Who was the first man to appear on the cover of American Vogue?

Richard Gere was the first man to appear on the cover of American Vogue.

Gere shared the November 1992 cover with model Cindy Crawford. The image was photographed by Herb Ritts and became notable because American Vogue had traditionally placed women, rather than male celebrities, at the center of its covers.

The cover reflected the growing prominence of celebrity culture in fashion magazines and the public profile of Gere and Crawford as a high-profile couple. It is also frequently discussed in histories of Vogue cover imagery.

This fact is sometimes confused with the first male model to appear alone, or with the first man photographed inside the magazine. The commonly cited landmark concerns the first man on the cover of American Vogue, and that man was Richard Gere.