| 100% | MCNEILL | 7 | Historian William H. ___, author of "The Rise of the West" |
| 53% | UMBERTOECO | 10 | Author of "The Name of the Rose" |
| 51% | ECO | 3 | Umberto ___, author of "The Name of the Rose" |
| 50% | ECO | 3 | Umberto ___, Italian author of "The Name of the Rose" |
| 49% | FAULKNER | 8 | William __, U.S. author of The Sound and the Fury |
| 49% | ECO | 3 | Author Umberto of "The Name of the Rose" |
| 49% | ECO | 3 | Author Umberto ___ of "The Name of the Rose" |
| 49% | ECO | 3 | The Name of the Rose author |
| 49% | ECO | 3 | The Name of the Rose author Umberto |
| 49% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" author |
| 49% | ECO | 3 | ''The Name of the Rose'' author |
| 49% | ECO | 3 | “The Name of the Rose” author |
| 49% | UMBERTOECO | 10 | "The Name of the Rose" author |
| 48% | THACKERAY | 9 | Author of the novel "Vanity Fair": William M. __ |
| 48% | TREMAIN | 7 | Rose —, author of novels Restoration and The Colour |
| 48% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" author Umberto |
| 48% | BLAKE | 5 | William —, English author of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and The Book of Los |
| 47% | TREMAIN | 7 | Rose —, author of the novels Restoration and The Colour |
| 47% | ECO | 3 | Author Umberto who wrote "The Name of the Rose" |
| 47% | ECO | 3 | Umberto ___, "The Name of the Rose" author |
| 47% | ECO | 3 | Umberto ___ ("The Name of the Rose" author) |
| 47% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | US author of The Sun Also Rises |
| 47% | COBBETT | 7 | William —, author of the 1830 collection of observations Rural Rides |
| 47% | WELLS | 5 | H.G. ___ ("The War of the Worlds" author) |
| 47% | BLATTY | 6 | William Peter —, author of 1971 novel The Exorcist |
| 46% | DEE | 3 | Author of the 2024 memoir "What Have We Here?," Billy ___ Williams |
| 46% | DEE | 3 | "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" actor Billy ___ Williams |
| 46% | WELLS | 5 | "The War of the Worlds" author H.G. ___ |
| 46% | SPENGLER | 8 | "Decline of the West" author |
| 45% | UMBERTOECO | 10 | Author of the novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum |