personage vs influential person

personage and influential person both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of personage include important person.

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