| 100% | MALALA | 6 | “I Am ___” (2013 autobiography whose author won a Nobel Prize the following year) |
| 42% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Nobel Prize winning scientist Albert ___ whose writings were published as a book titled "Ideas and Opinions" |
| 40% | CURIE | 5 | Two-time Nobel Prize winning scientist Marie ___ whose doctoral dissertation was published as a book titled "Radio-Active Substances" |
| 40% | ELIE | 4 | ___ Wiesel, a Nobel prize winning author |
| 38% | BARACK | 6 | "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" author who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 |
| 38% | SAMSMITH | 8 | "Stay With Me" singer who was a first-time Grammy nominee for Record of the Year (and won): 2 wds. |
| 38% | CURIE | 5 | Marie who is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different science fields |
| 36% | SLAVE | 5 | "12 Years a ___," 2013 biographical period drama film adapted from the 1853 memoir of the same name, whose music was composed by Hans Zimmer |
| 36% | ELLEN | 5 | Johnson Sirleaf who won a Nobel Peace Prize during her time as the President of Liberia |
| 35% | WALT | 4 | I am considered a pioneer of the animation industry and I have won 22 Oscars |
| 35% | SOLOMONNORTHUP | 14 | Author of the 1853 memoir "Twelve Years a Slave," which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| 35% | TERESA | 6 | The Catholic nun and saint who won a Nobel prize |
| 34% | SIMONE | 6 | I was a part of the "Final Five" at the 2016 Olympics and won four gold medals |
| 34% | TERESA | 6 | Mother who won a Nobel Prize |
| 34% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author whose first novel was anonymously published under the byline “By a Lady” |
| 34% | YOUMIGHTTHINK | 13 | The Cars Top 10 hit whose video features 44-Across as a housefly (and was the first to win the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year) (3 wds.) |
| 34% | SADAT | 5 | First Egyptian to win a Nobel Prize |
| 34% | ALICEMUNRO | 10 | Canadian short story author who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ALICEMUNRO | 10 | Canadian short-story author who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 34% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | "Beloved" author who died August 5, and who was the first African-American woman to win a Nobel Prize: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HESSE | 5 | "Siddhartha" author Hermann ___ who won a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 34% | CURIE | 5 | Surname of the first woman to win a Nobel prize |
| 33% | MARIE | 5 | ___ Curie (first woman to win a Nobel Prize) |
| 33% | MANDELA | 7 | "Long Walk to Freedom" author who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 |
| 33% | ALICEMUNRO | 10 | Short-story author who announced her retirement from writing in 2013, the same year she won the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 33% | IRENE | 5 | Joliot-Curie who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry |
| 33% | DYLAN | 5 | Musician Bob who won a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 33% | ECON | 4 | Subj. in which Ben Bernanke won a Nobel Prize |
| 33% | JONBATISTE | 10 | Singer whose album "We Are" won the Album of the Year Grammy in 2022 |
| 33% | JANEADDAMS | 10 | Social worker who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize |