| 100% | SOLTI | 5 | Georg —, music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-92 |
| 74% | BARENBOIM | 9 | Daniel —, Argentina-born conductor and pianist; music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1991-2006 |
| 58% | SOLTI | 5 | Eighth director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| 55% | SOLTI | 5 | Georg of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| 54% | TOSCANINI | 9 | Longtime music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra |
| 54% | GEORGSOLTI | 10 | Hungarian-born conductor who led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969 to 1991: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SEIJIOZAWA | 10 | Longtime music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra who died in February, 2024 |
| 49% | OZAWA | 5 | Conductor Seiji ___, longtime music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 48% | NELSONS | 7 | Andris —, Latvian conductor; Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 2014 |
| 46% | ASHKENAZY | 9 | Vladimir —, Russia-born Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from 1987-94 |
| 45% | OZAWA | 5 | Longtime director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 43% | SOLTI | 5 | Sir Georg of the Chicago Symphony |
| 38% | REINER | 6 | Fritz of the Chicago Symphony |
| 38% | GEORG | 5 | Maestro Solti of the Chicago Symphony |
| 36% | ESA | 3 | ___-Pekka Salonen, Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1992-2009 |
| 35% | SOLTI | 5 | Chicago Symphony director, 1969-91 |
| 35% | DOWELL | 6 | Anthony —, director of the Royal Ballet from 1986-2001 |
| 35% | PETER | 5 | & 21D Director of the National Theatre from 1973-88 |
| 34% | RITT | 4 | Martin —, director of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
| 34% | TOSCANINI | 9 | Longtime music director of La Scala and the New York Philharmonic |
| 34% | SEIJIOZAWA | 10 | Longtime head of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 34% | SEIJIOZAWA | 10 | Longtime conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 34% | LENOX | 5 | Summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 33% | RYLANCE | 7 | Mark —, Artistic Director of the Globe Theatre in London from 1995-2005 |
| 33% | TUSA | 4 | John —, Managing Director of the BBC World Service from 1986-92 |
| 33% | JEDGARHOOVER | 12 | Director of the Bureau of Investigation, now the Federal Bureau of Investigation, from 1924-72 |
| 33% | LBJ | 3 | Initials of the US president from 1963 to 1969 |
| 33% | VIC | 3 | & 16A General Secretary of the TUC from 1969-73 |
| 32% | CARDEW | 6 | Cornelius —, English composer; co-founder of the Scratch Orchestra in 1969 |
| 32% | KELLY | 5 | Jude —, Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre, London, from 2006-18 |