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*** It all depends on how much information the public is given about what happened. Even Jean-Luc's brother didn't seem to know the full story, thinking he was just captured and tortured by the Borg. It's not like Picard was responsible for Wolf 359, any more than any assimilated drone is personally responsible for what it does. The only people who suggest otherwise are Admiral Satie, who is paranoid and is trying to provoke Picard, and Ben Sisko, who was still grieving for his wife who died in that battle. So no, simply being captain of the flagship doesn't make you famous; the only way I think he would get the kind of media exposure you're suggesting is if he were portrayed as a traitor instead of a POW. Also remember that Wolf 359 happened in 2367 and "Gambit" took place in 2370. Picard was surely in the news, but not long enough for people to remember him from the headlines 3 years ago.
*** I don't think one would need to think of Picard as a traitor to be aware of his face and name after the Borg incident. Who wouldn't remember the name and face of the guy who was (under compulsion or otherwise) coming to destroy your civilization? No matter how you slice it, "Gambit" doesn't make a ton of sense, especially that a Vulcan wouldn't see through him -- a Vulcan! They should remember ever face they ever see.
*** Starfleet almost certainly took every detail of that incident and classified it 'Top Secret: Eyes of God only', not only because the exact details of how close the Borg came to ending all of civilization is something you wouldn't want in the evening news but also because there is a legitimate privacy concern in Captain Picard's case. AfterStarfleet allis not holding Jean-Luc Picard criminally responsible for Locutus' actions, theand manif mightthey actuallyspammed wantthe tofull bedetails ableof tothe showevent hisall faceover inthe publicsolar againsystem withoutthe gettingman lynched,would andnever sincebe heable isto ango innocentoutside victimwithout inbeing thisharassed. regardSure, thereany isStarfleet everyofficer reasonwho forsurvived theWolf authorities359 should be able to showrecognize mercyhim and,in y'knowtheir sleep, ''notbut tell everyone'there's aboutno hisreason exactto rolemake init ''public'' thisknowledge.
** Why should his face 'be plastered all over everything'? Starfleet is not holding Jean-Luc Picard criminally responsible for Locutus' actions, and if they spammed the full details of the event all over the solar system the man would never be able to go outside without being harassed. Sure, any Starfleet officer who survived Wolf 359 should be able to recognize him in their sleep, but there's no reason to make it ''public'' knowledge.
** Extremely famous people walk around in public all the time and don't get recognized, often because they're not dressed/acting like the impression we have of them from whatever they're famous for. That's without even adding the difficulty of telling members of another race (or in ''Trek's'' case '''species''') apart. Picard's just another bald, white human, there are probably billions of those out there in the galaxy, without even adding in aliens that mostly look like humans. Picard's just not as distinctive as some are making him out to be, and even as important as he was in certain events, I doubt most civilians out there in the galaxy have seared, '''''[[Never Live It Down|seared]]''''' it into their memory!
 
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