Terry O'Neill: 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 Terry O'Neill said elsewhere, not written here

Eden Hazard, a true sportsman.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 January 2017 source ↗

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Graydon Carter

It will be the one or two or three senior Republican leaders who take a public and forceful stand against the ugly lunacy of the Trump administration.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2025 source ↗

Armistead Maupin American writer

My friend Ian McKellen, who has an extraordinary record as an actor and a gay activist.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2019 source ↗

Suzi Quatro American-British rock musician

My sister Arlene, who is 75 and on marriage number seven. I admire her hopefulness.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 November 2016 source ↗

Steve Jobs Co-founder and chief executive of Apple; co-founder of NeXT; chief executive of Pixar

You know, Dr. Edwin Land was a troublemaker. He dropped out of Harvard and founded Polaroid. Not only was he one of the great inventors of our time but, more important, he saw the intersection of art and science and business and built an organization to reflect that.

Recorded David Sheff, Playboy Interview, February 1985 source ↗