| 100% | SCANLON | 7 | Hugh —, president of the AEU from 1968-78 who died in 2004 |
| 48% | TAMBO | 5 | Oliver —, former president of the ANC who died in 1993 |
| 45% | HOFFA | 5 | Jimmy —, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1957-71 who disappeared in 1975 |
| 45% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | Former President of the United States who received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1968: 2 wds. |
| 41% | AIDA | 4 | Slave who dies in the Temple of Vulcan |
| 41% | AIDA | 4 | Princess who dies in the temple of Vulcan |
| 41% | YODA | 4 | Guru who dies in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 40% | OWEN | 4 | Name of the hippo who bonded with Mzee, an Aldabra giant tortoise, after the hippo was separated from its herd in the 2004 tsunami |
| 40% | ELI | 3 | Actor Wallach who died in 2014 at the age of 98 |
| 39% | ASTOR | 5 | John Jacob ___ IV (millionaire who died in the sinking of the Titanic) |
| 39% | LEAR | 4 | TV producer Norman who died in December at the age of 101 |
| 38% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the president who was assassinated in 1865 |
| 38% | KEITHMOON | 9 | Drummer of The Who, died in 1978 |
| 38% | SHAND | 5 | Bruce —, British Army officer who died in 2006; father of Camilla, the Queen Consort |
| 38% | OATES | 5 | Lawrence —, explorer who died in 1912 on the second Antarctic expedition of R F Scott |
| 38% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S. who had a general store in New Salem |
| 38% | MONROE | 6 | James ___, fifth President of the United States after whom a city in Louisiana is named |
| 38% | COOLIDGE | 8 | Calvin ___, 30th President of the United States after whom a city in Arizona is named |
| 38% | RITT | 4 | Martin —, director of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
| 37% | TAFT | 4 | William Howard ___, 27th President of the United States after whom a city in California is named |
| 37% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | 44th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | 39th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WILSON | 6 | Woodrow ___, 28th President of the U.S. and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was born in December |
| 37% | GARFIELD | 8 | James A. ___, 20th President of the United States after whom a city in New Jersey is named |
| 37% | YODA | 4 | Character who died at the age of 900 in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 37% | JFK | 3 | Initials of the US president who was elected at age 43 in 1960 |
| 37% | TEMER | 5 | Michel ___, former President of Brazil who opened the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio |
| 37% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the United States who enjoyed playing the harmonica and carried one in his pocket |
| 37% | ADAMS | 5 | John ___, second President of the United States after whom a town in Jefferson County, New York is named |