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Which living person do you most admire, and why?

407 answers answered between 1985 and 2026 one of 25 in The Q&A

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Read by field Everyone Science and medicine 2 Arts and letters 338 Politics and public life 27 Business and finance 15 Technology 3 Sport 22
Read by age Any age Before thirty 19 In their thirties 60 In their forties 77 In their fifties 68 In their sixties 50 Seventy and beyond 61
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Mohamed ElBaradei Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 1997-2009; Nobel Peace Prize 2005
I have a lot of respect and admiration for President Carter. It was a delight when I got the Nobel Peace Prize to get a letter from him. It meant a lot to me, getting that letter from a man who is my idol in many ways. ... He always has the courage to express his views, his convictions. He doesn’t hesitate to run against the current. He has always had a moral certitude. He looks at the ethics and morality of his action, and that’s key. Whatever we do in life, whether privately or publicly, we need to have a compass. We need to be sure that what we do is not only good for us, but good for the people at large. That’s ethics. That’s morality. I think we need to always know that our work is not just good for us in the short term, but it’s morally correct. And when I talk about morality, I don’t talk about religion. I talk about a moral code, a moral value, which I think we all have, being honest, being fair, being correct. These are values I think we all share.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 2006 source ↗
Anne Robinson English television presenter and journalist
Any mother with young children who is also doing a full-time job.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 August 2010 source ↗
Caroline Lucas
Jacinda Ardern, the former New Zealand prime minister – for embodying a different, more compassionate politics.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗
Clive Myrie British journalist, newsreader, and presenter
Your average aid worker, wherever they may be. Any human being doing good by helping others, while putting themselves in harm’s way.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2024 source ↗

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