Erin O'Connor: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Erin O'Connor said elsewhere, not written here

Annie Lennox - she's a private woman with integrity.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2008 source ↗

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Martin Kemp English musician and actor

Buzz Aldrin. I met him about 10 years ago and all I could do was look at his feet. What greater thing can you do than walk on the moon?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 July 2018 source ↗

Noah Harari Israeli historian and philosopher

On a personal level, the friend who is a single mum raising two kids by herself during this Covid era. She is a real hero. If a historical personality, I choose Mikhail Gorbachev, who probably saved the world from world war three.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 October 2021 source ↗

Roger Moore

Nelson Mandela.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2008 source ↗

Julian Clary English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter

Dame Joan Collins. She insists on being happy whatever is going on and, despite being a Tory, is a very caring person.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗