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Danny Boyle, for obvious reasons.
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?Originally asked
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Rafael Nadal
Spanish professional tennis player, 2001–2024
Just normal people from my hometown, from my country.
Alan Titchmarsh
Gardener and broadcaster
Alan Bennett. He's enormously good company, very funny, generous with his time, frighteningly intelligent - and a Yorkshireman.
Martin Sheen, simply the kindest and most fun-loving person and serious activist I’ve ever known. If Jesus was alive today he’d point to Martin Sheen and say, “That’s what I was talking about.”
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.
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