a leading light

an important and respected person in a group or organization (often + in ) A leading light in the art and ballet world, he was a close friend of Princess Diana. (often + of ) Jeffries, at 23 a leading light of the campaign, was the first to speak.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Abhishek	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil
ArİF	-	Turkish, Azerbaijani
Francis	['fra:nsis]
Hoa	-	Vietnamese
Khamisi	-	Eastern African, Swahili
ŠImon	-	Czech, Slovak