Of this be wary. Honor and fame are often regarded as interchangeable. Both involve an appraisal of the individual. . . but I suggest this difference. Fame is morally neutral.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Edward R Murrow, (Apr 25 1908-1965), US broadcast journalist; He was TV moderator of See It Now, 1951-58 and director of the U.S. Information Agency, 1962-64.