a big wheel

An important, successful, or influential person. After Mark successfully persuaded both sides to pass the budget, people considered him to be quite a big wheel in the political arena.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Olaf	O-lahf (German, Dutch)	Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Polish
Izudin	-	Bosnian
Branislava	-	Serbian, Slovak, Czech, Slovene
Riad	-	Arabic
Baard	-	Norwegian
JindŘIch	-	Czech