They described Mr. Downey as a fringe figure in the talk-show industry.

Most Soviet dissidents were not "fringe figures," either.

"He is just a fringe figure, who does not represent the majority views of black community."

Win or lose, Mr. Duke has a national visibility he could not have imagined as a fringe figure just two years ago.

To others, the Pentacostal minister is a fringe figure.

During the 1960s, he was a fringe figure in Andy Warhol's "Factory" crowd.

The other people in their lives are shadowy fringe figures.

But Klayman is not treated like a fringe figure.

Ruby was a kind of fringe figure, more a hustler than a hoodlum, according to Pigeon.

Van Terheyden is something of a fringe figure.