| 100% | OMAHA | 5 | 1913 birthplace of Leslie Lynch King Jr., who later changed his name to Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. |
| 30% | SNOOP | 5 | ___ Dogg, professional name of Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. who is an American rapper and had changed his alias in 2012 |
| 30% | JAMES | 5 | King who lent his name to a Bible |
| 29% | RON | 3 | 49-Down player Artest who changed his name to Metta World Peace |
| 29% | RON | 3 | Basketball player Artest who changed his name to Metta World Peace in 2011 |
| 28% | ISAAC | 5 | Newton who lent his name to three laws of motion |
| 28% | LEOTARD | 7 | Jules who lent his name to an article of attire |
| 28% | CAESAR | 6 | Ruler who lends his name to a type of salad |
| 28% | NEHRU | 5 | Prime minister who gave his name to an article of clothing |
| 28% | ERNST | 5 | Physicist Mach who lent his name to a measure of speed |
| 28% | PETRI | 5 | German bacteriologist who lent his name to a kind of dish |
| 28% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name is a 41-Down of his first name, after a D is changed to an N |
| 28% | KIT | 3 | "Game of Thrones" star Harington who recently announced his engagement to costar Rose Leslie |
| 27% | STREISAND | 9 | Oscar winner who said, “People told me to change my last name. . . . Instead, I decided to take an ‘A’ out of my first name” |
| 27% | LESPAUL | 7 | Electric-guitar pioneer who lent his name to a classic line of Gibsons |
| 27% | BRAD | 4 | ___ Pitt, "Fight Club" actor who lent his name to a species of wasps |
| 27% | CAGE | 4 | Actor Nicolas who changed his last name from Coppola |
| 27% | JIMMY | 5 | ___ Fallon, "The Tonight Show" host who lent his name to a species of wasps |
| 27% | MAY | 3 | James ___, "Top Gear" co-host who lent his name to a species of wasps |
| 27% | ELON | 4 | CEO Musk who changed the name of Twitter to X |
| 27% | CHAN | 4 | Jackie ___, martial arts legend and actor who lent his name to a species of wasps |
| 27% | ENES | 4 | Basketballer Freedom who changed his last name from Kanter in 2021 |
| 27% | BIEL | 4 | Actress Jessica who changed her last name to Timberlake in 2013 |
| 26% | NADAL | 5 | Rafael ___, tennis star and Grand Slam winner who lent his name to a species of wasps |
| 26% | ANGSTROM | 8 | Anders Jonas ___, Swedish physicist and spectroscopy pioneer who lent his name to this tiny unit of length |
| 26% | MAJORMAJORMAJOR | 15 | Full legal name of the "Catch-22" character who ascends to his namesake rank |
| 25% | KANYEWEST | 9 | He legally changed his name to Ye |
| 25% | TERO | 4 | What Mr. T. used to call himself before he legally changed his last name to "T." |
| 25% | ANG | 3 | Oscar-winning Taiwanese director of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" who shares his last name with 14a |
| 25% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Rock singer who referred to himself as "Mr. Mojo Risin'," an anagram of his name: 2 wds. |