B-lister
The photographers love catching sight of an A-lister taking out his garbage.
An unknown can really become an A-lister if they put their mind to it.
The restaurant became a shrine to fancy cooking and an A-listers' retreat.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fame and famous
A-list
acclaimed
annal
anyone
anyone who is/was anyoneidiom
catapult
go down in the annalsidiom
high-profile
hit the headlinesidiom
household word
illustrious
legend
name
notoriety
notorious
notoriously
overexposed
world-famous
world-renowned
Z-list