leading light:
{also ‘guiding light‘}
(apart from other more common meanings)

a leading light (Mother Teresa)
a person who has good name in the general public, who stands example for others in such a way that his/her ideas, activities, morals are followed by others;

a leading light (Mahatma Gandhi, India)
an important person (a celebrity) who is an inspiration to others

a leading light (Abraham Lincoln, USA)
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