Who is the most famous person you've met?

NYC mayors Ed Koch and Bill Deblasio (and wife Chirlane McCray - they live in my neighborhood), NYS governor George Pataki, actor Corbin Bernsen, MLB players and managers Jim Abbott, Vida Blue, Barry Bonds, Gary Carter, David Cone, Ron Darling, Kevin Elster, Dallas Green, Bud Harrelson, Davey Johnson, Jay Johnstone, Kevin Kennedy, Harmon Killebrew, Ray Knight, Tommy Lasorda, Roger McDowell, Keith Miller, Jim Rooker, Nolan Ryan, Billy Sample (a longtime friend), Art Shamsky, Lee Smith, Darryl Strawberry, Joe Torre, and Mookie Wilson.

I could list even more baseball personalities from the time I spent around the game as a journalist.

I met most of them in professional settings like press conferences, batting practice, and postgame locker rooms, so the interactions were limited.

But in all cases, I found people to be pleasant and down to earth; not that different from the rest us other than their elite talent and notoriety. Some were surprisingly (to me) relaxed and easygoing.

Forrest Griffin. My sisters were concierge in Vegas, and I’d go with them to events they’d get to go to for free. He was at one, going down the line to take selfies with people. I didn’t want one (never watched his fights at the time), but said I’d just get a pic of him without me in it. He said he felt awkward about that. Then I felt awkward, like saying I’d take a pic of him instead of with him was creeper stuff or something. Not what he said, but I wonder. 😬 I ended up taking the pic anyway.

Maya Angelou. After she spoke at a college where a friend taught, we went to get her autograph and she invited us to eat with her. She was a great conversationalist, had a wonderful sense of humor. ☺️

Margaret Thatcher and Bill Clinton, the old washerwoman at a State Dinner, she was a frump and Bill Clinton at a celebratory dinner at a defence contractor I was working for, they won an award and Clinton attended as the Governor of Arkansas before he became President, he was very tall, quite handsome and friendly too.

Kevin Costner. Didn't meet him but walked by him in Deadwood, SD where he owned the Midnight Star.
He had gotten out of his van and he yelled something at his dad.
He was in a pissy mood ignoring fans as he walked tuwards his casino.

@Soph03 Sting was cool he was nice and talked with people
Hall,Nash and Steiner was all 3 pretty mych a-holes they wasnt interested in fans and seemed to just want to leave to go back to the motel they was at
Peyton Manning was cool i talked with him a good while he signed some stuff for me signed one of his rookie cards i had and an 8×10 picture of him when he played for Tennessee Eli was supposed to be there too but he had something else come up so he didnt show up
I have also met John Schneider and Tom Wopat
Aka Bo and Luke Duke they was both nice as well and they sang country music at the event

George Lazenby at a charity baseball game. He was quite nice, considering

I've met a lot, and not all positive encounters, but maybe the coolest was Robin Williams. Just the two of us sat on an out of the way grassy knoll at an event for maybe 20 minutes. I think he was hiding. He came up to me and asked to sit down. We just chatted. Very relaxed. And unlike a lot of celebs he was curious about who I was. That's the mark of a decent person in my opinion.

When i was little Gospel singer Larnelle Harris held me in his arms.

tommy lee/heather locklear...pele... it was cool.

Elvira. Absolute sweetie

None.

I have seen actors and politicians from a distance that's about it.

Never actually met anyone.

I would love to meet Emma Watson someday.🥰

Jeremy Corbyn

I've never met anyone here yet
so no experience
May be I can count those big govt officials I've seen in school college functions but they're no famous

Multiple pro wrestlers Kevin Nash,Scott Hall,Scott Steiner,Sting
Met Peyton Manning at a card show in Tennessee

President Carter, Sally Ride and other astronauts

I don't think the famous people who met me were really bothered and it was mutual.

Hilary Clinton, Al Gore, Theodore Bike, Zero Mostel, Yogi Berra others.

Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Ryan Mallett, Cam Newton

Britney Spears

No one

How did you meet Jimmy Carter? Were you in Georgia? He is one of my heroes 👏

Couple of Presidents and a few athletes

Chuck Berry at an airport in late 82

The physicist Lawrence Krauss.

Absolutely nobody and I'm okay with that.

I'm not going to name drop it feels a bit obnoxious

A mediocre defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens

My friend's big brother is a famous tv presenter/producer in the UK, and spent many a party chatting with him.

How did you meet them one’s English and one is American and jimmy carter is old

Probably Al Pacino.

Ed Asner, Moses Malone, Alan Iverson, Regina King, Chris Webber, Paris Hilton, Nikki Hilton, Mike Tyson, and many others, I used to work security at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.