Who's the most famous person you've ever met?

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I was in the usa one year and we decided to go and see tombstone,
We we're told to use the truck stops as they gave good value for money ref meals,

Well true to form we'd enjoyed our first meal of the day and as we made our way to the hire car my wife decided she needed the loo after all
and so i said in a loudish voice "i'll see you in the car" And then i continued a few steps to this hire car
As i got nearer to the car a voice from an old truck parked next to us rang out and it said "love your scouse twang"

I looked at the driver and it was Paul Mc cartney and his then wife Linda,
At first i wasn't sure if it was him or not because he was a bit rough looking but it was him and we exchanged views on our home land and liverpool,

When my wife returned paul and family's truck was just driving away, my wife asked who i was talking to, "Paul and Linda McCartney" I replied,

What out here in this dusty place "Dont think so"

She never did believe me.

Have you met anyone famous?
 

Ernest Hemingway

I was 5 years old, and although the memory is foggy I do remember it.

A close friend of my aunt was housekeeper/maid for a college professor and his wife in the small town I was born in. I spent a lot of time with my aunt, but for whatever reason I spent one night with her friend. The house was huge (it had an elevator) and quite beautiful.

Turns out they were hosting Hemingway for the weekend. Of course I had no idea who he was. Late that night I was thirsty, so I snuck out of bed and tip-toed into the main kitchen to get some juice. Imagine my surprise when I saw a man sitting at the table. I started to run, but he called me back, asked my name and when I told him I was thirsty he got me a small glass of juice.

Later when my aunt picked me up I told her about it. She explained the man was very famous. Indeed, he most certainly was. :)(The previous year he had won the Nobel Prize for literature.)
 

NancyNGA said:
Jimmy Carter. Don't know if you'd call it *met* though. Shook hands in a long greeting line,
when he was running for President in 1976.
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When I was in college I was in the student union building and there he was.......making a speech to a small gathering in the lobby. I didn't even stop as he was pretty much an unknown and I thought there was no way he would be in the running(this was 2 years before election). Ha...was I wrong.

I met Jack Nicklaus once putting on an exhibition in my town. Also met Peyton Manning when he was at Ole Miss watching his brother play a football game. And I went to school with Sela Ward who had roles in several movies and appeared in a couple of tv series. But that's about it. Nothing earth shattering.
 
Bullie76 said:
When I was in college I was in the student union building and there he was.......making a speech to a small gathering in the lobby. I didn't even stop as he was pretty much an unknown and I thought there was no way he would be in the running(this was 2 years before election). Ha...was I wrong.

I met Jack Nicklaus once putting on an exhibition in my town. Also met Peyton Manning when he was at Ole Miss watching his brother play a football game. And I went to school with Sela Ward who had roles in several movies and appeared in a couple of tv series. But that's about it. Nothing earth shattering.
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Peyton Manning was a student at UT when I worked there. Everybody said hello to him when we saw him. Really nice guy.

I haven't actually 'met' anybody but I saw Kofi Annan at a museum in Glasgow about a year ago, saw Prince Andrew, wife and daughters at the American Embassy in London just after 911. They were laying flowers. Saw Prince Charles at a Glasgow train station.

When I lived in Detroit the 1980 Republican convention was held downtown. No, I am NOT a republican and never have been, but I wandered down to see who I could see. I was most interested in the news media people and having my face on the Today programme as one of those waving - which I was. Saw Reagan, Daddy Bush, and tons of people including all the major news people. Emma Thompson has a house a few miles from us and I've seen her a few times, she held the door for hubby and me when we were living the cafe at our botanic garden and she was going in. Conversation was thank you, you're welcome.
 
Evel Knievel - didn't know who he was. In a clothing store in Idaho Falls, ID. The sales clerk was very excited.
Mark Harmon - filming the Ted Bundy story, sat next to him at a lunch counter in a Wendover, NV casino. Again no clue who he was, my sister was much more excited. Left him alone to read his paper.
John Wayne - He stopped for a six pack and signed autographs while his driver got the beer. He was heading to 'The Shootist' filming location in N UT.
 
I don't meet them as much as run into them......literally running into them.

Once I was booking it around a corner at the newspaper where I worked and ran smack dab into Godfrey Cambridge. I went down flat on my kiester. He helped me up.

Then I turned around fast once at Disney World and ran into Hulk Hogan. It was like running into a brick wall. He said "sorry" (it was my fault, to be truthful) and kept on going. One of his entourage picked up me and set me on my feet.

I'm hoping one of these days to run into Javier Bardim......

Other than that, I kissed John Davidson once. Nobody probably even remembers who he was now but it was a big deal to me at the time.
 
jujube said:
I don't meet them as much as run into them......literally running into them.

Once I was booking it around a corner at the newspaper where I worked and ran smack dab into Godfrey Cambridge. I went down flat on my kiester. He helped me up.

Then I turned around fast once at Disney World and ran into Hulk Hogan. It was like running into a brick wall. He said "sorry" (it was my fault, to be truthful) and kept on going. One of his entourage picked up me and set me on my feet.

I'm hoping one of these days to run into Javier Bardim......

Other than that, I kissed John Davidson once. Nobody probably even remembers who he was now but it was a big deal to me at the time.
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I remember John Davidson.

I'd like to run into the guy who plays Jamie in Outlander. ;)
 
Chuck Norris (at a tournament in NYC - very nice guy)

Andre the Giant (at a wrestling match in White Plains, NY - MAN, he was big!)

Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford) - a famous magician known for his card manipulation skills. I was looking for a certain magic shop in NYC when I was 15, went to the address I had - 12th floor of a large building - and almost shat myself when it turned out to be Cardini's home. He graciously invited me in and gave me an impromptu show. Sadly he passed away later that year.
 
Someone in my extended family knew Chuck Norris personally, Phil.... but I can't remember who, it was a while ago.

I don't know anyone famous myself but do know a lot of people who do. I went out with someone for a short while who knew Jimmy Buffet before he became famous....supposedly they would get drunk and high together in the Keys.
 
Maybe not so famous, but I once did meet William Boyd - Hopalong Cassidy on his trip to Australia. He gave me a kiss on the cheek during his visit to the children's hospital where I was at the time. lol
 
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