Sheryl Crow: 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 Sheryl Crow said elsewhere, not written here

My mother, because now I have two sons and I have help around me – including my family – I can't imagine having four little ones under the age of nine, as she did.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2010 source ↗

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Garrison Keillor

My president, a heroic figure—also good- humored, pretty smart, elegant; and if the rest of the world thinks he typifies America, I don’t mind at all.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2009 source ↗

Alan Shepard Naval aviator and astronaut; the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon

In those days, talking in terms of a hero — it had to be Charles Lindbergh. I was very young when he flew across the Atlantic, and very impressed.

Recorded Houston, Texas, Academy of Achievement, 1 February 1991 source ↗

Hans Zimmer Film composer

Sir David Attenborough, John Prendergast.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2019 source ↗

John Bishop English comedian and actor

Bob Geldof, because he changed the perception of what people should do when they see a situation of need.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 October 2013 source ↗