Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. 
 widely known and esteemed; 
- Example: "a famous actor"- Example: "a celebrated musician"- Example: "a famed scientist"- Example: "an illustrious judge"- Example: "a notable historian"- Example: "a renowned painter"[syn: celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
far-famed
    adj 1: 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,
           famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned]