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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mad_Jack" data-source="post: 6962173" data-attributes="member: 6750306">As mentioned, it's entirely possible to be the world's most famous < insert X here > and still have anyone outside of that particular social circle/area of expertise/whatever not have a clue who the hell that person is.And equally possible to not be recognized while walking down the street unless images of the character have been circulated along with word of their deeds or statues built in their honor. Characters may be famous heroes constantly recognized by everyone in one city and be nobody in the next city or country down the road.The likelihood of people around them recognizing them on sight/knowing who they are/having heard of them before will vary wildly from one particular situation to the next depending on the specific circumstances.Higher-level characters may generally have an air of importance or power about them due to their manner of acting, or how they're dressed, how people treat them, etc., and might be recognizable as X profession/faction/rank because of what they're wearing (uniform, regalia, insignia, heraldic device, specific gear, etc.), but being recognized as a particular individual is much less likely to happen unless word of their deeds has not only spread to the general populace but has also included a physical description of either the characters themselves or some defining characteristic or piece of gear.</blockquote>