# Celebrities everyone likes
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 23, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335 "2015-09-23T20:17:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/1 "2015-09-23T20:17:54Z")
The death of Yogi Berra got me thinking.
Everyone liked Yogi. There was something about him that made you think he was just a great guy to hang out with, and his public image seems to match what he was like in private.
I’d also nominate Ringo Starr. Again, someone who you just can’t dislike.
Who else has that sort of reputation? People who are well known and also well liked?
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/2 "2015-09-23T20:19:10Z")
Tom Hanks has got to be at the top of that list.
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### Author:  [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/3 "2015-09-23T20:21:17Z")
Betty White! We all love her, don’t we?
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### Author:  [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/4 "2015-09-23T20:22:28Z")
Woody Harrelson?
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/5 "2015-09-23T20:26:04Z")
Weird Al, Mr. Rogers, and Dolly Parton.
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/6 "2015-09-23T20:34:12Z")
I imagine I’ll be accused of thread, er, pooping, but… wouldn’t many of us have had Bill Cosby or Joe Paterno on our lists not so long ago?
I fully agree that Tom Hanks and Ringo Starr SEEM nice and are widely liked, and they may even DESERVE the love they get.
But how would any of us really know?
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/7 "2015-09-23T20:41:10Z")
What’s not to like about Sandra Bullock?
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### Author:  [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/8 "2015-09-23T20:43:52Z")
Among celebs under 50 (_much_ harder), Dave Grohl.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/9 "2015-09-23T20:44:01Z")
George Clooney
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### Author:  [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/10 "2015-09-23T20:45:16Z")
Angela Lansbury often appears at the top of lists like this.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/11 "2015-09-23T20:45:31Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
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> Weird Al, Mr. Rogers, and Dolly Parton.
[Ed McMahon]“Weird Al, Mr. Rogers, and Dolly Parton.”[/Ed McMahon]
[Carnac the Magnificent] ::rips open envelope::
Name four big celebrities everyone loves.[/Carnac the Magnificent]
Sorry. Your answer just seemed like it ought to be the setup for something.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/12 "2015-09-23T20:46:23Z")
I think that was a great answer, **Thudlow**!
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/13 "2015-09-23T20:53:49Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> Tom Hanks has got to be at the top of that list.
Nope. Don’t care for him.
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#):
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> Betty White! We all love her, don’t we?
Sorry. She needs to go away now.
> [@Procrustus](#):
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> Woody Harrelson?
Ugh! Can’t stand him!
> [@Casey1505](#):
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> What’s not to like about Sandra Bullock?
For starters, her acting.
> [@OneCentStamp](#):
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> Among celebs under 50 (_much_ harder), Dave Grohl.
Nailed it! 😃
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/14 "2015-09-23T20:53:58Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#):
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> Betty White! We all love her, don’t we?
Supposedly Bea Arthur wasn’t fond of her.
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### Author:  [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/15 "2015-09-23T20:58:53Z")
I’m sure there’s _someone_ out there who dislikes him, but Bill Murray has become almost bizarrely cool and beloved in the last fifteen years.
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### Author:  [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/16 "2015-09-23T21:02:03Z")
George Takei.
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### Author:  [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/17 "2015-09-23T21:03:43Z")
> [@bup](#):
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> George Takei.
He and Shatner hate each others’ guts, but he must be one of the openly gay men who is most beloved by the general public.
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/18 "2015-09-23T21:05:04Z")
Henry Winkler
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### Author:  [@brovolone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brovolone)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/19 "2015-09-23T21:07:33Z")
Don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who dislikes:
Doris Roberts
Halle Berry
Shania Twain
Betty White (already mentioned)
Morgan Freeman
Edward Norton
Another male-- part of me wants to say Jake Gyllenhaal\*
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### Author:  [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/20 "2015-09-23T21:09:32Z")
Jennifer Lawrence can’t seem to do much wrong in the public eye.
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