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7. Maria Von Trapp, Jane Goodall, and Margaret Chase Smith - nt

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Who is the most famous person you've ever met? [View all] 47of74 Oct 2013 OP

Governor Bill Clinton, President Jimmy Carter, Fran Tarkenton, And about a million actors at SciFi.. onehandle Oct 2013 #1

Shared an elevator with James Earl Jones in Philadelphia some years ago.... NRaleighLiberal Oct 2013 #2

My brother has a great James Earl Jones story. mnhtnbb Oct 2013 #35

Famous? Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter.... Willy Nelson, Al Franken, hlthe2b Oct 2013 #3

Frank Herbert and Jim Whittaker. uppityperson Oct 2013 #4

John Lennon. rug Oct 2013 #5

Isn't it Sean's birthday today? I thought I heard it on NPR. cyberswede Oct 2013 #11

Yeah, same bithday as his Dad. rug Oct 2013 #19

Obama - but really enjoyed about 10 minutes alone with Michelle rurallib Oct 2013 #6

I'd like to meet Krugman davidpdx Oct 2013 #8

but can explain things in such common terms rurallib Oct 2013 #9

Maria Von Trapp, Jane Goodall, and Margaret Chase Smith - nt avebury Oct 2013 #7

cool... handmade34 Oct 2013 #15

The cast of MST3K frogmarch Oct 2013 #10

Elvis Costello cyberswede Oct 2013 #12

I totally forgot...I met Pete Seeger after a concert he did with Arlo Guthrie cyberswede Oct 2013 #100

Mine aren't that interesting davidpdx Oct 2013 #13

Studs Terkel, Rachel Maddow, and Svengoolie. mucifer Oct 2013 #14

Svengoolie with make-up or without? aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2013 #16

Without. mucifer Oct 2013 #32

various Canadian Prime Ministers, Emerson Lake and Palmer and Procol Harum TrogL Oct 2013 #17

Mostly musicians aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2013 #18

I met Joe Pass, Barney Kessle, BB King, cliffordu Oct 2013 #29

Please post an mp3 - I'd love to hear you play cliffordu Oct 2013 #31

I don't know how to do that aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2013 #51

Are you serious? PETRUS Oct 2013 #83

Great and humble man aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2013 #84

Back in the 1970's Joe Namath Bombero1956 Oct 2013 #20

Obama when he was a senator at the airport.. HipChick Oct 2013 #21

That's the one things about Barack Obama (the man) Boomerproud Oct 2013 #60

Greta Garbo hollysmom Oct 2013 #22

Wow. Not bad. cliffordu Oct 2013 #30

I know, hollysmom Oct 2013 #33

That is just really cool. MuseRider Oct 2013 #80

this is a very old story hollysmom Oct 2013 #102

Muhammad Ali - Thumbs up! hibbing Oct 2013 #23

There's a few that stand out for me Arcanetrance Oct 2013 #24

I guess General Wesley Clark BootinUp Oct 2013 #25

Hey, Boot, was wondering if anyone would mention Wes! elleng Oct 2013 #46

I still think he would have made an awesome President. :) BootinUp Oct 2013 #63

Yes he would have. elleng Oct 2013 #64

Jimmy Doohan, John Lee Hooker & Cindy Sheehan HarveyDarkey Oct 2013 #26

Probably the whole Northern Exposure cast. nolabear Oct 2013 #27

Andre Kostelanetz - ConcernedCanuk Oct 2013 #28

I've got several Andre Kostelanetz albums on vinyl! csziggy Oct 2013 #97

Robert Redford & Jimmy Carter Sherman A1 Oct 2013 #34

When we lived in L.A. I had sightings or interactions with quite a few mnhtnbb Oct 2013 #36

I shook hands with Teddy Kennedy. nt raccoon Oct 2013 #37

Phil Collins CIT13 Oct 2013 #38

Awesome! Hello ~ CIT13 In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #53

The rapper Too Short. Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #39

Gov Jimmy Carter (1975), former President Clinton (2004), Tom Brokaw, Ross Barnett and Wes Clark Rowdyboy Oct 2013 #40

Three I can think of offhand sharp_stick Oct 2013 #41

Apparently MuseRider Oct 2013 #82

California Lt. Gov. and former SF mayor Gavin Newsom. KamaAina Oct 2013 #42

met lots of royalty and others, spent time with a couple of a list actors loli phabay Oct 2013 #43

Casey Stengel HERVEPA Oct 2013 #44

Warner Wolf and former NFL all pro Emil Karras Kingofalldems Oct 2013 #45

Robert Reich, elleng Oct 2013 #47

Isaac Asimov, Ted Kennedy, Herblock, Billy Martin, Kate Hepburn, Cary Grant First Speaker Oct 2013 #48

Bo Diddley BarbaRosa Oct 2013 #49

Met a few but had Coors with Kenneth Branaugh in the parking lot of a crack whore motel NightWatcher Oct 2013 #50

Carmen Cardenas... a la izquierda Oct 2013 #52

Michelle Pfeiffer nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #54

Senator Tom Daschle krispos42 Oct 2013 #55

I saw Senator Harkin speak once.... 47of74 Oct 2013 #74

Sugar Ray Leonard, Joe Frazier, John Riggins, WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2013 #56

Ed Rendell. MadrasT Oct 2013 #57

Before they were famous, members of Talking Heads, Gus Van Sant, Mary Boone, Chris Van Allsburg ... kwassa Oct 2013 #58

Harry Callahan AND Aaron Siskind? progressoid Oct 2013 #89

Aaron was a great teacher. kwassa Oct 2013 #91

JACKIE CHAN!!!! yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #59

June Lockhart, Jackson Browne, Penny Marshall Bertha Venation Oct 2013 #61

Well, on my last trip to the US, I met Russell Feingold RFKHumphreyObama Oct 2013 #62

Claude Colbert & Rex Harrison EX500rider Oct 2013 #65

Gene Simmons CitizenLeft Oct 2013 #66

Warren G. Harding Fridays Child Oct 2013 #67

Al Pacino, 1953, my 13th birthday... monmouth3 Oct 2013 #68

Bill Monroe greendog Oct 2013 #69

Hung out with Ken Kesey and Hunter S. Thompson at Kesey's house one night. callous taoboy Oct 2013 #70

A bunch, because I spent 16 years working at airports spiderpig Oct 2013 #71

Jerry Garcia, probably the most famous. Blue_In_AK Oct 2013 #72

I have met a bunch... AsahinaKimi Oct 2013 #73

Presidents Clinton and Reagan, a whole slop-load of rockstars... Rhythm Oct 2013 #75

Dave Brubeck, Itzhak Perlman MuseRider Oct 2013 #76

Meadowlark Lemon hit me in the Purrfessor Oct 2013 #77

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #78

Hunter S Thompson, Jack Nicholson, Autumn Oct 2013 #79

Not sure who is the "most famous"... GReedDiamond Oct 2013 #81

Joe Biden tabbycat31 Oct 2013 #85

Many because I lived and worked in Miami. RebelOne Oct 2013 #86

Admiral Dan Gallery GreatCaesarsGhost Oct 2013 #87

Dale Chihuly cemaphonic Oct 2013 #88

Dale Ellis, Broken_Hero Oct 2013 #90

When I was 15, I was fortunate enough to attend a banquet in Washington D.C. Jenoch Oct 2013 #92

Former President Jimmy Carter. MNBrewer Oct 2013 #93

Lauren Bacall... joeybee12 Oct 2013 #94

Jerry Garcia, Pig Pen, Phil Lesh LiberalEsto Oct 2013 #95

All the Dems... tavernier Oct 2013 #96

Special effects wizard AllenVanAllen Oct 2013 #98

was on a plane once riverwalker Oct 2013 #99

Bernie Sanders, Paul Begala, Rachel Maddow, Bill Maher Lil Missy Oct 2013 #101

Rick Santorum Shampoobra Oct 2013 #103

Oprah Winfrey annonymous Oct 2013 #104