influential person vs personage

influential person and personage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
influential person	Yes	No	No	No
personage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, influential person and personage are synonyms defined as:

influential person and personage: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

Other synonyms of influential person include important person.

influential person (noun)	personage (noun)
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events	another word for person; a person not meriting identification
	a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events