You know, a movie star, politician, athelete, whatever. Someone who would be recognizable if you gave your real name.
If you qualify as a celebrity, and don’t want to reveal your real identity, at least give a hint as to who you are. It’ll be everyone else’s job to sift out the BS. 
I’m a well-known whatever who knows how to spell “athlete”.
If there’s anybody out there who really wants to sift BS, well, be my guest!
Don’t expect me to shake hands with you.
Author Cal Meachum goes by the sneaky Doper name of Cal Meachum
Ditto For Bad Astronomer I think he had a TV show (or is it just a wonderful website)
I dated the roommate of the niece of Lindsey Buckingham (from Fleetwood Mac).
Does that count
I also made dinner countless times for Trent Dilfer and his wife Cassandra when he was at CSU Fresno. OK so I worked at the pizza place next to their apartment,
There are a few celebs and known personalities floating around the board, most prefer not to advertise themselves. I hear there are a few old rock stars about but I do not know who they are.
Eve writes extremely entertaining and informative biographies of movie stars as Eve Golden.
drachillix is a well-known name-dropper.
Hate to break it to you hoss but any hint around here would be correctly dissected in about 30 seconds. Never underestimate the power of the dope.
Sometimes I think if all the Dopers put their heads together we would have cold fusion next week, and a one shot cancer cure a week later.
This query comes up fairly often, and the answers tend to be the same – lots of published authors, lots of *Jeopardy * winners, but no one who says “I’m a rock and roll singer who generally doesn’t play an instrument and is known for the way I like to eat my MARS bars”, if you mean that kind of celebrity.
I’m a rock and roll singer who generally doesn’t play an instrument and is known for the way I like to eat my MARS bars
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Judging from the e-mails I got after defending file-sharing here, we’ve got a couple of two-bit songwriters who think they’re hot shit because they wrote a B-side fifteen years ago even though the public wouldn’t recognise them at all.
Most celebrities here would be so only within the bounds of their own field.
UnuMondo
Well, my significant other’s friend’s former best friend’s brother went to high school with Rory from Gilmore Girls.
Does that count?
But we do have a former rock star here. I mean, someone who was in a well-known band back when some of us were knee-high to a grasshopper. Crap, who was that?
My dad is moderately famous, but nothing spectacular. Nor is he likely to be recognized on the street. But, he does run one of the world’s premier fine arts organizations.
I know who you’re talking about, Cranky. But I feel uncomfortable naming him here.
As others said, I’m fairly well known in my astonishingly specific field.
I got that covered. Do you prefer .45 or 9mm?
and what field would that be Jonathan??? 
Woah! That was you??
That would be aha, who was a member The Five Americans back in The Day. Their biggest hit was Western Union.
I don’t know his real name. Look up “The Five Americans” on Google and you’ll be able to narrow it down to one of five.
I have a feeling we’d be able to compile one hell of a “six degrees” type list of people we were able to get in touch with. Real celebs, however, are mostly out making the news, not trying to make sure it’s internally consistent and well-cited.
Back in college, I used to hang with President Eisenhower’s brother, Milton.
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again.
I am Spartacus.
And so is my Husband.