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They had never heard of him and, all of a sudden, you saw somebody special.
BBC: SFA chief executive Gordon Smith
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Arthur Wharton was one of the greatest ever British athletes, but many sports fans have never heard of him.
BBC: Arthur Wharton: Campaign to honour football pioneer
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While many people have likely never heard of him, Li Ning, the company's founder, is one of the most famous athletes in China.
BBC: Viewpoint: Why do so few Chinese brands go global?
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According to the AP, Sister Virginia Muller and her order, the Baltimore-based School Sisters of Notre Dame had never heard of him at all.
FORBES: Honus Wagner Card Blesses Sisters of Notre Dame
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"We never heard of him, " said Amos Unger, Marco McMillian's stepfather.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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When it became clear that Mr. Martin had never heard of him, Mr. Howey told him his novel was No. 6 on Amazon's list of science-fiction and fantasy best sellers, behind Mr. Martin's five books.
WSJ: Wool: Sci-Fi's Underground Hit
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When he was first investigated by HMRC, Turner claimed a fictitious accountant had all his paperwork and provided fake business records but his so-called main suppliers, the Botswana Meat Commission, had never heard of him.
BBC: Leeds butcher Gary Turner jailed for tax offences
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The instructor, who was supposed to be this well-known writer, even though Aviad had never heard of him, told her that there was something soul-piercing about the banality of the ending, or some other piece of crap.
NEWYORKER: Creative Writing
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Paul Murphy, Ms Mowlam's excellent (though you may never have heard of him) deputy will be taking his place.
ECONOMIST: The most bathetic reshuffle in history
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At the time I had never even heard of him, and, unaffected by the hype, I left after his first set.
BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Cullum gives it all that jazz
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Most people in the West will never have even heard of him.
BBC: The 'first true scientist'
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Thomas Spragge, a 54-year-old prototype toy-maker in Massachusetts, had never heard of Daft Punk until three years ago when his daughter asked him to make a helmet.
WSJ: Fans Lose Their Heads in Pursuit of Daft Punk Helmets