Happy Movember: The Top 12 Famous Mustaches

The Jeopardy! host just wasn't the same when he shaved his mustache. At least he realizes how much we miss it. In 2005, he told Entertainment Weekly that all was not lost for fans of his 'stache. "There are people who'd like it back," he said. "And I say, it's not gone forever."—Megan Friedman

What other mustache has a Facebook fan page and a coffee-table book dedicated to it?—Megan Friedman

The general in the Union army during the Civil War had such awesome facial hair, he was honored when the name "sideburns" was coined. But few people have combined the sideburn-mustache look he rocked so famously.—Megan Friedman

Though he lost a mustache battle with Wilford Brimley's mustache on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, film critic Shalit's handlebar 'stache is a winner in our hearts.—Megan Friedman

Charlie Chaplin's iconic facial hair is known as a "toothbrush mustache." Many people immediately compare the mustache to Hitler's, but we'd like to say Chaplin did it better.—Megan Friedman

God might be dead, but philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s mustache lives on. Easily the finest 'stache in philosophy, Nietzsche’s facial hair took on many forms: the thick half-circle, the handlebar (albeit a wispy version). But his most iconic mustache, formed later in Nietzsche’s life, was a bushy forest of hair that ... appeared to cover his entire mouth. No wonder he went crazy.—Josh Sanburn

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Director John Waters almost as famous for his pencil-thin mustache as he is for his films. He told The Guardian he grew it at 19 in an attempt to emulate Little Richard — and it's still around today. —Megan Friedman

The wrestler turned reality-TV star sports a horseshoe mustache, which — the American Mustache Institute warns — should not be confused with a fu manchu. Horseshoe mustaches are also grown from the sides of the mouth. —Megan Friedman

The mustache of Parks and Recreation’s Ron Swanson is epic. It’s thick, bristly and well-maintained. The ‘stache disappeared briefly when Swanson decided to shave it for his frightening ex-wife, Tammy 1. But it’s returned, sometimes stealing the show when Swanson isn’t. On NBC’s site, you can even ... e Yourself.—Josh Sanburn

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John Oates, half of music duo Hall & Oates, pulled a Trebek when he shaved off his iconic 'stache. But the facial fuzz will live in infamy via J-Stache, a cartoon series on Funny or Die, that reunites Oates with his mustache as a crime-fighting duo. (The video has some questionable language.)—Megan Friedman

Fox News host Geraldo Rivera has sported his iconic 'stache throughout his career. And it's a smart move —nobody would recognize him if he decided to shave.—Megan Friedman

You know you're in the mustache hall-of-fame when you get a personal mustache groomer. According to the New York Post, Selleck's 'stache got brushed between every take of a TV pilot shoot.—Megan Friedman