Sarah Brown: 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 Sarah Brown said elsewhere, not written here

Aung San Suu Kyi – for her courage, self-sacrifice and showing that you don't need to be fierce to be strong.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 March 2011 source ↗

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Giovanna Fletcher

Judi Dench – not only is she super talented but she is also really humble.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 February 2024 source ↗

Samuel West British actor, theatre director, and narrator

Greta Thunberg. For setting an example and fighting hatred with humour.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 October 2020 source ↗

Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984

Just look at a Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa and Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela, and you’ll see that one of the outstanding characteristics of each one of these is how they have poured themselves out prodigally on behalf of others, of their being so utterly selfless.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview source ↗

Hugh Jackman