| 100% | AMIRIBARAKA | 11 | "Monday in B-Flat" poet and 1989 recipient of the Langston Hughes Medal (2 wds.) |
| 68% | NIKKIGIOVANNI | 13 | "Knoxville, Tennessee" poet and 1996 recipient of the Langston Hughes Medal (2 wds.) |
| 67% | NTOZAKESHANGE | 13 | "People of Watts" poet and 2016 recipient of the Langston Hughes Medal (2 wds.) |
| 46% | NIKKIGIOVANNI | 13 | Langston Hughes Medal-winning poet whose poems include "Vote" and "You Came, Too": 2 wds. |
| 44% | MEDGAREVERS | 11 | Civil rights activist who was a posthumous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 39% | VANDYKE | 7 | Dick ___, recipient of the SAG lifetime achievement award in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 38% | OSCARWILDE | 10 | Irish poet and playwright who wrote only one novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" in his lifetime: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JACKNICHOLSON | 13 | Portrayer of the Joker in the 1989 film "Batman": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ZADIE | 5 | ___ Smith, author of "White Teeth" and recipient of the 2017 Langston Hughes Medal |
| 38% | PHILDONAHUE | 11 | Pioneering daytime talk-show host who was a 2024 recipient of the Medal of Freedom: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RICKSANCHEZ | 11 | Genius but cynical scientist, one of the lead characters in "Rick and Morty" : 2 wds. |
| 37% | COMICBOOK | 9 | Setting for each of the places in 15-, 21-, and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DANIELCORMIER | 13 | Holder of the UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight titles simultaneously in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 36% | PHILSPECTOR | 11 | American record producer and songwriter inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Political victor who was Time's Person of the Year in 2008 and 2012: 2 wds. |
| 36% | IGASWIATEK | 10 | Polish tennis player who won WTA Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ASHLEIGHBARTY | 13 | Australian tennis player who won WTA Player of the Year in 2019 and 2021: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JODIEFOSTER | 11 | Actress who won a Golden Globe for "The Silence of the Lambs" and won their Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 36% | RICHARDWILBUR | 13 | American poet behind "Things of This World" who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and 1989: 2 wds. |
| 36% | IRVINGBERLIN | 12 | Composer of the song "White Christmas" who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AARONCOPLAND | 12 | Composer of the ballet "Appalachian Spring" who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DUKEELLINGTON | 13 | Composer of the jazz classic "Mood Indigo" who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BRUCEJENNER | 11 | Former name of the Olympic decathlon gold medalist featured on Wheaties boxes in 1977 and 2012: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Actress who was EW's only two-time Entertainer of the Year, in 2009 and 2013: 2 wds. |
| 35% | EMMATHOMPSON | 12 | "The Remains of the Day" actress who played Elinor Dashwood in "Sense and Sensibility": 2 wds. |
| 35% | BENWALLACE | 10 | Retired Pistons center who won consecutive Defensive Player of the Year Awards twice, in 2003 and 2006: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "Let's Get Loud" singer who was named Glamour Woman of the Year in 1999 and 2011: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CANDACEPARKER | 13 | Chicago Sky star who was named both WNBA Rookie of the Year and WNBA MVP in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 35% | RUPERTSANDERS | 13 | Director of the "Ghost in the Shell" movie, who has also directed "Snow White and the Huntsman" previously : 2 wds. |
| 35% | PYRENEANIBEX | 12 | A subspecies of the Iberian wild goat, found in Spain and Southern France which went extinct in 2000: 2 wds. |