| 100% | ZADIE | 5 | ___ Smith, author of "White Teeth" and recipient of the 2017 Langston Hughes Medal |
| 56% | NTOZAKESHANGE | 13 | "People of Watts" poet and 2016 recipient of the Langston Hughes Medal (2 wds.) |
| 55% | ZADIE | 5 | Smith, author of White Teeth and On Beauty |
| 55% | NIKKIGIOVANNI | 13 | "Knoxville, Tennessee" poet and 1996 recipient of the Langston Hughes Medal (2 wds.) |
| 54% | AMIRIBARAKA | 11 | "Monday in B-Flat" poet and 1989 recipient of the Langston Hughes Medal (2 wds.) |
| 42% | BIDEN | 5 | 2017 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 41% | UNDERGROUND | 11 | The Velvet ___, "Sweet Jane" rock band and recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 |
| 39% | DOYLE | 5 | Arthur Conan —, author of novels Beyond the City and The White Company |
| 39% | WOLFF | 5 | Michael ___, author of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" |
| 39% | TANYATAGAQ | 10 | Throat singer and author of the book “Split Tooth” |
| 38% | LONDON | 6 | Jack —, author of novels The Sea-Wolf and White Fang |
| 38% | MONSARRAT | 9 | Nicholas —, author of novels Castle Garac and The White Rajah |
| 38% | LOTT | 4 | Tim —, author of novels White City Blue and Under the Same Stars |
| 37% | DOYLE | 5 | Arthur Conan —, author of the novels Beyond the City and The White Company |
| 37% | WEBSTER | 7 | John —, author of stage plays The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi |
| 35% | ITOO | 4 | Classic Langston Hughes poem quoted on a wall of the National Museum of African American History and Culture |
| 35% | READE | 5 | Author of "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 35% | AESOP | 5 | Author of "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 35% | MARTHAGRAHAM | 12 | American dancer who was the first dancer to perform at the White House and to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ITOOSINGAMERICA | 15 | Opening of the Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" |
| 34% | GREENE | 6 | Author of "The Power and the Glory": Graham __ |
| 34% | THOMASMANN | 10 | Author of novels Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain |
| 34% | BOCCACCIO | 9 | Author of the Decameron and “On Famous Women” |
| 34% | CHEKHOV | 7 | Author of Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard |
| 34% | UMBERTOECO | 10 | Author of the novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum |
| 34% | SHOLEMASCH | 10 | Author of the novels Uncle Moses and The Nazarene |
| 34% | SUELIMB | 7 | Author of novels Enlightenment and Up the Garden Path |
| 34% | NEILSIMON | 9 | Author of play and movie Barefoot in the Park |