The Japanese emperor, Jacques Chirac, Noam Chomsky, and a few famous musicians that I'd seen live. Oh, and having lived in Ottawa for a few years, caught a glimpse of quite a few Canadian politicians, though topping that list was definitely Jack Layton who stopped by and chatted with my dad on a street corner for a bit (Canadians will know, probably doesn't say much to the rest of yous

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Though the most famous one would be from 1994 or 1995, when I went with my dad and my grandmother to get their small business license from St. Petersburg city hall, and their papers were signed by a small-time city official named Vladimir Putin.