The phrase "although renowned" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a contrast or exception regarding someone or something that is well-known or famous.
Example: "Although renowned for his groundbreaking research, he remained humble and approachable."
Alternatives: "despite being famous" or "even though celebrated".
Although renowned for his basketball I.Q.
Although renowned for keeping his mouth shut, Coolidge held regular news conferences and he delivered more speeches than any of his 29 presidential precedessors.
Although renowned for its blintzes, corned beef, soups and other Eastern European fare, the cafe's best dish is its matzo brei, a mixture of eggs, crumbled matzo and plenty of butter.
Although renowned for his pessimistic view of the world – his blog is titled the Audacity of Despair, and The Wire, his most famous show, documents cycles of destructive behavior – Simon described smartphone cameras as "a revolution in civil liberties" that could counteract "the last perfect tyranny" of the American patrolman.
In a statement issued after a Tuesday afternoon meeting with representatives of the UK Jewish community, Martin Ivens said that cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, although renowned for being "consistently brutal and bloody" in his work, had "crossed a line" with the illustration published in the Sunday Times on Holocaust Memorial Day.
Early conservationists like John Muir, although renowned for their written prose on the beauty of nature, also measured and calculated many aspects of the natural world.
Although most renowned for playing cricket in one day, Jadeja said he was looking forward to concluding matches in three hours.
Although now renowned as an excellent mouse geneticist and neurobiologist, she is actually a biochemist by training.
Although Georgia is renowned as a country of wine, Tbilisians love their beer too.
Although Gainsborough is renowned as a portrait painter, his first love was landscape and he would often use a Suffolk-inspired scene as a backdrop for his subjects.
Although he's renowned in Washington for his mastery of budget arithmetic, he hasn't yet been able to convert that into plain English that television viewers can understand.
