If you are a California high school debate coach or one of my cats, you probably know me. Other than that I got nothin’.
I was part of a 4-woman team that won the NCAA championship back-to-back years in a minor sport. For about a week in each of those years, people occasionally recognized me. Our team had our picture in SI twice, but we were definitely not the headliner. lol
After that, as far as fame and notoriety are concerned, it’s been all downhill.
I once taught a class that contained a kid named Riddle and a kid named Moody.
Or any of the way too many kids you’ve taught over the years, I suspect. All career teachers are a little bit famous!
The one weird place that I am kinda, vaguely known is admissions offices of top-tier universities, and only there because of my rec letters. I work really hard to write distinctive ones, and have friends in the field who say that people remember them. I have a little daydream that I am on a plane and the person next to me turns out to work in admissions at Some School and she read the applications from Texas and we get to talking and she’s like “OMG! You write so well! I feel like I KNOW those kids!”.
Bobsledding, huh? 
I’m slightly more famous than before: I got not one but two mentions in the local paper. Buried deep inside, of course.
If you are seriously into motorcycles, Russian coins, or flyfishing my name would at least be familiar. If you are seriously into church or classical music, you have me confused with my brother.
Mr. Dumbledore, I presume?
People are constantly honking at me when I’m out driving, so I must be an instantly recognizable celebrity.
I run the GIS website for the County government. So a few people (mostly relators and title companies) may know my name. Or sort of recognize it.
When they hit the ‘Contact Us’ link, they get a response from me.
Yes, ‘Contact Us’ does actually get you a personal response. Often within minutes. Stuns a lot of folks.
That would stun me, yes. Good on you.
Oh, I forgot: once upon a time I was the big color photograph on the front page of Copenhagen’s newspaper Politiken. I appeared to be asleep in the audience of an international humor conference. Actually I was in the throes of the worst case of gastroenteritis I’ve ever had. Thank you, Danish sanitary practices.
That was my high point.
On a google search for my name in quotes, I show up on the 8th page. This does not count “We found Ethilrist on LinkedIn” (“one of many…”).
Ohhhh…that’s so perfect. I wish it had been bobsledding.
I am one of those people who was famous for 15 minutes (really more like a couple of weeks).
I would like to be unknown.
OK, the 6 of you who are “world famous, adored by millions,” tell us who you are!
Have you forgotten?
There is no “I” in teem.
They need no introduction.
You can find out who I am IRL through earlier threads.