Fra gli esempi di persone a cui i media si sono spesso riferiti utilizzando la frase ''famous for being famous'' si possono citare [[Kevin Federline]]<ref name="cnn">{{Cita news| url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0702/28/sbt.01.html | pubblicazione=CNN | titolo=CNN.com - Transcripts}}</ref>, ex marito di [[Britney Spears]], l'ereditiera [[Paris Hilton]]<ref name="Arabian Business">{{Cita web|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/558497-well-always-have-paris|titolo=We’ll always have Paris|editore=ArabianBusiness.com|quotecitazione=''[A] girl who is ostensibly famous for being famous, and whose chief achievements seem to be that she is slim, stupid, and swimming in cash... [a] symbol of all that is wrong with materialistic America.''|data=12 giugno 2009|accesso=Jun. 21, 2009}}</ref>, [[Kim Kardashian]]<ref>{{Cita web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/CelebrityCafe/story?id=7762876&page=1|titolo=Top 5 Celebrities Famous For...Nothing|editore=ABC News|data=|accesso=25 agosto 2009}}</ref>, figlia dell'avvocato [[Robert Kardashian]], [[John F. Kennedy, Jr.]]<ref name="Wyman">{{Cita web|url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/07/18/famous/index.html|titolo=Famous for being famous From his salute to his father through his career at George, JFK Jr.'s triumphs were mostly style over substance. |cognome=Wyman|nome=Bill|data=18 luglio 1999|editore=Salon.com|accesso=7 marzo 2010}}</ref>, figlio minore del presidente [[John Kennedy]], l'attore [[Spencer Pratt]]<ref>{{Cita web|url=http://www.celebtoast.com/2010/04/10-celebrities-that-we-are-not-quite-sure-why-they-are-famous/|titolo=What Exactly Are They Famous For? 10 Celebrities That We Aren’t Quite Sure Why They Are Famous|editore=Celeb Toast|data=|accesso=14 aprile 2010}}</ref> e [[Nicole Richie]]<ref name="cnn"/>, figlia di [[Lionel Richie]]
