Angus Deayton: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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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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Angus Deayton

English actor, comedian, presenter and writer

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Sir Alex Ferguson is the most impressive person I’ve met in terms of charisma and achievement.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2016 source ↗

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George Michael English singer-songwriter

Anybody who fights for human rights or to make this world a better place. Nurses, doctors, teachers: these are the people who deserve the credit these days.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 August 2014 source ↗

Meg Rosoff American novelist

My husband is the kindest, funniest, most strange and wondrous person I know.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗

Kenneth Branagh

Our local doctor.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2022 source ↗

Sienna Miller British actress

Liu Xiaobo, for his dignity and wisdom. If we could all have a dose of that perspective, the world would be a better place.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2012 source ↗

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With the correct pronunciation of my name.

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England 1 Iceland 2.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2016 source ↗

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