What do you call a person who craves fame and fortune?
What do you call a person who craves fame and fortune, or wants to be recognized for something?
vainglorious
someone who seeks fame and glory to aggrandize themselves, instead of encouraging others to perform noble, difficult and worthy deeds.
You could call them an attention-seeker or fame-seeker.
I don't know if you can use these, but they mean some aspect of what you have asked.
yearning: feeling a powerful desire for something. Yearn stresses the depth and passionateness of a desire: to yearn to get away and begin a new life; to yearn desperately for recognition.
ambitious: having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed.
aspiring: directing one's hopes or ambitions toward becoming a specified type of person.
desirous: longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment; a desire for fame.