Indeed. And a 'famous person' worthy of the accolade. I remember a film series about his life on Welsh TV in 1975, Sunday evenings. His account of the British Army liberating the Bergen-Belsen death camp is seared in my memory. He said something like: "What I witnessed at Bergen-Belsen meant I knew that whatever the cost was fighting this war, it was worth it."
For an older generation: I was on Didcot station one day - probably Easter time 1964 - there was a gaggle of spotters there at the eastern end when a Hymek pulled in heading west and promptly failed. (I have no idea why, but I suspect today it was a boiler problem.) As the train waited for a Hall to be commandeered off shed, one of the gaggle was a gal - a rarity to have a spotter of the fairer sex, but there she was - and she came running up the platform to say: "Adam Faith is on the train." Well, Mr Faith was definitely close to being a has-been in terms of pop stars by that time - I mean, it was the middle of Beatle-mania - but we all trooped down the platform to goggle through the window. I doubt he was aware his Hymek had failed, but he graciously signed some autographs in our books. I still have mine somewhere.