| 100% | GEORGEFOREMAN | 13 | Boxing champion played by Khris Davis in a 2023 sports biopic (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MALCOLMX | 8 | Civil rights leader played by Denzel Washington in a 1992 biopic: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MUHAMMADALI | 11 | Boxer played by Will Smith in a 2001 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 42% | JACKSONPOLLOCK | 14 | American "drip technique" painter played by Ed Harris in a 2000 biopic: 2 wds. |
| 42% | TONYAHARDING | 12 | Figure skater played by 42-Across in a 2017 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 41% | PABLOPICASSO | 12 | Spanish artist played by Anthony Hopkins in a 1996 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 41% | CESARCHAVEZ | 11 | Civil rights leader, played by Michael Peña in a 2014 biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994: 2 wds |
| 41% | NINASIMONE | 10 | Singer played by Zoe Saldaña in a 2016 musical biopic (2 wds.) |
| 40% | HARRIETTUBMAN | 13 | Abolitionist and political activist played by 44-Across in a 2019 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ENZO | 4 | Car designer Ferrari played by Adam Driver in a 2023 biopic |
| 39% | CHARLIEWILSON | 13 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 2007 comedy-drama: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LARRYCROWNE | 11 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 2011 romantic comedy: 2 wds. |
| 38% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president played by Anthony Hopkins in a 1995 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ROBINHOOD | 9 | Fictional archer played by Russell Crowe in a 2010 film: 2 wds. |
| 38% | VINCENTVANGOGH | 14 | Dutch painter played by Willem Dafoe in a 2018 biopic: 3 wds. |
| 38% | GLORIASTEINEM | 13 | Feminist journalist played by 15-Across and Alicia Vikander in a 2020 biopic based on the memoir "My Life on the Road" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | DOLORESHUERTA | 13 | Civil rights leader, played by Rosario Dawson in the 18-Across biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 37% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 1994 Oscar-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CHARLIEWILSON | 13 | Real-life congressman played by Tom Hanks in a 2007 movie: 2 wds. |
| 37% | NYAD | 4 | Long-distance swimmer Diana played by Annette Bening in a 2023 biopic |
| 37% | JACKIEROBINSON | 14 | Baseball superstar played by Chadwick Boseman in the 2013 biopic "42": 2 wds. |
| 37% | PHRYNEFISHER | 12 | 1920s private detective in Melbourne played by Essie Davis on a 2012-2015 Australian TV series (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ICEHOCKEY | 9 | Sport played on skates in a rink: 2 wds. |
| 36% | LORETTALYNN | 11 | Country singer played by 44-Across in the 1980 biopic "Coal Miner's Daughter": 2 wds. |
| 36% | COSMOKRAMER | 11 | Character played by Michael Richards in a sitcom about "nothing" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | GREENLANTERN | 12 | Superhero played by Ryan Reynolds in a 2011 film (2 wds.) |
| 35% | INDEXCARD | 9 | Three-by-five item in a recipe box: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GEORGEBAILEY | 12 | Character played by 29-Across in "It's a Wonderful Life" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | RITCHIEVALENS | 13 | Singer played by Lou Diamond Phillips in the music biopic "La Bamba" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEGRINCH | 9 | Title villain played by Jim Carrey in a 2000 Christmas movie (2 wds.) |