Well, I met the guy who played Hitler in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade". 

Michael Sheard, Scottish actor and charming man who passed away a couple years ago. He was also in a bunch of Doctor Who episodes and played Admiral Ozzal, Imperial officer that Vader strangled at the beginning of 'The Empire Strikes Back'. 

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    yeah , I met Dr.King when my wife and I went to an Easter Service at his church .Our business partner invited us and we went .

 Very Gentle , But fiery, man .  T.B.

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   Brett and Wayde are a hoot aren't they ? Agnes is Hot and you can bet her hubby knows it too . Again , met them at a home show . Funny how some seem aloof and distant .

  They seemed like real folks especially when I told them about my 26'x14' aquarium I built into my original house years ago .

 Now having met many "celebs" over the years Iam struck , when you find a common denominator how regular they are .

  My V.A. Appts are at the Audie Murphy Hospital in San Antonio . I met this man many years ago when he was visiting with others where I worked .

       I have never been " starstruck " by their presence . I ran into Ernie Borgnine in the supermarket . Very regular fellow with a wicked sense of humor .

   Now when I met My real Childhood Hero you could've knocked me over with a feather . he was nice and ordinary , Just had a famous name . I think it was " Chuck Yeager " ! Yeah come to think of it , it was .

     He signed my model of " Glamorous Glennnis " for me  at an airshow .My daughter has it now .    Tanker - Builder

Now, I did meet actually meet, a guy who went to middle school with Anne Frank.

My daughter was in a High School production, Mrs. Van Daan.

After opening night this guy came to speak about the story and his own experiences as a Dutch child at that time. He decribed her as quite effervescent and a good athlete, in particular volleyball.

I met Lt Col Bernie Fisher in 1976 when he stopped at my house asking if he could come get the bees out of a tree that we had.   

GMorrison

Martin Luther King.

James Doolittle, I had breakfast with him, and about 50 other Boy Scouts.

Paul Kantner, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Peter Townsend, Roger Daltry, Phil Collins and Mick Jagger (twice).

My work here is done.

 

 

Oh yeah, I forgot about seeing Jim Lovell as a Scout after Apollo 13... And I did see Check Yeager right up front at Edwards in 1997 when he did a 50th anniversary Sound Barrier flight.

Martin Luther King.

James Doolittle, I had breakfast with him, and about 50 other Boy Scouts.

Paul Kantner, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Peter Townsend, Roger Daltry, Phil Collins and Mick Jagger (twice).

My work here is done.

I "witnessed" a lot of famous people in the same way:

Governor George Wallace

Pappy Boynington

Les Paul and Mary Ford

Governor Lestor Maddox

Robert F. Kennedy

Jackie Cooper

Jimmy Durante

Danny Thomas

Anita Bryant

Etc-  But i can't claim to "know"  them.

I've had the distinct honor to speak to 2 of the Tuskeegee Airmen.  The first one came to our local library and was one of the bomber crewmen in training but never allowed to fight.  The second was one of the fighter pilots who actually served time as a POW.  That was at Osh Kosh a few years ago.  Brushes with history.

John

True enough.

I've come across a few people in my time that some may have heard of. Gen McInerny who you see form time to time on FOX, the crew of the Enola Gay, one of the pilots who helped shoot down Yamato, Joe Kittenger, a couple mig killers, a couple others.

My Father who was in the Air Corps worked under Patton for a time.

I had an invite to meet Saburo Sakai, traffic killed that one.

Ozmac

Hold on a moment, attending a rally where the Nazi madman raved at the people is not "meeting" him.

 

How much closer could someone still alive in this day and age get to meeting the man?? We know what he meant...

True, "witnessing" would have been a better choice of words

GMorrison

Well, even not "meeting", still a close brush with history.

 

 

A better word would be "witnessing".....

Well, even not "meeting", still a close brush with history.

Likewise... Seeing is not the same as meeting and knowing someone up close.

Now, I've met numerous Baseball HOfers and gotten autographs. Bobby Thompson, Yogi, Neikro, Pete Rose, Ferguson Jenkins, to name a few.

I've also met Brett and Wayde (or is it Wayne?) from the TV show Tanked at a Home Show a couple years ago. Although, I would have love to meet Agnes though. She's hot! LOL!

Ozmac

Hold on a moment, attending a rally where the Nazi madman raved at the people is not "meeting" him.

 

True, seeing a historical personage yourself is quite different from "knowing" them... I have had family members who saw folks such as Ike, Patton, and MacArthur during their wartime service... I have seen Presidents at speeches in person, or crossed paths here and there or met some famous celebreties, but only "known" one such person. And that man it was truly an honor to know.