Who is the most famous person you have met?

[WomenHour]

I would have to be George Sampson.

Helen Mirren

prince Charles
Anthony Hopkins
Bill Clinton

Andrew Neill
Trevor Brooking
Mel C
Gary Rhodes
Bernard Cribbins

Tony Blair.

I met most of the senior New Labour politicians, including Tony & Cherie, John Prescott, David Blunkett, Robin Cook etc etc.

I was a Labour activist in a very important ‘bellweather’ marginal seat in the 90s, and everyone came up to Derbyshire from London to campaign for us.

We were devastated when we lost in 1992, but in 1997 we won .

Tony knew he was about to become PM, and behaved accordingly. He was more charismatic than anyone you have ever met. Cherie came across as being extremely bright, and she was very attractive in the flesh.

[quote giggly]@paniquer Tam Cowan don’t think many mn will know who he is[/quote]
I was thinking that

Reminds me that I met Neil Kinnock. He was lovely.

Oh I met Tam Cowan once too!

Paul Nichols when he was still in Eastenders.
Lenny Henry.
Francesca Simon.
Julia Donaldson.
Sophie Kinsella.
Korky Paul (Winnie the Witch illustrator)
Mr Tumble

Jimmy Savile for me too unfortunately. Had to squeeze past him at a party to get to the loo. He said something to me as he looked down my top. I was fortunately rendered temporarily deaf at that moment.

Boris Johnson

Pat Sharpe

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I would have to be George Sampson.

That's quite a low bar you've set, OP

Caroline Flack bless her heart

Actually met? Rather that gawped at like a haddock? Kate Adie. She was extremely lovely to me as a very star-struck teen.

My DH fell down the stairs in front of Kathleen Turner. She was unperturbed.

Salman Rushdie

Oh and Timmy Mallet

@FunTimes2020 I dearly wanted to say that.

The Queen , Prince Charles, GW Bush, Bob Geldolf, Rick Astley

Billy Connolly once had a cup of tea with my mum - such a genuinely lovely guy.

Steve Jobs
Dave Grohl + Foos
Bruce Dickinson
All of biffy clyro
Bobby Davro
Bruce Forsyth
Tim Cook
Alan Carr
Amy Winehouse
Idris Elba

DH has a massive list as his dad was a fairly well established session musician for ITV and the west end.

I also sat next to Gemma Whelan on the tube when we were both heavily pregnant but all I did was nod and smiile, my girl crush rendered me useless.

Prince Philip
Luciano Pavarotti
Joan Sutherland
Sue Pollard
Paul Daniels
Joan Baez
Jack P Shepherd was in same drama group as dd (about 10) and I told him off for talking backstage.
Emma Williams also in same drama group and was youngest ever female lead in a West End musical when she did Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Met, as in, actually talked to?
Prince Charles
David Tennant

Richard E Grant
Rik Mayall
Gloria Hunniford

Simon Armitage the poet. I was sitting opposite him on a train and we got talking. I’ve met a few horsey celebrities when they were young and unknown.

Dermot Murnaghan - a lovely, lovely man!
Sir Richard Hadlee - I babysat for his children. He paid very well, but I bloody earned it with those kids!
Lisa Scott-Lee - not nice!