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This image shows stubble after a few days without shaving

Stubble on a man's face is the unshaven beard growth that exists for one to three days (or longer, depending on the hair's rate of growth), before it becomes long enough to cover the skin and be considered a full beard. In recent times, electric clippers have rendered stubble growth an easily maintained and fashionable style, as it can lend some men a rugged swarthiness and does not require daily attention. From the late 1920s to the mid-1960s, when a clean-shaven appearance was in vogue in the Western world, it was also known as a five o'clock shadow and a man sporting one was considered to be unattractive, unrefined and even unclean. In the 1960 US presidential election's televised debates, Richard Nixon's five o'clock shadow was reputed to have counted against him in the voters' perceptions.

In the early 1980s, hit television series Miami Vice popularized a stubbly beard (known as "designer stubble"), which had been a German fashion at the beginning of the 16th century, when many young men sat for their portraits sporting a week's stubble growth.

"Stubble" can also refer to any regrowth of shaven hair (e.g. on a woman's legs), or to the short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

• Don Johnson as "Sonny Crockett" on the television series Miami Vice.
• Bono of U2 often appears with stubble.
• Chris Martin of Coldplay
• Homer Simpson, who displays permanent stubble.
• Fred Flintstone, who also displays permanent stubble.
• Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters
• Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
• Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has sported stubble for much of his career.
• Éric Cantona, former Manchester United captain, sported stubble throughout his career.
• Tom Cruise is often seen with stubble.
• Chris Benoit, a professional wrestler who has rarely appeared without stubble.
• Scott Hall, a professional wrestler who sported stubble for most of his career.
• Jason Fabbri, popular Melbourne socialite and dance ambassador.
• Gregory House, fictional star of television series House
• Harrison Ford when swashbuckling as Indiana Jones
• Ian Thorpe Australian former swimmer, is rarely seen without stubble.
• Many of the male characters on the television series Lost have stubble, due to the characters being stranded on an island.
• Sam Fisher of the Splinter Cell series.
• Vincent D'Onofrio on Law and Order: Criminal Intent
• George Michael, British singer
• Arvin Sloane from the Spy-fi tv series Alias
• Beastie Boy Adam Yauch sports stubble in the picture on the inside cover of Licensed To Ill.
• Arizona Cardinals QB Matt Leinart is constantly seen with stubble.
• Solid Snake from the Metal Gear Solid series usually wears stubble.
• Ektor Fifteen famous rockstar and film director
• Roman Abramovich, Russian Billionaire
• The Punisher, comic book character.
• Wolverine, another popular comic book character.
• Nick Fury, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Beard

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