| 100% | RABELAIS | 8 | Francois —, French author of 16th-century pentalogy The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel |
| 47% | HUGUENOT | 8 | French Calvinist of the 16th and 17th centuries |
| 43% | HUGUENOT | 8 | Member of the French Protestants of the 16th and 17th centuries influenced by John Calvin |
| 41% | STENDHAL | 8 | Pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle, French author of novels Armance and The Charterhouse of Parma |
| 40% | BOURGET | 7 | Paul —, French author of novels The Disciple and Cosmopolis |
| 40% | CALVIN | 6 | French reformer of the 16th century, John __ |
| 40% | ZOLA | 4 | Emile —, French author of the novels Germinal and Therese Raquin |
| 40% | ANOUILH | 7 | Jean —, French author of the stage plays Antigone and Becket |
| 39% | PERRAULT | 8 | Charles —, French author of fairy tales Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty |
| 39% | NOSTRADAMUS | 11 | Latinised name of the 16th-century French astrologer and physician noted for his predictions |
| 39% | NOSTRADAMUS | 11 | Latinized name of the 16th-century French astrologer and physician noted for his predictions |
| 39% | STERNE | 6 | Laurence —, author of nine-volume novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman |
| 38% | ANDRE | 5 | Author of the novels An Act of Terror and Other Lives |
| 38% | INCA | 4 | South American empire of the 15th and 16th centuries |
| 38% | JANEITES | 8 | Devotees of the life and works of author Austen |
| 38% | JOHNOFARRELL | 12 | Author of the novels This Is Your Life and May Contain Nuts |
| 37% | FIELDING | 8 | Henry —, author of novels Amelia and An Apology for the Life of Mrs Shamela Andrews |
| 37% | REZA | 4 | "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth" author Aslan |
| 37% | SVEVO | 5 | Italo —, author of the novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 37% | CARAVEL | 7 | Small Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th and 16th centuries |
| 37% | RABELAIS | 8 | 16th-century French writer of Pantagruel |
| 36% | NABOKOV | 7 | Vladimir —, author of the novels Lolita and The Real Life of Sebastian Knight |
| 36% | PAVANE | 6 | Slow processional dance of the 16th and 17th centuries |
| 36% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 35% | ONEI | 4 | Childhood name of Komatsuhime, famous Japanese female warrior of the 16th and 17th centuries |
| 35% | FEUILLET | 8 | Octave —, 19th-century French author of novels Dalila and La Petite Comtesse |
| 35% | JANEJACOBS | 10 | Author of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” |
| 35% | TINTORETTO | 10 | 16th century Italian painter of the Venetian School, born Jacopo Robusti, nicknamed "Il Furioso" and better known as this |