| 100% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | Former US President who authored the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Profiles in Courage": 3 wds. |
| 55% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former US President who authored the book "The Audacity of Hope": 2 wds. |
| 52% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | Former US president who authored the book "The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War": 2 wds. |
| 50% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 50% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 50% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Man Booker Prize in 1981 for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president who published "Profiles in Courage" in 1956, while he was a senator: 3 wds. |
| 43% | CORAZONAQUINO | 13 | Former Philippine president who received the Fulbright Prize for International Understanding in 1996: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president, who served in the Navy during World War II: 3 wds. |
| 41% | ULYSSESSGRANT | 13 | 18th president who served in the US Army during the Civil War: 3 wds. |
| 41% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former U.S. President honored with the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "The Blind Assassin" and "The Testaments": 2 wds. |
| 40% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "The Remains of the Day": 2 wds. |
| 40% | MARGARET | 8 | ___ Atwood, author who won the Man Booker Prize in 2000 for "The Blind Assassin" |
| 40% | YANN | 4 | ___ Martel, author who won the Man Booker Prize in 2002 for "Life of Pi" |
| 40% | DONALDTRUMP | 11 | Former US president who sought the 2024 GOP presidential nomination: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DONNATARTT | 10 | Mississippi novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | Former South African president who received the Fulbright Prize for International Understanding in 1993: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JULIANBARNES | 12 | English author who won the Man Booker Prize for "The Sense of an Ending": 2 wds. |
| 38% | FLANAGAN | 8 | Richard ___, author who won the Man Booker Prize in 2014 for "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" |
| 38% | ULYSSESSGRANT | 13 | US president who signed legislation in 1872 establishing 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 38% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | 44th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | 39th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BILL | 4 | ___ Clinton, US President who has won two Grammys in the Spoken Word category |
| 36% | ULYSSESSGRANT | 13 | US president who got a speeding ticket while driving his horse and buggy in Washington: 3 wds. |
| 36% | LYNDONBJOHNSON | 14 | US vice president who became president upon the death of John F. Kennedy in 1963: 3 wds. |