André the Giant at the beach picking up chicks at Cannes, 1967

As I type these words, many of you that are reading them right now are probably in the midst of a pretty nasty heatwave. So I thought posting some amazing photos of people way cooler than us, looking even cooler than usual (with one or two amusing exceptions) while hanging out at the beach was in order.

Albert Einstein, 1945

You may have seen a few of the 24 images in this post before, but hopefully the majority will surprise you, especially the one of André the Giant literally picking up chicks at Cannes, or Albert Einstein (above) wearing some interesting footwear while the waves crash around his feet. Whenever possible, I included locations and dates of where and when the photos were taken as some were taken before the subjects became famous. Man, I feel cooler already. More reach-the-beach images follow.

AC/DC in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1985

Slade, 1974

Charles Bronson, 1974

Robert Mitchum, 1942

Iggy Pop in Iggy Pop beach-style attire, 2000

A young Siouxsie Sioux at the beach

Baby Charles Bukowski on the beach 1920’s

James Dean relaxing on the beach with his girlfriend Barbara Glenn, 1954

Actors Cary Grant (in socks!) and Randolph Scott running on the beach, 1935

Ron Wood and Mick Jagger

Sammy Davis Jr. on “Chicken Bone Beach” in Atlantic City, 1950’s

A young Frank Sinatra on the beach in New Jersey

Debbie Harry on the beach at Coney Island

Joey Ramone and surfboard at Coney Island, 1977

The Runaways, 1977

A brunette Brigitte Bardot in Cannes, 1953

Andy Warhol and Corinne Kessler on a Fire Island beach, 1949

Artist Keith Haring, 1984

Alfred Hitchcock on a Santa Cruz beach, with his Sealyham terriers, Geoffrey and Stanley Cruz, early 1960’s

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, 1950’s

Winston Churchill Churchill after bathing in the waters of the English Channel, early 1940’s

Hunter S. Thompson on the beach in Cozumel, Mexico, 1974