| 100% | ARNE | 4 | His first opera was "Rosamund" |
| 56% | PINOCCHIO | 9 | His first major screen appearance was in 1940 |
| 54% | SINATRA | 7 | His first #1 song was "All or Nothing at All" |
| 54% | SNOWDEN | 7 | His first Twitter follow was the N.S.A., fittingly |
| 54% | USHER | 5 | His first #1 hit was 1998's "Nice & Slow" |
| 54% | TRISTAN | 7 | His servant is Kurwenal, in opera |
| 52% | BOURDAIN | 8 | Anthony, his first book was Kitchen Confidential |
| 51% | POE | 3 | Noted writer who married his first cousin when she was 13 |
| 49% | PAOLINI | 7 | Christopher ___, "Eragon" author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| 49% | BRAD | 4 | First Maverick to have his jersey retired- it was #15- ___ Davis |
| 49% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | Fidelio was his only opera |
| 48% | JAMESJOYCE | 10 | The first part of his ''Ulysses'' was published in 1918 |
| 48% | HILLARY | 7 | He and his sherpa were first to Mt. Everest summit |
| 47% | LENO | 4 | Billy Crystal was his first guest |
| 47% | BIL | 3 | Cartoonist Keane who dropped the second “L” from his first name “just to be different” |
| 47% | KING | 4 | James ___, Opera singer who was known for his Richard Wagner performances |
| 46% | TOSCA | 5 | Opera character whose first name is Floria |
| 46% | GEHRIG | 6 | Yankee who was the first major-leaguer to have his number retired |
| 45% | BRET | 4 | ___ Easton Ellis, "Less Than Zero" author who published his first book while he was still a student |
| 44% | HARTCRANE | 9 | "White Buildings" was his first collection of poetry |
| 44% | ENRICO | 6 | Opera singer Caruso whose “Vesti la giubba” was the first record to sell a million copies |
| 44% | LOUGEHRIG | 9 | His #4 was the first number ever retired by Major League Baseball (Yankees, 1939): 2 wds. |
| 44% | NEHRU | 5 | His sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, was the first female president of the U.N. General Assembly |
| 44% | ATOMICPILE | 10 | The first one of these was built by Fermi and his team in 1942 |
| 43% | FUZZYZOELLER | 12 | Pro golfer who won the Masters his first time out and who is "catching some Z's": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | His "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" was the first album to debut at #1 on Billboard |
| 42% | DANIEL | 6 | First name for both, actor Day-Lewis and his character Plainview from the movie "There Will Be Blood" |
| 41% | PAST | 4 | (4/10) First was the Ghost of Christmas ___, who showed Scrooge Christmas scenes from his earlier life... |
| 41% | IMPEI | 5 | His first initial stands for "Ieoh" |
| 41% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |