Richard Bacon: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Richard Bacon said elsewhere, not written here

Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2015 source ↗

Others on this question

Nelson Mandela.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2008 source ↗

Sam Neill New Zealand actor

My brother, Michael. He is an academic and has devoted his life to scholarship; my life seems trivial by comparison. Bastard.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 June 2016 source ↗

Pedro Almodóvar, for being loyal to his personality as an artist against all the odds.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2019 source ↗

Chlöe Swarbrick who is co-leader of the New Zealand Greens. She’s demonstrating the bold leadership that I look to do every single day.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

To have sex three times a week. But who’s counting?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2015 source ↗

Reading Joe Biden’s son’s tribute to his late brother, Beau, at his funeral.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2015 source ↗

About twice a week I think I’m having the best day of my life. When was I happiest? Er, Tuesday.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2015 source ↗

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