Who is the most Famous or influential person you've ever met?

[laplata]

Ronald Reagan. He and my Dad were friends from World War II until Dad died in 1974.

[bboop]

Gypsy Rose Lee was my mom’s half-sister (from her dad’s first marriage).

[reed13k]

My Chinese professor at USNA was a Taiwan newscaster for many years. Rumor was he was part of the OSS during WWII and he was still very connected in the 80s. When we took a language study trip to Taiwan older ladies would stop him on the street to get his autograph. He was still well connected and accorded a LOT of respect by the higher level folks we met.

[originalbuckeye]

I met Gerald Ford at an ex-FBI Agents convention in the early 80’s. Really nice man. We lived in the LA area, so I met some celebrities during those 20 years, but I wouldn’t consider them important.

[CygnusXI]

Dennis Prager. We went to 2 of his events.

Laura Ingram. Went to one event, and a Play.

Jesse Ventura (shhh!) went to a invite screening of his appearance in an X-Files episode.

[BRL]

My grandma knew Mitt Romney's father

My brother was on an airplane with Sammy Davis Jr

I know someone who saw Jimmy Carter at Disney World

I saw Donald Trump at a political rally

I drive by a hotel that Bill Clinton stayed at

I could go on and on, but I may give you all inferiority complexes.

[Enchante]

Not me but my dad was just reminiscing fondly about talking with Chuck Yeager at an air show.... I had mentioned an item I’d posted here about Yeager shooting down an ME-262 in 1944 and my dad (89 yrs.) piped up with a little story about Yeager from years later.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

My wife! (52 years!)

[IYAS9YAS]

After her brush with the potent and mighty Blennos, her career soared. The rest is history.

So, you're to blame. Good to know.

Adding to my list...

j/k ;-)

[WayneS]

Most famous, Jerry Garcia.

Most influential, I’d have to say Dan Gurney.

[Redwood71]

General Omar Bradley during an exercise while I was stationed in Florida. He was actually a pretty good guy. And even though it never happened, during our conversation, he invited me to the dog tracks. He had to fly out unexpectedly.

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[V K Lee]

I remember when we had one of those BIG satellite dishes and would get live feeds of broadcasts. There were a number of commentators, weathermen, and super celebrity wannabees letting their hair down not realizing they were being seen by others. Roker showed himself to be a foul mouthed black dude and not a likeable individual. Others, who shall remain unnamed, were constantly preening themselves during breaks, before or after the show. Humph!~ The claim women are more vanity prone than men is a complete falsehood. When there was a mirror to be found, there was a male in front of the mirror; and he was never facing the camera.

[gigster]

I met Tim Allen at My buddy’s Venetian Night party in Charlevoix about ten years ago. He was with the next door neighbor and I was the bartender. He drank Diet Coke and was very quiet all the time he was there watching the fireworks. I met Tom Gale, who was vice president of desgn at Chrysler when I worked at a custom classic car builder in Boyne City Mi. in 2000. He brought a very early rendition of the Plymouth Prowler with him to drool over. Very nice guy, and I met him again at the local Meijer’s grocery store years later.

[treetopsandroofs]

“Oh yeah — Cher is as much a bitch as you think she is.”

I know a gay guy who continually says meeting her was the best experience of his life.

[soozla]

Moe, Larry and Shemp, backstage at the Melody Top Theater in Hillside, IL.....very early ‘60’s. Very kind and subdued....I guess the “kid” in me expected them to be as “on” as I had always seen them on television.

[dead]

I’ve sat next to and shook hands with both Nixon and Trump at different Mets games. I yelled “You should be in prison!” multiple times right into Hillary’s face which pissed her off. Sat next to Keith Richards, Joe Strummer and Elvis Costello at a Tom Waits concert, chatting with Richards. Got cursed and yelled at by Leonard Berstein in The Dakota the day after Lennon was killed there. Had a long discussion about the 2nd Amendment over whiskey with Christopher Hitchens. I made Jackson Browne sad. Pope John Paul II pointed and laughed at my friends dumb haircut. I have a lot more true stories of celebrity encounters for some reason. I guess it’s just NYC, except Hitchens was in DC.

[Resettozero]

He said if you see something on television or a movie, it was meant to be there.

I've been told writers/producers/directors still today have their movie-makers' "bible" to which they must make one or more references in everything they present to the public. Have forgotten what it is called.

[Boogieman]

Carl Sagan

[tioga]

I meet God daily.

[nevergore]

Lots....BB King, Newt Gingrich, Jimmy Carter, George Thorogood, Sean Hannity among many.....

I was on stage with George and BB King in two separate events....Sang Bad to the Bone with George and with King we had dinner and I he let me hold his Guitar “Lucille”....