| 100% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former U.S. President honored with the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award (2 wds.) |
| 70% | MITCHLANDRIEU | 13 | Former mayor of New Orleans honored with the 2018 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award (2 wds.) |
| 65% | NANCYPELOSI | 11 | Speaker of the House honored with the 2019 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LYNDONBJOHNSON | 14 | US vice president who became president upon the death of John F. Kennedy in 1963: 3 wds. |
| 39% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | Former US President who authored the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Profiles in Courage": 3 wds. |
| 37% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | U.S. president who was awarded the Silver Star in WWII by General MacArthur (2 wds.) |
| 37% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | U.S. President who awarded Rita Moreno the National Medal of Arts in 2009 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SIDNEYCROSBY | 12 | Pittsburgh Penguins center honored with the 2017 Best NHL Player ESPY Award (2 wds.) |
| 37% | AARONRODGERS | 12 | Green Bay Packers quarterback honored with the 2017 Best NFL Player ESPY Award (2 wds.) |
| 37% | CANDACEPARKER | 13 | Los Angeles Sparks star honored with the 2017 Best WNBA Player ESPY Award (2 wds.) |
| 37% | OBAMA | 5 | Former U.S. president who was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 |
| 36% | CARLOSCARRASCO | 14 | Cleveland Indians pitcher honored with the Roberto Clemente Award in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TIMWAKEFIELD | 12 | Boston Red Sox pitcher honored with the Roberto Clemente Award in 2010 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CLAYTONKERSHAW | 14 | Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher honored with the Roberto Clemente Award in 2012 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ANDERSONCOOPER | 14 | CNN host who was honored with the 2018 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism (2 wds.) |
| 36% | JAMESMARSDEN | 12 | "X-Men" actor who plays John F. Kennedy in "The Butler": 2 wds. |
| 35% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | DOROTHYHEIGHT | 13 | Presidential Medal of Freedom-winning civil rights activist honored with a Black Heritage U.S. postage stamp in 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | Texan who resigned his Senate seat to become John F. Kennedy's vice president: 2 wds. |
| 34% | KEVINLOVE | 9 | Five-time NBA All-Star honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the 2020 ESPYs (2 wds.) |
| 34% | CYNDILAUPER | 11 | "Time After Time" singer who was honored with the "Billboard" Women in Music Icon Award in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | TOMHOLLAND | 10 | "Spider-Man: No Way Home" actor honored with a BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BUCKISLAND | 10 | ___ Reef, in the Caribbean Sea that was made an official U.S. National Monument in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ROBINROBERTS | 12 | "Good Morning America" co-anchor who was honored with the 2014 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism (2 wds.) |
| 34% | CEVERETTKOOP | 12 | Former U.S. Surgeon General who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton in 1995 (3 wds.) |
| 34% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president played by Anthony Hopkins in a 1995 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 34% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | "Beloved" author honored with the National Humanities Medal in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "If You Had My Love" singer who was honored with the "Billboard" Women in Music Icon Award in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | Former US president who authored the book "The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War": 2 wds. |
| 33% | PHILIPROTH | 10 | "American Pastoral" author honored with the National Humanities Medal in 2010: 2 wds. |