| 100% | AGEE | 4 | James who died three years before winning a Pulitzer |
| 47% | AGEE | 4 | James who won a posthumous Pulitzer |
| 42% | EDEL | 4 | Leon who won a Pulitzer for his biography of Henry James |
| 42% | SPADER | 6 | James who won an Emmy two years in a row for the same role on different shows |
| 41% | ANNESEXTON | 10 | Poet who won a 1967 Pulitzer for "Live or Die" |
| 40% | ORR | 3 | Bobby ___ who won the James Norris Memorial Trophy 8 years in a row |
| 37% | ETTA | 4 | James who won a 2003 Lifetime Achievement Grammy |
| 37% | ONEILL | 6 | Pulitzer-winning playwright who was born in a hotel and died in a hotel |
| 35% | LURIE | 5 | Alison who won a Pulitzer for "Foreign Affairs" |
| 35% | UPTON | 5 | Sinclair who won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 35% | ROREM | 5 | Composer who won a Pulitzer for "Air Music" |
| 35% | MAMET | 5 | Playwright who won a Pulitzer for Glengarry Glen Ross |
| 34% | AGAR | 4 | Herbert who won a Pulitzer for "The People's Choice" |
| 34% | WHARTON | 7 | Edith who won a Pulitzer for The Age of Innocence |
| 34% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Beloved" |
| 34% | AGEE | 4 | Author who won a posthumous Pulitzer |
| 34% | BENET | 5 | Poet who won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God" |
| 34% | MCPHEE | 6 | John who won a Pulitzer for “Annals of the Former World” |
| 33% | SAM | 3 | Playwright Shepard who won a Pulitzer for "Buried Child" |
| 33% | LAMAR | 5 | Rapper Kendrick who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 |
| 33% | EDER | 4 | Richard ___ who won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism |
| 33% | EDEL | 4 | Leon ___ who wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography on Henry James |
| 33% | MARC | 4 | Playwright Connelly who won a Pulitzer for "The Green Pastures" |
| 33% | SAM | 3 | Playwright Shepard who won a Pulitzer Prize for "Buried Child" |
| 33% | PERLE | 5 | George who won a 1986 Pulitzer for music |
| 33% | AGEE | 4 | Author who won a posthumous Pulitzer in 1958 |
| 33% | EBERT | 5 | Film critic Roger who won a Pulitzer Prize |
| 32% | ALICE | 5 | Novelist Walker who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple" |
| 32% | SEAL | 4 | Singer who won three Grammy Awards for "Kiss from a Rose" |
| 32% | MOORE | 5 | Poet Marianne who won a 1952 Pulitzer |