People

Cristiano Ronaldo

Shawn Mendes
Musician
My hero is Cristiano Ronaldo.

Justin Timberlake

Shawn Mendes
Musician
From day 1, Justin Timberlake has been a huge inspiration for me.

Matthew McConaughey

Shawn Mendes
Musician
My dream came true when I met him.

Alicia Keys

Shawn Mendes
Musician
She is just incredible.

Ed Sheeran

Shawn Mendes
Musician
Ed Sheeran is my inspiration for music.

John Mayer

Shawn Mendes
Musician
“Mayer is such an incredible person to idolize,” Mendes says, “because he had an entire fan base when he was young, but now he’s 40 and all those people still love him but his music has transcended time and generations. It’s so impressive to be able to do that — to become something different without losing those people.”

Jake Gyllenhaal

Shawn Mendes
Musician
He works on developing a wider audience, and that includes endless quickie interviews with local press outlets that want to know about his favorite actor (Jake Gyllenhaal), his hobbies (“I’m really into fitness”) and his solution to world poverty.