Words similar to luminary

Example sentences for: luminary

How can you use “luminary” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

On the dock, Tina and her husband, Harry Evans, who was the person who hired me as an editor at Random House and who once demolished me in pingpong in between swimming laps at his health club--and I'm a pretty good ping pong player--were spotted, saying hello or goodbye to this luminary or that one.
Too bad they didn't have a luminary like Gould to explain that to them.