| 100% | ELROD | 5 | "Hammerin' Hank" ___, first aviator in WWII to receive the Medal of Honor |
| 49% | WALKER | 6 | Dr. Mary ___, abolitionist and the first and only woman to receive the Medal of Honor |
| 43% | KIRKDOUGLAS | 11 | "Spartacus" actor who received the French Legion of Honor medal in 1985: 2 wds. |
| 43% | MARTINSCORSESE | 14 | "Raging Bull" director who received the French Legion of Honor medal in 2005: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PEARL | 5 | Singer Bailey who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in '88 |
| 37% | AILEY | 5 | Choreographer who posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014 |
| 36% | LADYNANCYASTOR | 14 | First woman to sit in the British House of Commons |
| 36% | ROSAPARKS | 9 | First woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol |
| 36% | EVELYNASHFORD | 13 | The first track and field athlete to run 100 meters under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games and who has won a total of 5 Olympic medals: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DIANENASH | 9 | Civil rights activist who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JASPERJOHNS | 11 | "Three Flags" painter who received the National Medal of Arts in 1990: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | Longtime Boston Celtic who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MARATSA{FIN} | 12 | First Russian to be inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame |
| 35% | RIVERA | 6 | Mariano ___, former Panamian-American baseball player who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019 |
| 35% | MEGANRAPINOE | 12 | Olympic champion soccer player who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ANDREWWYETH | 11 | "Christina's World" painter who received the National Medal of Arts in 2007: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ROGERSTAUBACH | 13 | Longtime Dallas Cowboys quarterback who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JET | 3 | The Lippisch Ente was the first one of these to fly, in 1928 |
| 35% | NAME | 4 | Info to fill in on the first line of many forms |
| 35% | HONESTY | 7 | "The first chapter in the book of wisdom," to Jefferson |
| 35% | QUINCYJONES | 11 | "We Are the World" producer who received the French Legion of Honor medal in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CHUCK | 5 | With 33-Across, "Big Self-Portrait" painter who received the National Medal of Arts in 2000 |
| 35% | TONI | 4 | First name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | WILT | 4 | First name of the only player to score 100 points in an NBA game |
| 34% | DOOLITTLE | 9 | Jimmy awarded the Medal of Honor by FDR |
| 34% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | "Beloved" author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ELDOCTOROW | 10 | "Ragtime" author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2013: 3 wds. |
| 34% | BEVERLYSILLS | 12 | Opera singer who chaired Lincoln Center and received the National Medal of Arts in 1990: 2 wds. |
| 34% | NEIL | 4 | First name in NASA's prestigious list of astronauts who have been to the moon |
| 34% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who was the first woman to lie in honor in the Capitol |