Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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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 Amy Poehler said elsewhere, not written here
Beyoncé/Beyoncé’s hair person.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2014 source ↗

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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 ↗
Yayoi Kusama Japanese artist
I am in my ninth decade, so most people I have admired are no longer alive.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 May 2016 source ↗
My niece, Petra Janney, who got her pilot’s license to rescue animals from rural kill shelters and have them placed with different pet adoption agencies.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2025 source ↗
James Corden English actor and comedian
My dad. It's only now that I realise the huge sacrifices that he made to give us a good upbringing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2013 source ↗

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