| 100% | ANDRE | 5 | & 18D Late German-American composer-conductor, winner of four Academy Awards, knighted in 1996 |
| 35% | LALALAND | 8 | Musical film, winner of six Academy Awards in 2017 |
| 33% | VIRGILTHOMSON | 13 | American composer of "Four Saints in Three Acts": 2 wds. |
| 32% | OWENS | 5 | Winner of four gold medals in Berlin |
| 32% | OWENS | 5 | Winner of four gold medals in 1936 |
| 32% | BILES | 5 | Winner of four gold medals in Rio |
| 32% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | "Still Alice" Academy Award winner who plays Heidi Hansen in the film adaptation of "Dear Evan Hansen" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | PREVIN | 6 | Conductor knighted in 1996 |
| 31% | BOS | 3 | Winner of four World Series in this century, on scoreboards |
| 31% | OWENS | 5 | Winner of four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics |
| 30% | TONYKUSHNER | 11 | "Angels in America" Pulitzer winner and 2005 inductee into the American Academy of Arts and Letters: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BIRDMAN | 7 | Winner of 2015 Best Picture Academy Award |
| 30% | DOLE | 4 | Winner of 159 electoral votes in 1996 |
| 30% | RAINMAN | 7 | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1988: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PARASITE | 8 | Film that won four Academy Awards in 2020, including Best Picture |
| 30% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | Winner of the 2020 Academy Award for best director |
| 29% | ALOERTER | 8 | Winner of gold in four consecutive Olympics, 1956-68 |
| 29% | GERSHWIN | 8 | George, American composer of Rhapsody in Blue |
| 29% | SAM | 3 | With 6-Across, winner of four Grammys at the 2015 Grammy Awards |
| 29% | EMINEM | 6 | Winner of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Original Song |
| 29% | NOBELIST | 8 | Winner of an international award presented in Stockholm or Oslo |
| 29% | STEINER | 7 | Max ___, Academy Award-winning composer of "Now, Voyager" |
| 29% | FRENCH | 6 | The__ Connection, winner of the 44th Academy Award |
| 29% | PACHELBEL | 9 | German composer of Canon in D |
| 29% | GERSHWIN | 8 | Composer of An American in Paris |
| 28% | HILDEGARD | 9 | __ of Bingen, German composer, later sainted |
| 28% | CUBAGOODING | 11 | Academy Award-winning actor from "Jerry Maguire", who plays the TV version of 14-Across in "American Crime Story" : 2 wds. |
| 28% | ISLEY | 5 | ___ Brothers, winners of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014 |
| 28% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | German composer; went deaf in his later years |
| 28% | TEUTONIC | 8 | German in nature, especially an order of knights |