| 100% | AUGUSTUS | 8 | Emperor of Rome who died in AD 14 |
| 47% | PLINY | 5 | — the Elder, Roman author who died witnessing the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD |
| 45% | VISIGOTH | 8 | Member of the western group of the Goths who sacked Rome in 410 AD |
| 43% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who died in 68 |
| 43% | BEDE | 4 | The Venerable —, saint who died in 735 AD |
| 43% | AIDA | 4 | Slave who dies in the Temple of Vulcan |
| 43% | AIDA | 4 | Princess who dies in the temple of Vulcan |
| 43% | YODA | 4 | Guru who dies in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 42% | ENA | 3 | Queen of Spain who died in 1969 |
| 42% | PENDA | 5 | King of Mercia who died in 655 |
| 42% | NERO | 4 | Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome in the year AD 64 |
| 42% | BEDE | 4 | Venerable —, English monk and saint who died in 735 AD |
| 42% | BEDE | 4 | Venerable -, English monk and saint who died in 735 AD |
| 41% | ELI | 3 | Actor Wallach who died in 2014 at the age of 98 |
| 41% | AKIHITO | 7 | Emperor of Japan who came to power in 1989 |
| 41% | ASTOR | 5 | John Jacob ___ IV (millionaire who died in the sinking of the Titanic) |
| 41% | ELDER | 5 | Pliny the ___ (Roman naturalist who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius) |
| 41% | LEAR | 4 | TV producer Norman who died in December at the age of 101 |
| 40% | WARGRAVES | 9 | Resting places of soldiers who died in combat |
| 40% | WARGRAVES | 9 | Burial sites of those who died in military service |
| 40% | NERO | 4 | Emperor when Rome burned in 64 AD |
| 40% | KEITHMOON | 9 | Drummer of The Who, died in 1978 |
| 40% | SHAND | 5 | Bruce —, British Army officer who died in 2006; father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall |
| 40% | SHAND | 5 | Bruce —, British Army officer who died in 2006; father of Camilla, the Queen Consort |
| 39% | DEREKSHEPHERD | 13 | Patrick Dempsey character who died in last Thursday's episode of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OATES | 5 | Lawrence —, explorer who died in 1912 on the second Antarctic expedition of R F Scott |
| 39% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer who died in 2005 after whom a type of musical synthesizer is named |
| 38% | BYRD | 4 | William —, English composer and organist who died in 1623 whose publications include Songs of Sundrie Natures |
| 38% | TIBERIUS | 8 | Roman emperor who succeeded Augustus in 14 CE |