| 100% | LUISE | 5 | ___ Rainer, the first person to win back-to-back Oscars |
| 70% | LUISE | 5 | Rainer who was the first person to win two Academy Awards for acting |
| 62% | INARRITU | 8 | First director to win back-to-back Oscars since Mankiewicz |
| 59% | SIDNEY | 6 | Actor and director Poitier, the first black person to win an Oscar for best actor |
| 59% | MARIE | 5 | Curie who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes |
| 59% | EMMY | 4 | Ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale was the first person to win one (1949) |
| 57% | HAYES | 5 | Actress Helen who was the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting |
| 57% | ALFONSOCUARON | 13 | First Mexican to win the Best Director Oscar (for "Gravity"): 2 wds. |
| 57% | ANG | 3 | Lee who was the first Asian to win a best-director Oscar |
| 56% | ANGLEE | 6 | First nonwhite person to win a directing Oscar, in 2006 |
| 55% | CAPRA | 5 | Director of the first film to win all five top Oscars (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay) |
| 55% | ANGELA | 6 | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
| 54% | ANG | 3 | ___ Lee, first Asian to win the Oscar for Best Director |
| 54% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | First black person to win the Academy Award for Best Actor: 2 wds. |
| 54% | TWEETY | 6 | "Headliner" of the first Warner Bros. short to win an Oscar |
| 54% | RICHARD | 7 | ___ Rodgers, composer with works like "Oklahoma!' and "The Sound of Music" who was the first person to win the EGOT |
| 53% | CLINTEASTWOOD | 13 | Oldest person to win the Best Director Oscar, at 74 (for "Million Dollar Baby"): 2 wds. |
| 53% | HALLEBERRY | 10 | First African-American to win the Oscar for Best Actress |
| 53% | TATUM | 5 | Actress O'Neal who was the youngest person to ever win a competitive Oscar, at age 10 |
| 53% | BYRD | 4 | "With ___ at the South Pole," first documentary to win an Oscar (for cinematography) |
| 52% | FOSSE | 5 | Only person to win an Oscar, Emmy and Tony in the same year (1973) |
| 52% | HALLEBERRY | 10 | First Black woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ALTHEA | 6 | Gibson who was the first person of color to win a tennis Grand Slam event |
| 51% | POITIER | 7 | Sidney who was the first African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 51% | ALI | 3 | Mahershala who was the first Muslim performer to win an Oscar |
| 51% | ALI | 3 | Mahershala who was the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar |
| 51% | CATEBLANCHETT | 13 | "Blue Jasmine" and "The Aviator" star who was the first Australian to win Oscars in two acting categories (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ALTHEAGIBSON | 12 | In 1957, she became the first person of color to win a Wimbledon championship (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ALTHEAGIBSON | 12 | Tennis great who was the first person of color to win a Wimbledon championship (2 wds.) |
| 50% | EDITORS | 7 | The first people to play crosswords |