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Public figure   /pˈəblɪk fˈɪgjər/   Listen
Public figure

noun
1.
A well-known or notable person.  Synonyms: figure, name.  "She is an important figure in modern music"






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"Public figure" Quotes from Famous Books



... firmness and iron determination, which more than all things in Roosevelt's career discloses to the country the real Roosevelt, who at the close of his official service as President in 1909 left that high office the most beloved public figure in our history since Lincoln fell, and the most respected citizen of the world. As was said in an editorial ...
— The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt • Oliver Remey

... would be your own private business. No doubt there are plenty of sets in society where it matters very little what sort of a woman a man marries. But if you have a career, especially in politics, you know as well as I do that a suitable wife means everything. You are a public figure even now. In a few years you will be a very big public figure. That means that your wife will have every eye upon her. And what will she be? A minx!" ...
— The Little Warrior - (U.K. Title: Jill the Reckless) • P. G. Wodehouse



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