| 100% | MAVISBEACON | 11 | Character whom the Times once called “the grande dame of instructional typing software” |
| 39% | OPED | 4 | Type of piece the Times now calls a “guest essay” |
| 35% | BUBBA | 5 | "Forrest Gump" character who calls shrimp "the fruit of the sea" |
| 34% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Physicist Albert whom Time called "Person of the Century" |
| 34% | SALK | 4 | Scientist who was called the "Father of Biophilosophy" in the New York Times in 1966 |
| 34% | SCOTTTUROW | 10 | Best-selling novelist whom Time called "Bard of the Litigious Age" |
| 33% | CEREBRUM | 8 | Part of the brain once called the telencephalon |
| 33% | ALIG | 4 | Comedy character who once asked the U.N. secretary general if Disneyland was part of the U.N. |
| 32% | AMARILLO | 8 | Texas city once called the "Helium Capital of the World" |
| 32% | BART | 4 | Simpson who was the only fictional character on Time's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century list |
| 31% | LORAX | 5 | Dr. Seuss character who confronts the Once-ler |
| 31% | LORAX | 5 | Kid-lit character who confronts the Once-ler |
| 31% | ASTORS | 6 | Family once called the “landlords of New York” |
| 31% | CONSTANTINE | 11 | Emperor who called the First Council of Nicaea |
| 31% | TOBY | 4 | Sad-sack character on “The Office” whom Michael once called a lemon head |
| 31% | ALGEBRA | 7 | Branch of mathematics once called the Rule of Coss |
| 31% | ROSIE | 5 | Comedian/TV host once called the "Queen of Nice" |
| 31% | AHAB | 4 | Obsessed sea captain who appeared on the final season of "Once Upon a Time" |
| 30% | MACDUFF | 7 | Character who kills Macbeth in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 30% | ELEANOR | 7 | Roosevelt whom Truman called the "First Lady of the World" |
| 30% | NERUDA | 6 | Whom Márquez called ''the greatest poet of the 20th century'' |
| 30% | LOLAFALANA | 10 | Singer/dancer/actress once called the "Queen of Las Vegas" |
| 30% | RACHELNICHOLS | 13 | Female sportscaster who Esquire once called one of "the obscure women we love": 2 wds. |
| 30% | SUPERMAN | 8 | Character who is lifting a car on the cover of "Action Comics" #1 |
| 30% | RUDY | 4 | Biopic title character who dreams of playing football for Notre Dame |
| 30% | SYMS | 4 | Sylvia ___, whom Sinatra once called the "world's greatest saloon singer" |
| 30% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who's been called the "First Lady of Civil Rights" |
| 30% | IGOR | 4 | Character who’s “on chains” in the lyrics of “Monster Mash” |
| 30% | LENTILS | 7 | Type of legumes in the Indian dish called dahl |
| 30% | ATRIUM | 6 | Upper chamber of the heart, once called an auricle |