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.

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Recorded Mariska Hargitay said elsewhere, not written here
People who do hard, honorable work in obscurity.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2024 source ↗

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Karamo Brown American television host, personality and actor
My son, Jason, because he has overcome so much and continues to keep a smile on his face, and I just love that.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2021 source ↗
Kevin Bacon
My wife – for her intelligence, talent, ability to survive this business and be such a fantastic mother to our two kids. (Of course, I have to say that, because she’s sitting right here.)
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗
Reece Shearsmith British actor, comedian and writer
There's a man at the tube who hands out ShortList magazine. He has never given up trying to make me take one. I admire that.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2014 source ↗

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