hear about

hear about someone or something

to learn about someone or something. (Not necessarily by hearing.) Have you heard about Tom and what happened to him? I heard about the accident.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ÅKe	AW-ke	Swedish
Sylvi	SUYL-vee (Finnish)	Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish
Daciana	dah-CHYAHN-ah	Romanian
Russel	RUS-əl	English
Virgilius	-	Late Roman
Eleftherios	-	Greek