| 100% | NAPOLEON | 8 | He became France's First Consul in 1799 |
| 44% | MARIANORIVERA | 13 | In January, he became baseball's first unanimous Hall of Fame electee: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ELMO | 4 | He became the first puppet to testify before Congress in 2002 |
| 41% | ALI | 3 | Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1974 (10 years after he first became world champion) |
| 38% | LIBERTE | 7 | First word in France's motto |
| 38% | TYSONGAY | 8 | He became the fastest sprinter in the U.S. in 2009 |
| 36% | DDE | 3 | He became US president in 1953 |
| 35% | LUI | 3 | Him, in France |
| 35% | LASORDA | 7 | He managed the U.S. to its first Olympic gold in baseball |
| 35% | SANTA | 5 | He's known as Pere Noel in France |
| 34% | MOI | 3 | First person in France |
| 34% | BLUES | 5 | Music genre for Elton John's first band that he formed in 1962 |
| 34% | ALBANESE | 8 | Anthony, he became Australian PM in 2022 |
| 32% | RADIO | 5 | In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to be broadcast over this |
| 32% | STRATEGIC | 9 | First S in OSS, precursor of CIA |
| 32% | POGBA | 5 | Paul —, France footballer who became the world's most expensive player in August 2016 |
| 32% | SOVIET | 6 | The first S in USSR |
| 32% | RECREATIONALPOT | 15 | In 2012, it first became legal in Colorado |
| 32% | CANNESOPENER | 12 | First showing at a film festival in France? |
| 32% | ILLINOIS | 8 | Springfield's state which became the first state to decriminalize same-sex relations in 1962 |
| 32% | NAPOLEON | 8 | France's first emperor |
| 31% | RUSSELLWILSON | 13 | He became the Seahawks' starting quarterback in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ANDREWLUCK | 10 | He became the Colts' starting quarterback in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 31% | EMMANUEL | 8 | __ Macron, became president of France in 2017 |
| 31% | MACRON | 6 | Emmanuel __, became president of France in 2017 |
| 31% | SHERYL | 6 | I wrote "Lean In" and became the first woman to join Facebook's board of directors |
| 31% | APRIL | 5 | Month in 2021 when NASA's Ingenuity became the first powered aircraft to fly on Mars |
| 31% | MOI | 3 | The first person in France? |
| 31% | ORR | 3 | He signed the first million-dollar contract in the NHL |
| 31% | HANSOLO | 7 | In the original cut of Star Wars, he shot first |