| 100% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who is famous for his work "The Pit and the Pendulum": 3 wds. |
| 52% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | Ernest ___, American novelist who is famous for his novel "The Old Man and the Sea" |
| 51% | STEPHENKING | 11 | American gothic writer known for his works like "It" and "The Shining" that were adapted into movies: 2 wds. |
| 50% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American gothic writer known for his works like "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart": 3 wds. |
| 49% | HPLOVECRAFT | 11 | American gothic writer known for his works like "The Shadow Out of Time" and "The Dunwich Horror": 3 wds. |
| 49% | WEUGENESMITH | 12 | American photojournalist and pioneer in photo-essays who is known for his brutally vivid World War II photographs: 3 wds. |
| 47% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who is considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction, and wrote the poem, "The Raven": 3 wds. |
| 47% | CHUCKBERRY | 10 | American songwriter who was one of the pioneers of Rock and Roll and was known for his song "Johnny B. Goode": 2 wds. |
| 44% | FROST | 5 | Robert ___, American poet who is famous for his poem "The Road Not Taken" |
| 43% | ARCHIMEDES | 10 | Greek mathematician, who gave the accurate value of "pi" and is famous for his "Eureka!" |
| 42% | RYCOODER | 8 | American guitarist famous for slide guitar work, who was also named in "The 100 Greatest Guitarists": 2 wds. |
| 42% | MARKTWAIN | 9 | Pen name of Samuel Clemens who is famous for his book "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer": 2 wds. |
| 42% | CLAUDIARANKINE | 14 | "Citizen: An American Lyric" writer who was honored with the 2014 Lannan Literary Award for Poetry (2 wds.) |
| 42% | DAVEGROHL | 9 | American musician who was the drummer for Nirvana and lead vocalist of Foo Fighters: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JANETWEISS | 10 | American musician who was the drummer for bands like Sleater-Kinney and Wild Flag: 2 wds. |
| 41% | FRANKGIFFORD | 12 | Sports commentator and former halfback for "New York Giants" who is known for his work on ABC's "Monday Night Football": 2 wds. |
| 41% | DIANAROSS | 9 | American singer who was the lead singer of "The Supremes" and is known for her solo songs like "Upside Down": 2 wds. |
| 41% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | American rock band formed in 1961 with a popular debut single "Surfin" and are famous for their song "Sail on Sailor": 3 wds. |
| 41% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | American singer with 25 Grammy Awards famous for his song "You Are the Sunshine of My Life": 2 wds. |
| 40% | MITCHMITCHELL | 13 | English drummer inducted into Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2009 and was known for his work in the "Jimi Hendrix Experience": 2 wds. |
| 40% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | English songwriter who was the bass guitarist for the Beatles and is known for his song "Band on the run": 2 wds. |
| 40% | LESLIEODOMJR | 12 | Nominee for the Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Song Oscars for his work in "One Night in Miami ...": 3 wds., abbr. |
| 40% | ANIKANONIROSE | 13 | American actress who voiced Tiana in Disney's "The Princess and the Frog": 3 wds. |
| 39% | SINCLAIRLEWIS | 13 | Minnesota novelist and short story writer who was the first American honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ROBERTFROST | 11 | 17-Across and 26-Across writer who is the only person to win four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BRIANURLACHER | 13 | Former American football linebacker who played his entire 13-year career for the Chicago Bears and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018: 2 wds |
| 39% | JACKBLACK | 9 | "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" actor who is also a musician and is famous for his role in "Gulliver's Travels": 2 wds |
| 39% | JOHNLENNON | 10 | English songwriter who co-founded the Beatles and is known for his song "Imagine": 2 wds. |
| 39% | SOPHIECRUZ | 10 | Young American activist who is known for ensuring continuance of the DAPA program and was featured in the short "Free Like the Birds": 2 wds. |
| 39% | FROST | 5 | American writer Robert, who won four Pulitzers and the Congressional Gold Medal, and is best known for "The Road Not Taken" |