 year ago

Great choices all. HOWEVER, I am shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you, at the most blatant omission.

You seem to think "quantity" instead of quality.

He made one memorable movie without it. And not nearly enough movies with it.

Mr. Clark Gable (aka Rhett Butler).

Not every manly man can pull off such a mustache, but boy he sure could !!

Kuba · 1 year ago

Frank Zappa would like to have a word with you. His mustache is freaking registered trademarked.

See:
http://www.nomansblog.com/wp-content/themes/3Co...

matt · 1 year ago

@ Tim : Well said, Mr.T would pity your fool ass for not having him on this list

Shawn · 1 year ago

The late EVAN TANNER should be on this list. A beard is just a beard, if you got real man in you it's so thick it's not a beard, it's a Tanner!

Klemanius · 1 year ago

Glad to Ambrose Burnside on there.
Good luck with Movember Shaun

Samantha · 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure Burt Reynolds should be on this list.

Jeff · 1 year ago

What about artist George Ohr?

The Dude · 1 year ago

One person came to mind the great James Hetfield of Metallica. WHile the man himself no longer sports the style himself, everybody knows what The Hetfield is.

Shawn · 1 year ago

Frank Zappa - Wicked 'stach and stylin' soul patch.

Keith Hernandez - Cards, Mets, Seinfeld and Just for Men. He's a mustachioed cultural icon.

Rasputin - The Mad Monk himself. Evil? Maybe. Wicked beard? Definitely.

Dre · 1 year ago

Kimbo fought in Elite XC, not the UFC and thus, is not a UFC fighter.

Justin Cline · 1 year ago

Dang! I should have kept mine for another month!! We just wrapped up our month long mustache-a-thon here in Denver!

I celebrated with a commemorative poster:
http://www.justincline.com/blog/real-world/must...
(HINT: If you enlarge the poster, you don't have to squint to see our mustaches)

Great article though, and some very manly examples... someday... someday....

Eric The Red · 1 year ago

Very cool. There are some here that I would personally disagree with, but who am I to argue with those who formed and run "the art of manliness"?

Time Tracker · 1 year ago

Rollie Fingers! Dang...nice work here, great digging! A bit surprised not to see the infamous John Holmes 'stash somewhere up in this joint.

Algernon · 1 year ago

I can't believe I'm the first person to mention Jesus. His beard had to be at least twice as magical as Santa's.

Pat · 1 year ago

Sam Elliot is the man. Nobody grows a stache like him. I wish I could grow one like that!

Brandon · 1 year ago

How about Ernest Hemingway? Not manly enough for you?

Umbratikus · 1 year ago

How could you forget:
Andrew Weil
Freddie Mercury
Yosemite Sam

And make sure you check out this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6974110.stm

Brad · 1 year ago

@Gary - Wow, Gary really got his panties in a bunch over the UFC thing. Some meatheads need to tone down the roids and take humor for what it is!

Ad · 1 year ago

@kirk - @kirk -
moustaches are for men and men's health! The original moustache charity is at www.movember.com

Karey · 1 year ago

I've always appreciated Jimmy Buffett and his laidback style.
He may not don the stache anymore, but I always remember him this way.

http://shoretalken.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/...

John · 1 year ago

Great post. At age 52 I have had a stache of various configurations since I was 19, sometimes with beard soemtimes w/o but never clean shaven since then.


How about Paul Teutul Senior of American Chopper? a pretty sweet 'stache there

And Moses...beard of biblical proportions (sorry)

Albert Einstein

George Custer

Hulk Hogan, various versions

Errol Flynn

Groucho Marx

Clark Gable

Barry White - great beard

Lt. Worf

Ming the Merciless

Hercule Poirot (at least tehe guy who plays him on TV, can't remeber the actor)

Buster · 1 year ago

George Bernard Shaw, Thank you very much.

Also, check out these pictures from the "World Beard and Moustache Championships" in Anchorage Alaska:

http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/Gallery/...

Buster · 1 year ago

I think Josef Stalin's moustaches would beat Karl Mark's beard in a fight.

Small moustaches are manly too:

David Niven, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin (and the other guy).

Also, how about Dizzie Gillespie, Howie Mandell's and Tom Wait's Soul patch..

Finally,

I think Frederick Douglas would take both Stalin and Marx with his principles and his beard.

Than there's Uncle Jesse, Ernest Hemmingway, Sigmund Freud, W.E.B. Dubois, Robert E.Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jerry Garcia, Che Guevera, John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Confucius, Yosemite Sam and Jesus.

Maybe I should try it... it would take a very long time.

amy · 1 year ago

following brigham young with chuck norris is a stunt i shall not soon forget. this was a real fun post to read. two thumbs up y'all.

Wayne Carlson · 1 year ago

@rommy -

Abe Lincoln was neither "honest", nor is he worthy of being amongst the greatest examples of Masculine whiskers.

Wayne Carlson · 1 year ago

@tomdawg -

Couldn't agree more. Gen'l "Keep the skeer on" and "Git there firstest, with the mostest" Forrest is one hell of a model of masculinity.

Pato DeMuertes · 1 year ago

So...Kenny Rogers, of all people, makes the list...And Hemingway does not? No Papa?!?! Tsk, tsk, fellas. For shame.

Not Too Happy · 1 year ago

The BS company I work for just instituted a no facial hair policy. I have had some form of facial hair for the last 26 years. Totally stinks, but they pay well.

john · 1 year ago

Frank Zappa.
One of the most iconic mustaches in the music industry.

Greg Peets · 1 year ago

Manliest Mustache = Lemmy Kilmister

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8...

Bart · 1 year ago

Just want to second the approval of Brigham Young and his manly beard. My friends and I have long thought that having 50+ wives and sporting rockin' facial fur is what constitutes "living true playa style."

Also, to the guys who can't keep comments on topic: you lack manly focus probably because you don't have a cool beard.

Mark · 1 year ago

What about Eastwood in the dollars trilogy?

http://ippikiookami.files.wordpress.com/2007/11...

Paul G. · 1 year ago

Walt Whitman
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/mcquien/htmlfil...

Kate · 1 year ago

What about The Monarch!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Monarch_01.jpg

Andrew · 1 year ago

Definitely Lanny McDonald.
Best stache in the NHL.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2172/2379509863_...

Paul · 1 year ago

I know he's not that well known to non-theologians, but how can you go past B. B. Warfield?

http://homepage.mac.com/shanerosenthal/reformat...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/t...
http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/no...

A deserving man for Art of Manliness recognition, i say.

Faron · 1 year ago

Dudes, what about Jeremiah Johnson? I am not a particularly big fan of Robert Redford, but I am a huge follower of the great mountain man Jeremiah Johnson. He (that movie) is why I am trying to grow a big manly beard now.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/J...

GeorgeM · 1 year ago

When it comes to manly beards ... one has to mention BRIAN BLESSED!

The man climbed Mount Everest, for crying out loud! More than once!

Fierce beard and that GREAT BIG BOOMING MANLY VOICE!

http://www.woodland-trust.org.uk/celebrities/im...
http://www.tvscoop.tv/brian%20blessed.jpg

Maria · 11 months ago

What about Rasputin?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin

Allstar · 11 months ago

What about Abe Lincoln? He grew his famous beard at the request of a young girl while campaigning for president. She suggested he would appeal to voters if he "grew (his) weskers out." He did, won the office, and went on to re-unite the country.

So, here's to honest Abe's beard!

Chris · 10 months ago

What about Father Time or Rip Van Winkle? I know they're fictional but they have mega beards.

Wesley · 10 months ago

I may late to the party, but if you're going to have a part two of this, you should include Baron Davis, currently of the Clippers. In a league with baby faces and bad mustaches, Davis grows a great manly beard. And he plays a manly style of point guard.

Ray · 9 months ago

Great article and fun too. Good additional suggestions. How about Czar Nicholas? or The charachter on "My Name is Earl"? He loves his mustache. He even gave up Alyssa Milano for it. Or d'Artagnan of "The Three Musketeers"? Okay, real people: Many American Presidents. Hayse, Grant, Harrison... But hey, it is a fun list and the line must be drawn somewhere. And Uncle Joe (Stalin), while evil, did sport one heck of a 'stache. Strange though, Hitler killed about half as many people as Stalin and/ but had a goofy mustache.

Aditya Mehta · 9 months ago

No James Hetfield?

Rab · 9 months ago

Baby Spice would look good with a beard.

Rab · 9 months ago

Turkish joke :

What do you call a Turk without a mustache ?

A woman.

Ben · 9 months ago

WG Grace, father of modern batting. A true gentleman, sportsman and Englishman.

God Save the Queen.

http://www.cardmine.co.uk/list27/a271264.jpg

http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/14200/1...