Examples of people that have really low name recogniton?

Not exactly sure how to phrase the title, but here’s the sentence I’m asking about:

Our job? Somehow get XXXXX, (a candidate with less name recognition than _____ ) to the top of the polls.

I was considering using some obscure historical figure (e.g. than the 5th president of Latvia), but not sure if that comes off kinda cringy. Thanks!