well-known person
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One well-known person who has said he was diagnosed with breast cancer and has the BRCA2 mutation is Matthew Knowles, Beyoncé’s father.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025
Others question what the parameters are for judging whether someone should be blocked — and what would constitute a well-known person speaking out or doing enough.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024
OK, I’ll admit I found this moving, an example of a well-known person putting the public good over the private good, at some financial cost to himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
Even an unsolicited email to a well-known person whose work you admire may bring good advice on colleges, since such people like being listened to by the young.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2022
Frohlich was a well-known person, but happily the frequent fancy-dress balls, given during the reign of Augustus the Strong, accustomed most people to the art of disguising themselves.
From Count Br?hl by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski
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