Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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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.

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Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who was shot for advocating that girls be educated.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2013 source ↗

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Big Narstie British entertainer
Ed Sheeran, a little ginger boy from the farmlands in Suffolk who ran away to London, slept on the streets and became the biggest musician in the world.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2022 source ↗
Anne Enright Novelist and short-story writer
Catherine Corless, who spent her own money to secure birth certificates for the unrecorded dead children of the Tuam mother and baby home.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2024 source ↗
Emma Bunton British singer
My mother: she’s an inspiration. She went back to college in her 40s, started karate and became a black belt.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗

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