: a person who is famous while still living for doing something extremely well
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Harrison Ford, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, has, over the course of more than 50 years in Hollywood, arguably entertained more people than anyone else, and inarguably become a living legend.—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026 Keep Steph Curry healthy Steph Curry’s return on Easter Sunday brought hope back to a franchise that had spent the past two months waiting for its living legend to rescue them.—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026 The truth was, Hans Niemann shouldn’t have been sitting across from a living legend like Magnus Carlsen.—Ben Mezrich, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026 Kazan, struggling to find a local cinematographer whose work appealed to him, lucked into hiring a living legend.—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for living legend