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I am far from convinced that Stalin is "high-status"--at the very least most socialists I know disavow him.
On the other hand I agree that Gandalf is a fictional character. A couple of counterexamples quickly came to mind then failed, I'd be interested to see a larger list:
Gandhi: disowned his son for getting married who then committed suicide; told women not to fight against rape.
I'm not thinking of a good one for Lincoln, Einstein, MLKJ. Any evidence against them? I'd be surprised to see it about Einstein.
ETA: Clearly Stalin was high status when leading the USSR, and perhaps continues to be, I seem to have slipped into non-LW-mode for that sentence. My question of whether other, commonly-though-of-as-kinder public figures are less gandalf-like still stands.
That may be true now, but Stalin was pretty high status while he was in charge of the USSR.
EDIT: Comment rescinded due to being dumb.
Status is not the same as popularity. Besides, it's just an ape thing - you don't have to intrinsically value it, and so feel bad about acknowledging the high status of someone you don't like.