| 100% | MACDUFF | 7 | Character who kills Macbeth in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 60% | HORATIO | 7 | University friend of Hamlet in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 60% | CASSIO | 6 | Lieutenant of Othello in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 60% | VOLUMNIA | 8 | Mother of Coriolanus in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 60% | GERTRUDE | 8 | Mother of Hamlet in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 58% | GONERIL | 7 | Eldest daughter of King Lear in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 58% | REGAN | 5 | Middle daughter of King Lear in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 58% | CORDELIA | 8 | Youngest daughter of King Lear in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 56% | BANQUO | 6 | Scottish general whose ghost haunts Macbeth in the William Shakespeare tragedy of that name |
| 55% | CASSIUS | 7 | Leader of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 51% | DESDEMONA | 9 | Wife of Othello in the play of that name by William Shakespeare |
| 49% | FLEANCE | 7 | Son of Banquo in the William Shakespeare play Macbeth |
| 48% | WHITMORE | 8 | Walter —, pirate in William Shakespeare play Henry VI Pt II who kills the Duke of Suffolk |
| 48% | ANTIPHOLUS | 10 | Name of twin brothers in William Shakespeare play The Comedy of Errors on whom twin brothers Dromio are attendant |
| 47% | ANTIPHOLUS | 10 | Name of twin brothers in William Shakespeare play The Comedy of Errors on whom the twin brothers named Dromio are attendant |
| 45% | ANTONIO | 7 | Title character in William Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice |
| 44% | FALSTAFF | 8 | Sir John —, character who appears in William Shakespeare plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV Pts 1 and 2 |
| 43% | PUCK | 4 | Character in the William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream also called Robin Goodfellow |
| 42% | PERICLES | 8 | William Shakespeare play subtitled Prince of Tyre featuring the character Thaisa |
| 42% | OPHELIA | 7 | Daughter of Polonius in the William Shakespeare play Hamlet |
| 42% | POLONIUS | 8 | Father of Ophelia in the William Shakespeare play Hamlet |
| 42% | ARTEMIDORUS | 11 | Teacher of rhetoric in the William Shakespeare play Julius Caesar |
| 42% | AUTOLYCUS | 9 | Petty thief in William Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale named after a grandfather of Odysseus in Greek mythology |
| 42% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ASYOULIKEIT | 11 | William Shakespeare play first published in 1623 featuring the characters Celia and Rosalind |
| 41% | CLAUDIO | 7 | Brother of Isabella in the William Shakespeare play Measure for Measure |
| 41% | THETAMINGOF | 11 | & 12A William Shakespeare play featuring the character Christopher Sly first printed in 1623 |
| 41% | EGEUS | 5 | Father of Hermia in the William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 40% | BARDOLPH | 8 | Companion of Falstaff in the William Shakespeare play Henry V sentenced to hang for looting |