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 Judy Murray said elsewhere, not written here
Billie Jean King. She’s the reason tennis is such an equal sport in terms of opportunity for women.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 December 2020 source ↗

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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 ↗
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 ↗
John McCarthy, the journalist who was held captive for five years in Beirut. I’ve met him and he was so full of peace, humility and forgiveness – it was inspiring.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 September 2025 source ↗

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