A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media. The term is synonymous with wealth (commonly denoted as a person with fame and fortune), implied with great popular appeal, prominence in a particular field, and is easily recognized by the general public.

Various careers within the fields of sports and entertainment are commonly associated with celebrity status. These fields have produced prominent figures within these two industries. Many professional athletes have risen to fame such as golfer Tiger Woods, former boxer Muhammad Ali, football player Tom Brady, hockey player Wayne Gretzky, and basketball player Michael Jordan. Prominent entertainment figures have also reached celebrity status such as models Sofia Vergara, Gisele Bündchen, and Adriana Lima, authors J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter and Stephenie Meyer of Twilight, pop singers Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, rappers Eminem, Jay-Z, Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, Drake, Lil Wayne and Kanye West, musicians Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, artists Damien Hirst, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Lucien Freud, radio personalities Don Imus and Howard Stern, political pundits and infotainers Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck, television talk show hosts Barbara Walters, Larry King and Oprah Winfrey, movie actresses Julia Roberts, Demi Moore, and Jessica Alba, television actors Charlie Sheen and Ashton Kutcher, national television correspodents Anderson Cooper, Katie Couric, and Meredith Viera or comedians Ellen Degeneres, Joan Rivers, Jay Leno and George Lopez.

Naeem Iqbal Bokhari, born on October 27, 1948 is a Pakistani TV personality and a Senior Advocate Supreme Court. Bokhari was born in Lahore, Pakistan to Syed Altaf Hussain Bokhari with a shiite ancestory. He was formerly married to popular Ghazal singer Tahira Syed (until 1990).Bokhari has two children, a son, Hasnain and a daughter, Kiran with his first wife, both of whom are lawyers by profession. Kiran is married and working in New York City.Bokhari married Tamannah Khan in 1995 and has a son, Abbas and two daughters,Noor Zainab and Noor Fatimah from the second marriage

Naeem Bokhari has hosted famous tv talk shows including Apne Andaz Se on which he has interviewed many famous and influential personalities of the Pakistani society.

Naeem Bokhari attained intellectual celebrity status for his famous TV talk show appearances.

His open letter against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry published on Feb 16, 2007 created a controversy and this is also attributed to the eventual dismissal of the Chief Justice by President Pervez Musharraf. The Punjab Bar Council reacted only after March 9, 2007, when the controversy had reached a peak and dismissed his membership in Punjab Bar Council. Subsequently, his membership was renewed.

Coleen Patricia Nolan (born 12 March 1965) is an English television presenter, author and singer of Irish descent. She was the youngest member of the girl group, The Nolans, in which she sang alongside her sisters. She has since then appeared on various television shows both as a presenter and panellist (most prominently on ITV's daytime show, Loose Women) as well as appearing on reality television programmes. In 2009 she toured again with the Nolans.

Nolan joined her sisters in The Nolans in 1980 when she was fifteen years old, though her first television appearance with her sisters though was on 5 February 1974 when she was almost nine years old, as The Nolans appeared on the It's Cliff Richard! television series, and she had appeared with them in the video for their 1979 single, "I'm In The Mood For Dancing", though she was not actually a part of the group at this point and did not actually perform on the song. On 14 January 1987, she appeared alongside her sisters Anne, Bernie and Maureen in the BBC sitcom Filthy Rich & Catflap.

Arthur Kade (born Arthur Kadyshes) is an American former financial adviser. Raised by his grandmother in Northeast Philadelphia, Kade attended college at Temple University. Upon graduation, Kade began a career as a financial adviser with American Express Financial Advisers, located in Conshohocken. In early 2009, Kade embarked on what he calls "The Journey", the pursuit of his lifelong dream of becoming an actor and model.

Kade has appeared as an extra on one scene on Gossip Girl and on television, radio, in blogs and newspapers, as well as in an article in Philadelphia Magazine. As of October 2009, production company IMG Media was reported to be developing a reality television project based on Kade's life. Kade appears in an episode of the Showtime series La La Land in which the Borat-like host Marc Wootton, hoping for "a master class in self-confidence", interviews Kade while pretending to be a London cabbie wanting to become an actor.

Critics have argued that Kade's desire is simply to become famous at whatever cost. He has been criticized for engaging in self-promotion, which has resulted in media coverage.

Gabrielle Bernstein is a motivational speaker, life coach, author, and founder of HerFuture.com, a social networking and mentoring website for women. Her first book, Add More ~ing to Your Life: A Hip Guide to Happiness, was published in January 2010. Her second book, Spirit Junkie: A Radical Road to Self-Love and Miracles, was published by Random House in the fall of 2011.

Bernstein grew up in New York. She holds a theater degree from Syracuse University.

Before becoming a full-time motivational speaker and life coach, Bernstein worked as a public relations entrepreneur. She founded the PR firm SparkPlug Communications and co-founded the Women’s Entrepreneurial Network, a non-profit professional organization that connects female entrepreneurs.

In 2008, Bernstein founded the website HerFuture.com, using the Ning platform, to connect young women with mentors.

Bernstein teaches primarily from the metaphysical text A Course In Miracles. She teaches a practical application of the Course's principles emphasizing self-love, forgiveness, and a holistic approach to spirituality. In 2009, Bernstein was featured in the New York Times as a "guru" for the next generation.