I wonder if he ever imagined he would become world-renowned. It’s thrilling that an image of him is found 2,000 years later.
He was the ruler of the known world at that point, or just a little afterwards before being killed in 44BC. So, technically, he was already world famous.
Well, he DID overthrow the republic...
Assuming all good Romans thought that the potency of Rome would last forever, you could make an argument for yes.