Famous person.
The crossword clue "Famous person." is answered by NAME, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NAME
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAME answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- NOTEBLE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NAME
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAME, most used first.
- Identify - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- Reputation - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Appellation - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Christen - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Appoint - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Moniker - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Title - used 46 times, most recently in 2024
- Designate - used 44 times, most recently in 2022
- Specify - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
- Handle - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- Dub - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Newborn's need - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Tom, Dick or Harry - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- Anthroponym - used 15 times, most recently in 2009
- Noted person. - used 14 times, most recently in 1967
- Epithet. - used 13 times, most recently in 2003
- Birth-certificate entry - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Finger - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Point a finger at - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- "___ That Tune" - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Implicate - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Newborn's acquisition - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Driver's license datum - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Nominate - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- HELLO MY __ IS (tag phrase) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "What's in a __?" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- April, May, or June - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Label - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Celebrity - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Handle, so to speak - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Mention. - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- On a first-___ basis - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Reel off - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Sobriquet - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- You can make one for yourself - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Per person - EACH, used 135 times
- Person, place or thing - NOUN, used 111 times
- First person - ADAM, used 94 times
- Annoying person - PEST, used 93 times
- "Famous" cookie maker - AMOS, used 92 times
- Hilarious person - RIOT, used 91 times
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