Definition of fame:
(n) :
what is said or reported;
gossip,
rumour; the state of being
famous or well-known and spoken of
"1667, There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long / Intended to create, and therein plant / A generation, whom his choice regard / Should favour -- John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 651-4"
(v) :
to make (someone or something)
famous