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I have admired many people over the years but have never had a 'hero'. Perhaps that's because my definition of 'hero' differs from that of other people (and that's not meant to denigrate you, Dog Star). To clarify that: A hero to me is someone who performs an heroic deed (which came first, the hero or the deed?). A hero therefore is someone who might risk life and limb a reputation or anything else that involves risk whilst at the same time attempting to help other people.
In other words, by definition, a hero is a hero - not my hero.
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In the admiration stakes there are just too many to list.
Motor Cycling (seeing as a couple of you mentioned it) - Mike Hailwood, John Surtees and a few others plus anyone who did well in the Isle of Man TT.
Car Racing - Fangio, Von Tripp, Hawthorn, Hill, Moss and Clark, Senna and Prost . . .
Then there is the eclectic bunch of Philosophers, Astronomers, Medical explorers, Physicists - ah, the list goes on.
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