Even before becoming President, Bill Clinton was famed, as a New York Times Magazine profile reported, for "making eye contact so deep that recipients sometimes seem mesmerized".
In June 2012 he pleaded guilty to being part of LulzSec, an offshoot of Anonymous famed for attacking several high profile sites including Sony Pictures and the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency.
When Lillian Ross accompanied Hemingway to the store for her famed 1950 Profile of the author, she observed the following exchange with a belt salesman: The second clerk took a tape measure from his pocket, saying he thought Hemingway was a size 44 or 45. "Wanta bet?" Hemingway asked.
Alex Ovechkin (Russia) - full profile: An NHL superstar famed for partying as hard as he plays, the Russian hopes to inspire his country to ice hockey gold.
(In one high-profile case in 2002, famed investor John Doerr was named as a defendant in a class-action lawsuit over alleged insider trading, though the complaint against Doerr and his firm, Kleiner Perkins, was later dismissed).
Book launch full of slimy characters Farah Damji celebrates the launch of her autobiography Try Me on Tuesday ("Colourful" may be an understatement, the jailbird turned memoirist is famed for her eccentric antics, from high-profile liaisons to self-documented prison escapes).
On Sunday, June 7, famed Broadway actress and fan favorite, Kelli O'Hara (who I profiled here, last year) was finally recognized by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing for her remarkable contributions to the stage, taking home her very first TONY Award following a total of six nominations over several years.
Additionally, DC-based blogger and famed "Flophouse" resident Kriston Capps takes issue with the Voice's profile of McArdle, saying, "the Village Voice numbers the split on Megan McArdle as 60-percent stupid, 40-percent evil.
Boston's famed Heartbreak Hill?
Madagascar is famed for its "megadiversity".
