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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Gloria Steinem.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2025 source ↗

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Joseph Fiennes English actor
Aung San Suu Kyi: an extraordinary humanitarian fighting for democracy in a Burmese dictatorship.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2008 source ↗
Michael Ball English singer, presenter and actor
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his trajectory from performer to leading his country and then stepping up in such a magnificent way is extraordinary.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2023 source ↗
Dermot O'Leary British-Irish television presenter
My parents for the roots; my old parish priest, Father Arthur Barrow, for the fire and the reason; Richard Curtis for the drive and humanity; and, for living in the public eye with principles, George Clooney.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2014 source ↗
George Takei
Pope Francis, who left the Vatican to wash the feet of non-believers.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2015 source ↗

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