| 100% | MAZDA | 5 | First Japanese automaker to produce a Le Mans-winning car |
| 45% | OSAKA | 5 | First Japanese player to win a grand slam |
| 42% | YUTOHORIGOME | 12 | Japanese skateboarder who was the first person to win a gold medal in skateboarding at the Olympics, in men's street skateboarding in Tokyo in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BASIE | 5 | Jazz great who was the first African-American man to win a Grammy |
| 36% | HONDAACCORD | 11 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) |
| 36% | ACURA | 5 | Japanese automaker that used to produce the Integra and Legend |
| 35% | KAZMATSUI | 9 | First Japanese infielder to sign with a major-league team, familiarly |
| 35% | SADAT | 5 | First Egyptian to win a Nobel Prize |
| 34% | SERIAL | 6 | First podcast to win a Peabody Award (2015) |
| 34% | KATHRYNBIGELOW | 14 | First woman to win a Best Director Oscar |
| 34% | SADE | 4 | First Nigerian-born singer to win a Grammy |
| 34% | ASHE | 4 | First Black man to win the U.S. Open |
| 34% | EMINEM | 6 | First rapper to win a Best Original Song Oscar |
| 33% | POITIER | 7 | First African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 33% | GWENDOLYNBROOKS | 15 | First black poet to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| 33% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton, the first woman to win a Pulitzer |
| 33% | MARSALIS | 8 | First jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| 33% | MAUS | 4 | First graphic novel to win a Pulitzer (1992) |
| 33% | EBERT | 5 | First film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| 33% | TAFT | 4 | First president to own a car |
| 33% | ADAM | 4 | First man to encounter a barrier |
| 33% | ADAM | 4 | First man to find a barrier |
| 33% | MARIE | 5 | First name of the first woman to win a Nobel Prize |
| 33% | GARRYTRUDEAU | 12 | First comic strip artist to win a Pulitzer Prize (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ADELE | 5 | First songwriter to win an Oscar for a James Bond theme |
| 33% | RACER | 5 | The person driving a car to win a contest |
| 33% | ADAM | 4 | First man to have a mad turn |
| 32% | ARAISININTHESUN | 15 | First play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway |
| 32% | JANNINGS | 8 | Emil __, first man to win an Oscar for Best Actor |
| 32% | EMIL | 4 | ___ Jannings, the man to first win the "Best Actor" Oscar |