| 100% | ARISTOPHANES | 12 | Ancient Greek playwright who wrote comedies, including "The Frogs" |
| 68% | EURIPIDES | 9 | Ancient Greek playwright who wrote tragedies, including "Medea" |
| 68% | SOPHOCLES | 9 | Ancient Greek playwright who wrote tragedies, including "Oedipus Rex" |
| 59% | SOPHOCLES | 9 | Ancient Greek playwright who wrote Oedipus Rex |
| 54% | PTOLEMY | 7 | Ancient Greek astronomer who wrote the Almagest |
| 51% | AESCHYLUS | 9 | Ancient playwright who wrote the Oresteian Trilogy |
| 43% | PINTER | 6 | Harold, playwright who wrote The Caretaker |
| 43% | IONESCO | 7 | Romanian playwright who wrote The Bald Soprano |
| 43% | JONSON | 6 | English playwright who wrote The Alchemist, Ben __ |
| 43% | ALCESTIS | 8 | Athenian romantic tragedy written by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides |
| 42% | AESOP | 5 | Ancient Greek who wrote many fables |
| 42% | ODETS | 5 | Playwright who wrote the screenplay for The Sweet Smell of Success |
| 42% | AESOP | 5 | Ancient Greek who wrote fables with morals |
| 41% | HOMER | 5 | Greek poet who wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" |
| 40% | DANTE | 5 | Italian poet who wrote The Divine Comedy |
| 39% | PROTAGORAS | 10 | Greek philosopher who wrote "Man is the measure of all things" |
| 39% | COLERIDGE | 9 | Poet who wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
| 39% | TERENCE | 7 | Ancient playwright who specialized in New Comedy |
| 39% | HERODOTUS | 9 | Greek who wrote the first history book |
| 38% | UDALL | 5 | Nicholas —, 16th-century playwright who authored the comedy Ralph Roister Doister |
| 38% | UDALL | 5 | Nicholas —, 16th-century English playwright who authored the comedy Ralph Roister Doister |
| 37% | ORTON | 5 | Playwright Joe who wrote "What the Butler Saw" |
| 37% | OCASEY | 6 | Playwright Sean who wrote "Juno and the Paycock" |
| 37% | ERINNA | 6 | Greek poet who wrote "The Distaff" |
| 37% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who wrote "The Republic" |
| 37% | AESOP | 5 | Ancient Greek who gave us the phrases "sour grapes" and "the boy who cried wolf" |
| 37% | OCASEY | 6 | Playwright Sean who wrote "The Plough and the Stars" |
| 37% | SEAN | 4 | Irish playwright who wrote "The Shadow of a Gunman" |
| 37% | IBSEN | 5 | Playwright Henrik, who wrote The Doll's House |
| 36% | DANBROWN | 8 | American author who wrote the bestselling thriller series including "The Da Vinci Code": 2 wds. |