For many years I worked in hotels all over the UK, so most of the people I met were in that context. The ones that spring to mind were either very pleasant or absolute barstewards & include
Neil Coles & Bernard Gallagher (golfers) who were playing in a competition at Fulford (York) both lovely & unassuming, each tipped every member of staff in the hotel £5, to put that in context we were on about 50p an hour at the time
Lester Piggott, a very bad case of "small man syndrome". Never heard to utter please or thank you in 4 days, just "get me" or "I want"
Paul Daniels, despite what a lot of people think of him, he had no side. First time I met him, he insisted on eating with the hotel management team & what we were having. After dinner, he sat for about 15 mins showing us card tricks before he went to do his cabaret show. 2nd time was some 10 years later & 200 miles away & he remembered meeting me before & where, but apologised for not remembering my name
David Essex, who cares what he was like (& he was a smashing guy) I'd have been happy to drown in his eyes
Joan Collins lived up to the name of one of her very famous '70s films 'nuf said
Malcolm McDonald (footballer) offered to take my Dad on the team coach to the Grimsby v Bournemouth game when he was manager at Bournemouth
Alex Higgins lived up to his reputation as a p$$shead, had to get the police to remove him from the residents' bar, as he'd latched on to people who were staying in the hotel (he wasn't) to fund his after hours drinking
The Liverpool & Everton teams of '83 - '85, the team buses would pick up & drop off at our hotel for all the away matches. Stand outs were "King" Kenny, who wasn't the least put out when I asked for his name to give to the taxi company on our first meeting. Peter Reid, the joker in the pack.
Mark Knopfler, who pitched up at a back street Leeds boozer, along with Guy Fletcher, Brendan Croker & Steve Phillips to do their first public gig as the Notting Hillbillies. They passed around a cap afterwards & shared the spoils. Not in the least big headed & another time I would have happily drowned in his eyes.
I also met Jim Bowen, & agree with Scunner & Steve.That guy certainly travels a bit