a legend
Examples
Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.
A lot of rock bands are truly a legend in their own minds.
I can't be a legend yet. I'm not dead.
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.
No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the identification of Tallulah's husband. It's tough enough to be bogged down in a legend. It would be even tougher to marry one.
Batman has been acknowledged as a legend in my lifetime.