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 Archie Panjabi said elsewhere, not written here
Mathew Varghese, an orthopaedic surgeon who runs India’s only polio ward in Delhi. He provides reconstructive surgery to help survivors walk.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2018 source ↗

Others on this question

View all 407 →
Matt Smith English actor
My dad, because he is full of integrity and good humour; and my grandad, because he's full of the same.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2013 source ↗
My mother-in-law, Eunice Shriver, who founded the Special Olympics, and my father-in-law, Sargent Shriver, who founded Job Corps and was the first director of the Peace Corps.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2003 source ↗
Bill Bailey Comedian and musician
Aung San Suu Kyi, for her resilience and determination.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2016 source ↗

More from Archie Panjabi

View profile →

More on values & belief

Also answered this

Maxine Peake, Patricia Hodge, Martin Kemp, Anne-Marie Duff, Omid Djalili, Russell Tovey

Search the directory for somebody in particular.

Explore further

Report this answer