everybody who is anybody

Noun

everybody who is anybody (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) All of the people who are well-known or important, especially those who have prominent social standing.
   • Sir William: I'm convinced that everybody who is anybody has got to buckle to, and save the landmarks left. Unless we're true to our caste, and prepared to work for it, the landed classes are going to go under to this infernal democratic spirit in the air.1912, John Galsworthy, The Eldest Son, act I
   • Every year there is something new, something that everybody who is anybody gourmetwise, has to eat and rave about.1984 March 21, Russell Baker, “Observer: Eating with the Swells”, in New York Times, retrieved 13 Jun 2017