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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President Zelenskyy.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2024 source ↗

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Warren Buffett Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
I think that Jay Powell in when, when the epidemic broke out, I think he acted in March of 2020 and I think if he'd waited two or three weeks, it would have been a disaster. Once the dominoes start toppling, they just start toppling and, and, and, and that line is shorter than anybody thinks, and it topples faster. And I think he did exactly the right thing, and he, he did it even stronger than Volker did. You know, I mean, he, he and Volker are my heroes at the Fed.
Recorded Becky Quick, CNBC “Squawk Box”, recorded in Omaha; CNBC's own transcript of its own broadcast, 31 March 2026 source ↗
A midwife named Jennie Joseph. She is a tireless activist for women, family health and equal access to quality maternity care.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2017 source ↗
Florence Welch British singer
My little sister Grace. In all the ways in which I am not capable or grounded or calm, she is.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

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