dignitaries — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
heroes — a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: He became a local hero when he saved the drowning child.
luminaries — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
personalities — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
stars — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
aces — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
immortals — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
lions — a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
magnates — a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.
names — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
big guns — an influential or important person or thing: He's a big gun in science.