Noun
a well-known or notable person
Source: WordNetI don't really care what a public figure thinks. I care about what he does. Let God probe his inner heart. Charles Krauthammer
Very few people ever meet celebrities. All we really know is what we read about them and the most memorable lines are jokes. That's how we tend to define what we think of a public figure. Robert Orben
Every interview with a public figure should include the question "What have you been wrong about, and how did that change your views?" The answer will tell us if the person is intellectually honest or a tale spinner with delusions of infallibility. Stewart Brand
These proposals included cries for billions of new money for social assistance in the name of "child poverty” and for more business subsidies in the name of "cultural identity. In both cases I was sought out as a rare public figure to oppose such projects.”. Stephen Harper
A poet is not a public figure. A poet should be read and not seen. Cecil Day Lewis
I'm not a public figure at all. I don't really go out a lot to places where there are people like those who sit at the bottom of your driveway. Catherine Keener