# Five people you want to meet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423 "2012-10-11T15:34:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/1 "2012-10-11T15:34:54Z")
Alive not dead. My choices: Bear Grills of Man Vs Wild and be with him for one of the episodes in my choice location. Usain Bolt - have a 100m race with him and note the margin of loss. Sachin Tendulker - He’s rated as the best batsman (in cricket) of his generation. speaks well and is nice a human being. He made debut in 1989 and has been main stay of Indian team for so long. My generation has grown up watching and admiring him. Arun Jaitley - one of my favorite politicians. also a lawyer. Speaks very well on important issues. Virat Kohli - Fav. cricketer at the moment, seems like a fun person to hang out with. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/2 "2012-10-11T16:43:14Z")
I’d pay a huge amount of money (if I had it. Which I don’t) to have dinner with David Attenborough (who indirectly turned me into a biologist) and Stephen Fry. I’d have to think about the other three, but they’d probably be British comedians. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/3 "2012-10-11T16:44:10Z")
1. Roger Federer - My favorite athlete by a mile. 2. Billy Graham - Love to have a conversation with him. 3. Barack Obama - I’ve always wanted to meet a President. 4. Joss Whedon - Love his TV shows 5. Brandon Sanderson - Great author. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/4 "2012-10-11T16:49:09Z")
Steven Spielberg. Stephen King. Dave Grohl (I’d love to have a drink or three with him. And some “FRESH POTS!” Buzz Aldrin. Stephen Colbert. I’m sure I’ll think of someone later, which would be a superior choice than some of those. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/5 "2012-10-11T16:50:49Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I’d pay a huge amount of money (if I had it. Which I don’t) to have dinner with David Attenborough (who indirectly turned me into a biologist) and Stephen Fry. I’d have to think about the other three, but they’d probably be British comedians. Shit! Stephen Fry! What _is_ it with Stephens/Stevens? ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/6 "2012-10-11T16:53:13Z")
Relatives, for the most part. Great-great grandparents on both sides, and…yeah, toss Stephen Fry in for the last 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/7 "2012-10-11T16:54:59Z")
1. David Lynch - director 2. David Remnick - The New Yorker 3. Larry David 4. Ritchie Blackmore - guitarist 5. Richard Dawkins ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/8 "2012-10-11T17:01:26Z")
Richard Dawkins Neil DeGrasse Tyson David Gilmour Brian Greene Seiji Ozawa ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/9 "2012-10-11T17:38:50Z")
Geddy Lee Angus Young Gene Simmons Joe Walsh Eddie Vrdolyak ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/10 "2012-10-11T17:56:17Z")
Barack Obama Joss Whedon Bruce Springsteen Robert Downey, Jr. Vladimir Putin ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/11 "2012-10-11T17:57:20Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > Alive not dead. > > . Crap…I failed to read the ‘Alive, not dead’ part. So, still good with Stephen Fry. Let’s add Terry Pratchett, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner and, um…David Bowie to the mix. Bah, scratch Jeremy Renner, and put in Geddy Lee. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/12 "2012-10-11T18:00:46Z")
Aroldis Chapman - I just want to see if I can hit that fastball. Bill Simmons (The Sports Guy) - I’d love to watch a Red Sox game with him and some friends. Conan O’Brien - I bet he’d be hilarious at family game night. My family doesn’t do a family game night, but if we did, Conan would have an open invitation. Barry Weiss - I’ve been on a Storage Wars kick lately and going to an auction with him and the others on that show would be quite a trip. George R.R. Martin - Better get the rest of the story before it’s too late. I guarantee in 5 minutes I would come up with 5 new names. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/13 "2012-10-11T20:03:43Z")
Interesting: no women. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/14 "2012-10-11T20:07:44Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Interesting: no women. It is interesting. I tried to come up with at least one, and failed to. Sally Ride, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/15 "2012-10-11T22:49:15Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Interesting: no women. Oh, Michael Jackson! No, wait.. Umm… Ahh yes, that’s right… She just died. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/16 "2012-10-11T22:50:23Z")
Ugh: Paul McCartney. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/17 "2012-10-11T22:59:15Z")
Mark Hamill. Carrie Fisher. Harrison Ford. Billy Dee Williams. And Anthony Daniels. I’ll have James Earl Jones and Frank Oz on speakerphone in another room, so it’ll feel like they’re communicating with us using the Force. But I’d never even bring up, or mention Star Wars at all. If they mention it, I’ll just look a little confused. Then I’d just look Ford right in the eye and say, “Man, you were great in the Mosquito Coast.” ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/18 "2012-10-11T23:01:44Z")
First Lady Michelle Obama Chief Justice John Roberts Author Jon Krakauer Dressage rider Edward Gal Actor Ron Perlman ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/19 "2012-10-11T23:13:34Z")
\*\*Ed Viesturs \*\*- American mountain climber. I enjoy his books and he’s a really nice guy. He has some amazing stories. **Todd Howard** - Developer of _Fallout 3_ and _Skyrim_. I’d love to hear his 10 year vision for videogames. **Terry Gross** - I bet she has some great stories from all of her NPR interviews. **Craig Ferguson** and **Natalie Portman** - I’d just like to sit in the other guest chair while Mr. Ferguson charms Mrs. Portman. Craig is a pilot and I’d like to hear more about that, especially some of the nice planes he owns. I don’t know what I’d say to Mrs. Portman after [“you’re such a super lady!”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlNhogwZsy0) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423/20 "2012-10-12T01:15:45Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > …Eddie Vrdolyak Fast Eddie Vrdolyak??! He’s by far the most interesting choice so far this thread. Why? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-people-you-want-to-meet/637423.md?page=2)