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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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Russell Howard British comedian and presenter
Billy Connolly, who is a brilliantly funny man. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t adore him.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗
Olly Alexander English singer and actor
Jill Nalder. Lydia West played her character in It’s a Sin. She was on the wards with nurses caring for patients who were dying [of Aids] when lots of people wouldn’t go near them.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 March 2025 source ↗
Archie Panjabi British actress
Mathew Varghese, an orthopaedic surgeon who runs India’s only polio ward in Delhi. He provides reconstructive surgery to help survivors walk.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2018 source ↗

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