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

The question

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

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.

Julian Clary

English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

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

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

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Boris Becker German tennis player, coach, and commentator

My sporting hero, Muhammad Ali.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 June 2012 source ↗

Billie Piper English actress and former singer

My mother. She raised four children pretty much on her own. My father was around, but always out at work.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2011 source ↗

Mario Molina Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995

there are really very many. Again, as a child, it was obviously those scientists which had lived in the past that had made such an important mark in science history.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interviewer, Academy of Achievement interview, 1996, 1996 source ↗

Alice Eve British actress

Hillary Clinton, because it’s not easy being bullied and humiliated publicly and carrying on.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 April 2020 source ↗