Nancy Pelosi: 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 Nancy Pelosi said elsewhere, not written here

My husband, Paul, who is an enabler of the exuberance of his wife and five kids.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2019 source ↗

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Lil Nas X American rapper

I have to say myself, because I know everything that he’s been through and still continues to go through. I admire him. So I vote me – I like him.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2024 source ↗

Florence Welch British singer

My little sister Grace. In all the ways in which I am not capable or grounded or calm, she is.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

Rebecca Lucy Taylor

Julie Hesmondhalgh – she’s the kindest, brightest, most truthful woman. She’s so talented, works hard, cares about the right things, puts her energy in the right places. I adore her.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Rita Wilson American actress, singer, and producer

I really admire Bonnie Raitt. She is a singer songwriter who has been doing what she has been doing for so many years and she recently won the song of the year Grammy for Just Like That. I loved the validation that creativity never stops, you can keep doing the things that you love.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗