I’ve seen a few “celebrities” including politicians, met a couple of former presidents, and seen a few others, talked to Lady Bird Johnson more than once, had a meeting in the West Wing, seen Dylan, and Benny Goodman, and Edward G. Robinson playing cards, attended a reception with Edward Kennedy in the crowd, another with John Glenn mingling, went to a movie premiere with two of the Apollo 13 astronauts.
But I’ve always considered two people I’ve seen in person in a class above all the others.
Earl Warren and Walter Cronkite.