| 100% | WES | 3 | Actor Studi who will be the first Native American actor to receive an honorary Oscar |
| 56% | WES | 3 | ___ Studi, first Native American man to receive an Oscar (2019) |
| 49% | ALI | 3 | Mahershala who was the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar |
| 48% | POITIER | 7 | Sidney who was the first African American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 47% | POITIER | 7 | Sidney who was the first African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 44% | JAMESEARLJONES | 14 | "The Great White Hope" actor who received an honorary Oscar in 2011: 3 wds. |
| 43% | ALI | 3 | Mahershala who was the first Muslim performer to win an Oscar |
| 42% | LIN | 3 | Jeremy who was the first Asian American to win an NBA Championship |
| 42% | ANGELA | 6 | ___ Bassett, the first actor to receive an Oscar nomination for a Marvel role |
| 42% | RONDA | 5 | Rousey who was the first American woman to win an Olympic judo medal |
| 42% | RAMIMALEK | 9 | Actor who became the first one of Egyptian heritage to win an Oscar for Best Actor in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MARYAM | 6 | ___ Mirzakhani, an Iranian mathematician who was the first woman to receive the Fields Medal |
| 41% | DAWES | 5 | American gymnast Dominique who was the first Black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics |
| 41% | JACOBY | 6 | Ellsbury who was the first Native American of Navajo descent to play in Major League Baseball |
| 41% | GINNI | 5 | She is an American business leader who became the first woman to head tech giant IBM |
| 41% | BARRY | 5 | ___ Nelson, American actor who was the first to portray James Bond in a television series titled "Climax!" |
| 41% | DEBBIE | 6 | ___ Armstrong, former alpine skier who was the first female American skier to win an Olympic gold medal |
| 40% | HATTIE | 6 | Actress McDaniel who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award |
| 40% | ANGELA | 6 | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
| 40% | VVEBDUBOIS | 10 | Historian, essayist and civil rights leader who was the first African American to receive a doctorate at Harvard |
| 40% | SUSAN | 5 | ___ La Flesche Picotte, doctor and reformer who was the first Native American woman to earn a medical degree |
| 40% | CHRISTIAN | 9 | Film actor Bale, who was the first Non-American to portray Batman/ Bruce Wayne |
| 40% | LINDSEY | 7 | ___ Vonn, former alpine ski racer who was the first American woman to win an Olympic gold in downhill skiing |
| 40% | NIMOY | 5 | Actor Leonard who was the first to play Spock |
| 39% | 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. |
| 39% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | "12 Years a Slave," 18-Across, and 32-Across star who was the first Kenyan-Mexican actress to win an Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who received an honorary Oscar in 2021: 3 wds. |
| 39% | WES | 3 | Actor Studi who received an Academy Honorary Award in 2019 |
| 39% | DANDRIDGE | 9 | Singer Dorothy who was the first African-American to get a Best Actress Oscar nomination |
| 39% | ALEC | 4 | Actor Guinness who was the first to play Obi-Wan Kenobi |