| 100% | KEITH | 5 | ___ Jarrett, award-winning pianist and composer who inspired Bobby McFerrin |
| 43% | HERBIEHANCOCK | 13 | American bandleader and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1986 movie "Round Midnight" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | GRAINGER | 8 | Percy —, Australian pianist and composer who died in 1961 |
| 42% | MAURICEJARRE | 12 | French conductor and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1984 movie "A Passage to India" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | SHEARING | 8 | George —, British jazz pianist and composer who died in 2011 |
| 42% | MONK | 4 | Thelonious —, US jazz pianist and composer who died in 1982 |
| 41% | JOHNWILLIAMS | 12 | American conductor and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1982 movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | EVANS | 5 | Gil —, Toronto-born jazz pianist and composer who died in 1988 |
| 40% | PADEREWSKI | 10 | Ignace Jan —, pianist and composer who became Prime Minister of Poland in 1919 |
| 40% | JOHNWILLIAMS | 12 | Film music composer who has won 24 Grammy Awards, five Oscars, and four Golden Globes in the last six decades (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SIDNEYSHELDON | 13 | American author who wrote "If Tomorrow Comes", and won an Academy Award for "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer": 2 wds. |
| 38% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | US pianist and composer associated with the ragtime style who died in 1917 |
| 35% | HANS | 4 | Composer Zimmer who won Oscars for "The Lion King" and "Dune" |
| 35% | ORR | 3 | Bobby who won three straight N.H.L. M.V.P. awards |
| 34% | LEO | 3 | Pianist and composer Ornstein |
| 34% | CLARA | 5 | Pianist and composer Schumann |
| 34% | LANE | 4 | Film and theater actor Nathan who won a Tony Award in June |
| 34% | JACOB | 5 | Mets pitcher deGrom who won the 2018 and 2019 Cy Young Award |
| 33% | EDEL | 4 | Leon who won both a Pulitzer and a National Book Award in 1963 |
| 33% | PEDRO | 5 | Pitcher Martínez who won the Cy Young Award in 1997, 1999, and 2000 |
| 33% | JOEL | 4 | Actor/singer Grey who won a Tony Award and an Oscar for "Cabaret" |
| 33% | OCTAVIA | 7 | Science fiction writer Butler who won two Hugo Awards and two Nebula Awards |
| 33% | CHOPIN | 6 | Polish pianist and composer Frédéric |
| 32% | SAMUELRDELANY | 13 | Novelist who won Nebula Awards for "Babel-17" and "The Einstein Intersection" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | ALJARREAU | 9 | Singer who won Grammy Awards in three different categories (jazz, pop, and R. & B.) |
| 32% | JAMES | 5 | LeBron ___, basketball player who won 2 Championships and 2 MVP awards with Miami Heat |
| 32% | UMA | 3 | Actress who won MTV Movie Awards for Best Fight in 2004 and 2005, familiarly |
| 32% | LAMARJACKSON | 12 | Ravens quarterback who won the 2019 and 2023 AP NFL MVP Awards: 2 wds. |
| 32% | PATRICKMAHOMES | 14 | Chiefs quarterback who won the 2018 and 2022 AP NFL MVP Awards: 2 wds. |
| 32% | JULIA | 5 | ___ Louis-Dreyfus, "Seinfeld" and "Veep" actress who's won a record 9 SAG Awards |