| 100% | WILLIAM | 7 | 2000s music star who writes his name with four dots |
| 38% | CHARLIE | 7 | ___ Chaplin, silent film star who shares his name with a "Peanuts" character |
| 35% | JAYCUTLER | 9 | Former Chicago Bears quarterback who shares his name with a four-time Mr. Olympia winner: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BEYONCE | 7 | Music star with an accent in her name |
| 33% | HESSE | 5 | Author who shares his name with a German state |
| 33% | LACOSTE | 7 | Sports star who lent his name to a clothing line |
| 33% | ELON | 4 | Musk who shares his name with a North Carolina college |
| 32% | WARRENG | 7 | Rapper who shares his name with the 29th U.S. president |
| 32% | SPARROW | 7 | Fictional pirate who shares his name with a bird |
| 32% | PONTIAC | 7 | Ottawa chief who shares his name with an automobile |
| 32% | SHEENAEASTON | 12 | Pop music star who sang "We've Got Tonight" with 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | Country music star who sang "Islands in the Stream" with 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | QTIP | 4 | Rapper who shares his name with a brand of cotton swabs: Hyph. |
| 32% | PENCE | 5 | National politician who shares his name with a British coin |
| 32% | MAUI | 4 | Disney demigod who shares his name with a Hawaiian island |
| 32% | OMAR | 4 | Poet who wrote of "Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp" |
| 31% | ORLANDO | 7 | Actor Bloom who shares his name with a city in Florida |
| 31% | IRA | 3 | Gershwin who wrote over 10 Broadway musicals with his brother George |
| 31% | ANKA | 4 | Paul who wrote “Puppy Love” about his relationship with Annette Funicello |
| 31% | ASHE | 4 | Trailblazing tennis star who lent his name to the ESPY Courage Award |
| 31% | JOYCE | 5 | Author who wrote "The heaventree of stars hung with humid nightblue fruit" |
| 30% | TOMGLAVINE | 10 | A pitcher who made his name with the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets is a 10-time All-Star: 2 wds |
| 30% | SOLO | 4 | "Star Wars" pilot who, despite his name, flies with a co-pilot |
| 30% | RENO | 4 | Final Fantasy character who shares his name with a U.S. city |
| 30% | WARREN | 6 | With 34-Across, "Dick Tracy" star who goes by his middle name, not his first name, Henry |
| 30% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote the words and music for Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" |
| 30% | EDNORTON | 8 | Glass Onion actor who shares his name with a character in The Honeymooners |
| 29% | MARIO | 5 | "The Godfather" author who shares his name with a video game character |
| 29% | DREWSCOTT | 9 | HGTV star who cohosts "Property Brothers" with his identical twin Jonathan: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose four-letter first name shares three letters with his last |