| 100% | ALANSILVESTRI | 13 | American composer and conductor who scored music for "Back to the Future": 2 wds. |
| 48% | HERBIEHANCOCK | 13 | American bandleader and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1986 movie "Round Midnight" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JUSTINHURWITZ | 13 | American composer who won the 2017 Oscar for Best Original Score for the film "La La Land": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOHNWILLIAMS | 12 | American conductor and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1982 movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | KARLIEKLOSS | 11 | American model and computer programmer who appeared in the music video of "Bad Blood": 2 wds. |
| 39% | WALTERMURPHY | 12 | Composer of the theme music for the American sitcom, "Family Guy": 2 wds. |
| 39% | STEVIENICKS | 11 | American singer and songwriter who became the first woman to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JUSTINHURWITZ | 13 | American composer who won an Oscar for Best Original Score for 2016's "La La Land" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SYLVIAPLATH | 11 | American poet and novelist who won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for "The Collected Poems" in 1982: 2 wds. |
| 37% | STEPHENSTILLS | 13 | American singer and songwriter who is the first artist to be inducted twice on the same night into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LEATHOMPSON | 11 | Portrayer of Marty's mom in "Back to the Future": 2 wds. |
| 37% | CRISPINGLOVER | 13 | Portrayer of Marty's dad in "Back to the Future": 2 wds. |
| 37% | MAURICEJARRE | 12 | French conductor and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1984 movie "A Passage to India" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MIAHAMM | 7 | American former soccer player who held the record for most international goals scored by a woman or man until 2013: 2 wds. |
| 36% | HEA | 3 | "Isn't ___ dreamboat?" ("Back to the Future" dialogue): 2 wds. |
| 36% | ETHELWATERS | 11 | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ARTHURFIEDLER | 13 | American-born conductor who led the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1930 to 1979: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MICHELLEAKERS | 13 | American former soccer player who won the Golden Shoe (now renamed) for scoring 10 goals at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup: 2 wds. |
| 36% | HENRY | 5 | ___ Mancini, American composer and conductor who received 72 Grammy nominations |
| 36% | GEORGEGERSHWIN | 14 | Composer of the music for "Porgy and Bess" (his brother Ira wrote some of the lyrics): 2 wds. |
| 35% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | Singer/songwriter who wrote music and lyrics for the stage adaptation of "Waitress" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | American singer and actress who has made hits like "On the Floor": 2 wds. |
| 35% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Williams, American composer and conductor who has received 71 Grammy nominations |
| 35% | MICHAELJFOX | 11 | "Back to the Future" actor who voiced the title rodent in "Stuart Little": 3 wds. |
| 35% | PARISHILTON | 11 | American socialite and TV personality who guest starred in The CW series "Supernatural": 2 wds. |
| 34% | COLEPORTER | 10 | American composer known for 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MICHAELJFOX | 11 | "Back to the Future" star who received AMPAS's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2023: 3 wds. |
| 34% | MARTYCOOPER | 11 | American engineer and wireless communications pioneer who invented the first handheld cellular mobile phone: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BUSTERDOUGLAS | 13 | Boxer who scored a huge upset in 1990 when he defeated Mike Tyson for the heavyweight title: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ANNPRESTON | 10 | American physician and activist who was the first female dean of a medical school in the world: 2 wds. |