# Who's the most famous person you've seen in real life?

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**Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-famous-person-youve-seen-in-real-life/822340/87 "2018-10-04T15:29:28Z")

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From a previous thread:

> [@Brushes with Fame-Celebrity Encounters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushes-with-fame-celebrity-encounters/623900/80):
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> Matthew McConaughey (knew him as a kid. I was friends with his older brother)  
> Willie Nelson (met him at a Texas truck stop)  
> George H. W. Bush (met him when he was running for POTUS in 1980)  
> George W. Bush (met him at a campaign fund raiser and in the Oval office)  
> Bill Clinton (met him multiple times, ate BBQ with him at a pic-nic table when he was running for re-election for Ark. Governor)  
> Al Gore (met him during the 1992 presidential campaign)  
> James Carville (met him during the 1992 presidential campaign)  
> Ted Koppel (met him during the 1992 presidential campaign)  
> Dick Cheney (met him at a campaign fund raiser in 2004)  
> Mike Huckabee (met him while he was governor of Ark.)  
> Kirstie Alley (sat next to her on a flight from LA to DFW)  
> Robert Griffin III (met him in Waco, TX)  
> Robert Gates (met him at a school speaking event)  
> Lionel Richie (introduced him and the Commodores at a concert they were performing at)  
> Cedric the Entertainer (met him at Teterboro airport)  
> Tom Kite (met him at Teterboro airport)  
> Penny Marshall (met him at Teterboro airport)  
> Billy Crystal (met him at Teterboro airport)  
> Carrie Ann Inaba (sat next to her on a flight from NYC to Chicago)  
> Tiger Woods (met him at the Masters)  
> Stone Cold Steve Austin (met him on a flight from Wichita to Dallas)  
> Al Franken (met him on a flight from Chicago to Washington DC)
> 
> There’s probably more.

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