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Mi hermana conoce a mucha gente famosa.

Mi hermana conoce a mucha gente famosa.
My sister knows a lot of famous people.
From Lesson 53:Degree modifiers (muy, mucho)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Mi hermana conoce a mucha gente famosa.

Why is it mucha here and not muy?
Muy means "very" and is used before adjectives or adverbs. Mucho (and its forms like mucha) means "a lot of" or "much/many" and is used with nouns. Since gente (people) is a noun, we must use mucha.
Why does it say mucha instead of muchas if "people" is more than one person?
In Spanish, the word gente (people) is a singular, feminine noun. Even though it refers to a group of people, grammatically it acts like a single unit (similar to the word "crowd" in English). Because it is singular and feminine, we must use the singular feminine quantifier mucha.
Why is there an a after conoce?
This is the "personal a". In Spanish, when the direct receiver of an action is a person or a group of people (like mucha gente), you have to put an a right before them. It doesn't translate to anything in English, but it is required in Spanish.
Could I use sabe instead of conoce to say "knows"?
No, Spanish has two verbs for "to know" and they are not interchangeable. You use conocer (which becomes conoce here) when talking about knowing or being familiar with people, places, or things. You use saber when talking about knowing facts, information, or knowing how to do something.
Why is it famosa and not famosos?
Adjectives must always match the noun they describe in both gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural). Because gente is a feminine singular noun, the adjective describing it must also be feminine and singular, which is why we use famosa.

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