| 100% | EMLYN | 5 | & 22A Welsh actor-dramatist whose stage plays include Night Must Fall and The Corn Is Green |
| 37% | LIVINGS | 7 | Henry —, British dramatist whose stage plays include Eh? and Nil Carborundum |
| 37% | BRECHT | 6 | Bertolt —, dramatist whose stage plays include Mr Puntila and his Man Matti |
| 32% | FLETCHER | 8 | John —, Jacobean dramatist whose plays include The Island Princess and The Faithful Shepherdess |
| 32% | PETER | 5 | & 6D British dramatist whose stage works include Zigger Zagger and The Apprentices |
| 31% | IONESCO | 7 | Eugene —, Romanian dramatist whose stage works include Exit the King and Rhinoceros |
| 30% | FUGARD | 6 | Athol —, South African dramatist whose stage works include The Road to Mecca and The Island |
| 28% | IDRISELBA | 9 | Actor whose birthday is today, who played the titular role in the TV series "Luther" and also appears in the "Thor" films: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Actor whose birthday it is today who won an Academy Award for playing Gandhi in the titular film and was knighted in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SCHNITZLER | 10 | Arthur —, author of stage plays Reigen and The Green Cockatoo |
| 27% | ARISTOPHANES | 12 | Greek comic dramatist whose works include The Birds and The Frogs |
| 27% | LILLO | 5 | George —, English dramatist whose The London Merchant was first staged in 1731 |
| 27% | HAPPYDAYS | 9 | 1961 stage play by Samuel Beckett whose characters are Winnie and Willie |
| 26% | GEER | 4 | Will —, actor whose roles included Grandpa in US television series The Waltons |
| 26% | BURTREYNOLDS | 12 | "Smokey and the Bandit" actor who played filmmaker Jack Horner in "Boogie Nights": 2 wds. |
| 26% | IDRISELBA | 9 | Actor whose films include “Beasts of No Nation” and “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” |
| 26% | LAURAKEENE | 10 | Actress and manager whose company's performance of play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC was attended by Abraham Lincoln on the night of his assassination |
| 26% | SCHOPENHAUER | 12 | Arthur —, German philosopher whose works include The World as Will and Idea |
| 26% | BERTLAHR | 8 | Actor whose roles included Professor Spats in 1968 film The Night They Raided Minsky's |
| 25% | ANNEKARICE | 10 | Welsh television presenter whose credits include Treasure Hunt and Wish You Were Here? |
| 25% | WEBB | 4 | Robert —, actor and comedian whose credits include The Smoking Room and Peep Show |
| 25% | BAKST | 5 | Leon —, Russian painter and stage designer whose works include 1913 watercolour The Butterfly |
| 25% | COLINHANKS | 10 | Actor who plays officer Gus Grimly in "Fargo" and whose father is Tom Hanks: 2 wds. |
| 25% | JUSTINHARTLEY | 13 | "The Young and the Restless" actor who plays Kevin Pearson on "This Is Us": 2 wds. |