Cult figure

A cult figure, like a cult film, cult television and cult radio, attracts a hardy band of aficionados who have diverse opinions of the status of said person.

Some cult figures include:

• Syd Barrett
• Count Dante
• James Dean
• Roky Erickson
• William Hung
• Ashida Kim
• David Lynch
• Carl Macek
• Chuck Palahniuk
• Gram Parsons
• Ghyslain Raza
• John Waters
• Norman Wisdom
• Ed Wood, Jr.
• Andy Kaufman
• Lenny Bruce
• Hunter S. Thompson
• Andrew Marr
• Peter Snow
• Jeff Buckley
• Reginald Fils-Aime