| 100% | WHARTON | 7 | Edith who won a Pulitzer for The Age of Innocence |
| 61% | MCPHEE | 6 | John who won a Pulitzer for “Annals of the Former World” |
| 61% | MCPHEE | 6 | Writer John who won a Pulitzer for "Annals of the Former World" |
| 54% | MENOTTI | 7 | Italian-American composer who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Saint of Bleecker Street" |
| 54% | IRA | 3 | Songwriter Gershwin who won a Pulitzer Prize for the 1932 musical "Of Thee I Sing" |
| 51% | EDEL | 4 | Leon who won a Pulitzer for his biography of Henry James |
| 51% | AGAR | 4 | Herbert who won a Pulitzer for "The People's Choice" |
| 51% | MARC | 4 | Playwright Connelly who won a Pulitzer for "The Green Pastures" |
| 50% | BENET | 5 | Poet who won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God" |
| 49% | SAMSHEPARD | 10 | Writer, actor, and director who won a Pulitzer Prize for the play "Buried Child" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ADELE | 5 | Singer who won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year winner for "Hello" |
| 48% | EDITH | 5 | ___ Wharton, "The Age of Innocence" novelist and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature |
| 47% | ALICE | 5 | Novelist Walker who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple" |
| 47% | PATINA | 6 | Miller who won a Tony for her performance in the 2013 revival of “Pippin” |
| 47% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | 13-Across and 25-Across writer who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her 1920 novel "The Age of Innocence" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | LURIE | 5 | Alison who won a Pulitzer for "Foreign Affairs" |
| 47% | ROREM | 5 | Composer who won a Pulitzer for "Air Music" |
| 47% | RACHELMADDOW | 12 | MSNBC host who won a 2021 Grammy for the audiobook of her nonfiction book "Blowout": 2 wds. |
| 46% | SAM | 3 | Playwright Shepard who won a Pulitzer for "Buried Child" |
| 46% | MAMET | 5 | Playwright who won a Pulitzer for Glengarry Glen Ross |
| 46% | DONCHEADLE | 10 | "Hotel Rwanda" actor who won a 2022 Grammy for the audiobook of John Lewis's "Carry On": 2 wds. |
| 45% | TRACY | 5 | ___ K. Smith, poet who won a Pulitzer for "Life on Mars" |
| 45% | JODIEFOSTER | 11 | Actress who won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for both "The Accused" and "The Silence of the Lambs" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | OBAMA | 5 | Former U.S. president who won a Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Award for the audiobook of "Dreams from My Father" |
| 45% | EDER | 4 | Richard ___ who won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism |
| 45% | UPTON | 5 | Sinclair who won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 45% | LEONARDS | 8 | Pitts who won the 2004 Pulitzer for Commentary and Roberts who costarred in "Drumline: A New Beat" |
| 45% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 44% | EDDIE | 5 | Actor Redmayne who won a Best Actor Oscar for "The Theory of Everything" |
| 44% | JOELGREY | 8 | Singer/actor who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing the Master of Ceremonies in the 1972 film "Cabaret" (2 wds.) |