| 100% | THURBER | 7 | James —, US humorist whose short stories include The Catbird Seat and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
| 39% | THURBER | 7 | James who wrote "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" |
| 39% | THURBER | 7 | "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" writer James |
| 37% | BENSTILLER | 10 | Director and co-star of 2013's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" |
| 35% | TED | 3 | Nebula- and Hugo-winning writer Chiang whose short story "Story of Your Life" is the basis of the film "Arrival" |
| 34% | PENN | 4 | "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" costar Sean |
| 33% | BRADBURY | 8 | Ray —, author whose volumes of short stories include The Illustrated Man |
| 33% | BEN | 3 | Actor Stiller of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" |
| 31% | STEVENS | 7 | Wallace —, US poet whose volumes include The Auroras of Autumn and Harmonium |
| 30% | WALTER | 6 | "The Secret Life of ___ Mitty," an adventure film in which Ben Stiller travels to Greenland, Iceland, and the Himalayas |
| 30% | LOVECRAFT | 9 | H P —, science fiction and horror writer whose stories include The Case of Charles Dexter Ward |
| 29% | MORSE | 5 | Samuel —, US inventor and painter whose works include The Chapel of the Virgin at Subiaco |
| 29% | WHISTLER | 8 | James McNeill —, US artist whose works include Arrangement in Grey and Black, No 1: The Artist's Mother |
| 29% | HARTE | 5 | Bret —, US writer whose volumes include 1870's The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches |
| 28% | MITTY | 5 | "The Secret Life of Walter ___" |
| 28% | MITTY | 5 | "The Secret Life of Walter __" |
| 28% | FENDER | 6 | Leo —, US inventor whose guitar designs include the Stratocaster and Telecaster |
| 28% | SATANISTS | 9 | Worshippers whose symbols include the inverted pentagram and the Sigil of Baphomet |
| 27% | MORSE | 5 | Samuel —, US inventor and painter whose works include 1830's The Chapel of the Virgin at Subiaco |
| 27% | SECRET | 6 | "The ___ Life of Walter Mitty" |
| 27% | LEHRER | 6 | Tom —, US humorist whose songs include The Masochism Tango |
| 27% | ETTY | 4 | William —, English painter whose works include The Golden Age and The Judgement of Paris |
| 27% | MUNRO | 5 | Alice —, Canadian short-story writer whose volumes include Open Secrets and Runaway |
| 27% | SATC | 4 | Show whose episodes include “Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys” and “Plus One Is the Loneliest Number,” for short |
| 27% | MITTY | 5 | "The Secret Life of Walter ___ " (2013 Ben Stiller film) |
| 27% | LOWELL | 6 | Robert —, US poet whose volumes include For the Union Dead and Lord Weary's Castle |
| 26% | CRUMB | 5 | Robert —, US cartoonist whose creations include Fritz the Cat and Mr Natural |
| 26% | CRUMB | 5 | Robert —, US cartoonist whose creations include Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural |