| 100% | MENOTTI | 7 | Italian-American composer who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Saint of Bleecker Street" |
| 55% | IRA | 3 | Songwriter Gershwin who won a Pulitzer Prize for the 1932 musical "Of Thee I Sing" |
| 51% | SAMSHEPARD | 10 | Writer, actor, and director who won a Pulitzer Prize for the play "Buried Child" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ALICE | 5 | Novelist Walker who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple" |
| 49% | WHARTON | 7 | Edith who won a Pulitzer for The Age of Innocence |
| 48% | MCPHEE | 6 | John who won a Pulitzer for “Annals of the Former World” |
| 48% | JAMESPALLISON | 13 | American immunologist who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Tasuku Honjo for discovery of a cancer therapy: 3 wds. |
| 48% | MCPHEE | 6 | Writer John who won a Pulitzer for "Annals of the Former World" |
| 46% | EDER | 4 | Richard ___ who won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism |
| 46% | UPTON | 5 | Sinclair who won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 46% | ALBEE | 5 | Edward ___, American playwright who won three Pulitzer Prizes for three of his plays |
| 46% | SAM | 3 | Playwright Shepard who won a Pulitzer Prize for "Buried Child" |
| 46% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Beloved" |
| 45% | ROREM | 5 | Composer who won a Pulitzer for "Air Music" |
| 45% | IRA | 3 | NPR host Glass who won a Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting |
| 43% | SYLVIAPLATH | 11 | American poet and novelist who won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for "The Collected Poems" in 1982: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BOB | 3 | ___ Dylan, American singer who won a Grammy for Album of the Year in 1973 |
| 43% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 42% | ARTHURASHKIN | 12 | American scientist who won one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on optical tweezers: 2 wds. |
| 42% | EDEL | 4 | Leon who won a Pulitzer for his biography of Henry James |
| 41% | FEY | 3 | Tina who won a Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |
| 40% | LENO | 4 | TV host who won a Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |
| 40% | JUSTINHURWITZ | 13 | American composer who won the 2017 Oscar for Best Original Score for the film "La La Land": 2 wds. |
| 39% | PATINA | 6 | Miller who won a Tony for her performance in the 2013 revival of “Pippin” |
| 39% | KENNYROGERS | 11 | Country Music Hall of Fame singer who's won the American Music Award for Favorite Country Single a record five times (2 wds.) |
| 39% | FEY | 3 | Tina who won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |
| 39% | AGAR | 4 | Herbert who won a Pulitzer for "The People's Choice" |
| 39% | MARC | 4 | Playwright Connelly who won a Pulitzer for "The Green Pastures" |
| 39% | OKRI | 4 | Ben who won a Booker Prize for "The Famished Road" |
| 39% | GARTHBROOKS | 11 | Country Music Hall of Fame singer who's won the American Music Award for Favorite Male Country Artist a record eight times (2 wds.) |