| 100% | ROLLO | 5 | ___ Martins, main character in Graham Greene's "The Third Man" |
| 51% | TORRANCE | 8 | Jack __, main character in S. King's The Shining |
| 48% | OFFRED | 6 | Main character in The Handmaid's Tale |
| 48% | PROSPERO | 8 | Main character in Shakespeare's The Tempest |
| 48% | OUR | 3 | Graham Greene's "___ Man in Havana" |
| 47% | XXX | 3 | Main character in the 2010 film "Winter's Bone" |
| 47% | THEA | 4 | Main character in Cather's "The Song of the Lark" |
| 47% | DIGORY | 6 | __ Kirke, main character in The Magician's Nephew |
| 45% | GREENE | 6 | The Third Man author Graham |
| 45% | PROSPERO | 8 | Main character in The Tempest |
| 44% | REF | 3 | The third man in the ring |
| 44% | ASH | 3 | Main character in the "Pokémon" series |
| 44% | ELEANOR | 7 | Main character's first name in TV's The Good Place |
| 44% | CARMY | 5 | Main character in TV series The Bear |
| 44% | SAMSA | 5 | Main character in Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" |
| 43% | ELSA | 4 | Main character in the upcoming movie "Frozen 2" |
| 42% | FRY | 3 | The main character in "Futurama" |
| 42% | REF | 3 | Third man in the ring |
| 42% | HARRYLIME | 9 | Character played by Orson Welles in 1949 film thriller The Third Man |
| 42% | CROMWELL | 8 | Thomas, the main character in Mantel's Wolf Hall |
| 42% | REF | 3 | Third man in the ring, informally |
| 42% | REF | 3 | Third man in the boxing ring |
| 41% | RYU | 3 | Main character in Capcom's Street Fighter series whose "special move" was the subject of a scientific work last year |
| 41% | MACAW | 5 | The main character in "Rio" is one |
| 41% | INDY | 4 | Main character in the upcoming film "The Dial of Destiny," for short |
| 41% | MARIO | 5 | Main character in the best-selling video game franchise of all time |
| 41% | DON | 3 | Draper who's the main character of "Mad Men" |
| 41% | DON | 3 | Draper who's the main character on "Mad Men" |
| 41% | EMOTIONS | 8 | The main characters in “Inside Out,” e.g. |
| 40% | ARO | 3 | Like both main characters in the show "Koisenu Futari," for short |