If you were a teenager back then, there’s a good chance you grew up swooning over one of these celebrities or had a poster of them pinned to your bedroom wall.
From screen sirens to hunky heartthrobs, they were among the most lusted-after figures of their generation.
The famous faces pictured in this retro photo gallery include models, singers and actors.
Some were classically good-looking, while others were more unlikely sex symbols, beguiling fans with their personality as much as their beauty.
How many of these 60s and 70s celebrities do you recognise, and are there any you had a crush on as a teenager?
If these photos have got you feeling all nostalgic, you might enjoy this look back at the things every teenager wanted in their bedroom during the 60s and 70s.
5. Henry Winkler
He was the epitome of cool as The Fonz in the 70s sitcom Happy Days. While some people swooned over Ron Howard, as Richie Cunningham, Henry Winkler was the show's true sex symbol. | Getty Images Photo: Michael Putland
6. Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren was one of the biggest sex symbols of the 60s. Having been encouraged to start acting after entering a beauty pageant as a teenager, she first burst into the limelight in the 50s, with films including The Pride and the Passion, and Houseboat. In 1960, she became the first actor to win an Oscar for a foreign language film, Two Women. She was also nominated for a best actress Oscar for the 1964 film Marriage Italian Style. | Getty Images Photo: Dorothy/Daily Express/Hulton Archive
7. Donny Osmond
Donny Osmond was a child star who enjoyed huge success with the Osmonds before racking up more hits after going solo. The star, who famously sang about Puppy Love, was many people's first crush. | Getty Images Photo: Michael Putland
8. Julie Christie
Julie Christie's breakthrough role came in the 1963 film Billy Liar, in which she played Liz. Two years later, she won the best actress Oscar for Darling and also appeared in Doctor Zhivago, which remains one of the highest-grossing films ever made, when taking inflation into account. Her other big 60s and 70s films included Fahrenheit 451, Don't Look Now and Shampoo. | Getty Images Photo: Michael Ward