Crossword clues for famous
famous
- Noted a tailless rodent after initially following
- Renowned, noted
- Renowned female, a timid sort for the most part
- Widely known
- Known around the world
- Very well-known
- Very well known
- Rich and ___ (like celebrities)
- Like some last words
- Like many a red carpet stroller
- Known to everybody
- Known the world over
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Famous \Fa"mous\, a. [L. famosus, fr. fama fame: cf. F. fameux. See Fame.] Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate.
Famous for a scolding tongue.
--Shak.
Syn: Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent.
Usage: Famous, Renowned, Illustrious. Famous is applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary; renowned is applied to those who are named again and again with honor; illustrious, to those who have dazzled the world by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See Distinguished.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "celebrated in public report, renowned, well-known" also "notorious, infamous," from Anglo-French famous, Old French fameus (Modern French fameux), from Latin famosus "much talked of, renowned," often "infamous, notorious, of ill repute," from fama (see fame (n.)). A native word for this was Old English namcuð, literally "name-known." Catch phrase famous last words in the humorous sense "remark likely to prove fatally wrong" is attested from 1921 (early lists of them include "Let's see if it's loaded ... We'll get across before the train comes ... Which one is the third rail? ... Light up it, can't explode").
Wiktionary
a. 1 Well known. 2 In the public eye.
WordNet
adj. widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" [syn: celebrated, famed, far-famed, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned]
Wikipedia
Famous may refer to:
In music:
- "Famous" (Charli XCX song)
- Famous?, an album by JME
- "Famous" (Kanye West song)
- "Famous" (Play song)
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Famous (album), by Puddle of Mudd
- "Famous" (Puddle of Mudd song)
- "Famous" (Scouting for Girls song)
- "Famous" (Tinchy Stryder song)
- "Famous", a song by Inna from her album Party Never Ends
Companies:
- Famous Brands, a South African restaurant franchisor
- Famous Footwear, an American chain of retail stores
- Famous Music, the music publishing division of Paramount Pictures
- Famous Studios, the animation division of Paramount Pictures from 1942 to 1967
Films:
- Lisa Picard Is Famous or famous, a 2000 film
- Famous (2014 film), an Indian crime thriller.
Famous is the fourth studio album from U.S. alternative rock band Puddle of Mudd. It was released on October 9, 2007 on Flawless Records. Famous was originally set to be released in May, but was pushed back to add more songs to the album. The album was also announced by the band to be titled Livin' on Borrowed Time, but that was changed to Famous after the name of the first single.
The title track provided the album's lead single on May 21, 2007. " Psycho" would follow as the second single on November 2. Famous debuted at number 27 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 31,000 copies in its first week.
The album has sold around 363,000 copies in the US.
"Famous" is the title track and first single on the fourth studio album by post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd. The song was sent out to rock radio on May 11, 2007 and was officially released on May 21.
In the song, lead singer Wes Scantlin, sings about wanting to be famous, for the perks that come along with that life. It has drawn comparisons to Nickelback's " Rockstar" because "Rockstar" is also about wanting to achieve celebrity status. This song has also featured in the video games WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 and UFC Undisputed 2009.
"Famous" is the second single by the English indie pop band Scouting for Girls to be released from their second studio album, Everybody Wants to Be on TV. The song was released as a digital download on 17 July 2010, with a CD released the following day, on 18 July 2010. The single was added to BBC Radio 1's B Playlist in June 2010.
"Famous" is a song by Tinchy Stryder, released as a promotional single from his third solo studio album, Third Strike. The song was also included on Stryder's fourth extended play, III EP. The song was written and produced by Australian producer Israel Cruz.
Famous is the sixth studio album by American R&B singer Marques Houston. The album was released on August 27, 2013.
Famous (previously known as Main Aur Charles) is a 2014 Indian crime thriller film written and directed by Prawaal Raman. It stars Randeep Hooda as a fictional conman named Charles.
Famous will be released October 2014.
"Famous" is a song by English singer Charli XCX, released as the fourth single from her second studio album, Sucker (2014). A music video for the single was released 23 March 2015.
"Famous" is an English language hit by Swedish girl group Play, taken from the album Under My Skin released April 21, 2010. It is the only number-one single for the group on the Swedish Singles Chart, and their only top 10 hit since Play began in 2001.
The song was released as a one-track digital download on February 15, 2010, while on February 16 it was released as a two-track CD single including the song "Girls" as a B-side. It debuted on the Swedish Singles Chart for the week ending February 19, 2010 at number five, reaching number one the following week and staying there for one week. After five consecutive weeks on the chart, it left for one week before returning for two more, giving it a seven-week run.
"Famous" is a song by American musician Kanye West. It serves as the first single from his seventh studio album The Life of Pablo (2016). The song features vocals from singer Rihanna and hip hop artist Swizz Beatz, and prominently enlists samples of Jamaican singer Sister Nancy and American singer Nina Simone. The single was serviced to US urban and rhythmic radio stations on April 1, 2016.
Upon its release, "Famous" met with scrutiny for a controversial lyrical reference to pop singer Taylor Swift, partially in relation to West's interruption of her 2009 VMA acceptance speech. After West claimed to have obtained Swift's approval over the criticized lyric, Swift denied the claim, criticizing West and denouncing the lyric as "misogynistic" in a statement. Several months later, West's wife Kim Kardashian released a video allegedly capturing a conversation between Swift and West in which Swift appears to approve the lyric, seemingly validating part of West's claim.
In June 2016, West released a music video for "Famous" depicting a variety of celebrity figures, including Swift, Kardashian, businessman Donald Trump, former US President George W. Bush, singer Rihanna, comedian Bill Cosby, and West himself (among others), sleeping nude in a shared bed. It was released to a markedly polarized response.
Famous is an upcoming American sitcom television series created by Ralph Farquhar and Ty Hodges. Fox gave the comedy series, set around couples therapy, a 10-episode straight-to-series order in April 2016, with the series originally set to start on June 12, 2016. After difficulties during casting, the series has been put off-schedule and put into re-development.
Usage examples of "famous".
He was sitting in a music hall one evening, sipping his absinth and admiring the art of a certain famous Russian dancer, when he caught a passing glimpse of a pair of evil black eyes upon him.
About this time my destiny made me acquainted with a nobleman called Mark Antony Zorzi, a man of parts and famous for his skill in writing verses in the Venetian dialect.
They will verify the truth of the oracle immediately, and when it is found that the famous diamond is but glittering paste the company will adore my father, for it will feel that but for him it would have been covered with shame, by avowing itself the dupe of a sharper.
The most enjoyable dinner I had was with Madame de Gergi, who came with the famous adventurer, known by the name of the Count de St.
The king has heard some stories of this famous adventurer, which compel him to forbid him his Court.
How is it possible that any human mind could be persuaded that there has existed in the world that infinity of Amadises, and that throng of so many famous knights, so many emperors of Trebizond, so many Felixmartes of Hyrcania, so many palfreys and wandering damsels, so many serpents and dragons and giants, so many unparalleled adventures and different kinds of enchantments, so many battles and fierce encounters, so much splendid attire, so many enamored princesses and squires who are counts and dwarves who are charming, so many love letters, so much wooing, so many valiant women, and, finally, so many nonsensical matters as are contained in books of chivalry?
One of the speakers was relating how a very famous advertising mogul insisted that every radio creative meeting be attended by artists as well as copywriters.
At night, when everybody was asleep, he and the famous airman Lyapidevsky found and rescued the Chelyuskin expedition, and with Vodopyanov he landed heavy aircraft on the pack ice at the North Pole, arid with Chkalov opened the unexplored air route to the United States across the Pole.
Leipzig learning their airmanship on the old passenger zeppelins, including the famous Viktoria-Luise.
Gregg Purvis, the famous alienist, who was called over there to the Psychopathic by someone back of the scenes to look Sandringham over.
But nowhere on the web page did it make mention of its most famous and notorious alumnus, Joel Rifkin, the most savage serial killer in New York State history.
He destroyed the Egyptian gods, and, to complete all, he decided to plunder Jupiter Amnion, a famous sanctuary situated near the Oasis of Siwah.
This famous courtezan, whose beauty was justly celebrated, feeling herself eaten away by an internal disease, promised to give a hundred louis to a doctor named Lucchesi, who by dint of mercury undertook to cure her, but Ancilla specified on the agreement that she was not to pay the aforesaid sum till Lucchesi had offered with her an amorous sacrifice.
Egyptian courtesan turned anchoress and canonized, famous in the middle ages and revived to-day in the repulsive masterpiece of M.
Aalborg had once been famous for its aquavit, but that was before the Aalaag came.