| 100% | PETRAEUS | 8 | General who's the subject of the 2012 biography "All In" |
| 57% | ROSEANNEBARR | 12 | 1990s sitcom star who was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 53% | POE | 3 | Author who was the subject of the 2012 movie "The Raven" |
| 53% | FOSSEY | 6 | Subject of the 1997 biography "Woman in the Mists" |
| 52% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Candle in the Wind" singer/pianist who's the subject of 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ROGET | 5 | Subject of the 2007 biography subtitled "The Man Who Became a Book" |
| 49% | DIANA | 5 | Princess who was the subject of "Candle in the Wind" |
| 49% | SADAT | 5 | Subject of the biography subtitled "Visionary Who Dared" |
| 49% | TESLA | 5 | Subject of the biography "Lightning in His Hand" |
| 49% | JAMESFRANCO | 11 | "The Interview" star who was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 49% | DONALDTRUMP | 11 | "The Apprentice" host who was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SINATRA | 7 | Subject of the biography "All or Nothing at All" |
| 49% | ROYORBISON | 10 | Subject of the 2013 musical biography "Rhapsody in Black" |
| 48% | ARETHA | 6 | Singer Franklin who's the subject of the biopic "Respect" |
| 48% | CLINE | 5 | Patsy who's the subject of the biopic "Sweet Dreams" |
| 48% | ALY | 3 | American gymnast ___ Raisman who was the captain of the artistic gymnastics team in 2012 and 2016 Olympics |
| 48% | PATTILUPONE | 11 | Star of Broadway's "Evita" who plays the witch Lilia Calderu in "Agatha All Along": 2 wds. |
| 48% | OBAMA | 5 | Barack who was Time's Person of the Year in 2008 and 2012 |
| 48% | TESLA | 5 | Subject of the biography "The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century" |
| 48% | KROC | 4 | Ray who's the subject of the 2016 biopic "The Founder" |
| 47% | MICHAELIRONSIDE | 15 | Metalic heavy who plays General Hugh Ashdown, leader of the Resistance, in 2009's "Terminator Salvation" |
| 47% | ADELE | 5 | British singer who won the Album of the Year Grammy in 2012 for "21" |
| 47% | ALAN | 4 | Mathematician Turing who's the subject of the movie "The Imitation Game" |
| 47% | ELTON | 5 | Musician ___ John who's the subject of "Rocketman" |
| 47% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S. who had a general store in New Salem |
| 47% | OLIVIA | 6 | Rodrigo who's the subject of the music documentary Driving Home 2 U |
| 46% | PERSHING | 8 | John Joseph —, US General of the Armies who died in 1948 |
| 46% | MIKE | 4 | Slugger Trout who was AL Rookie of the Year in 2012 |
| 46% | COLIN | 5 | ___ Powell, retired general in the U. S. Army who was honored with his second Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993 |
| 46% | ELTON | 5 | John who's the subject of 2019's "Rocketman" |