| 100% | KEN | 3 | Jennings who's known as "the Professor" on "The Chase" |
| 57% | MUIR | 4 | John ___, Scottish-American known as the "Father of the National Parks" who was featured on California's 50 State quarter |
| 55% | EUGENIECLARK | 12 | Marine biologist known as the "Shark Lady" who is honored on a 2022 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 54% | TAO | 3 | Terence who's known as the "Mozart of Mathematics" |
| 54% | INA | 3 | Chef Garten who's known as the Barefoot Contessa |
| 52% | ABELTESFAYE | 11 | Singer-songwriter known as The Weeknd who plays Tedros on "The Idol" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | LORRE | 5 | Chuck ___, TV director/producer who's known as the "King of Sitcoms" |
| 51% | EDYS | 4 | Ice cream brand known as Dreyer's on the West Coast |
| 51% | DAI | 3 | ___ Vernon, Canadian magician who was also known as "The Professor" |
| 50% | POTTS | 5 | Annie who plays Connie Tucker, known as "Meemaw" to the grandkids on CBS' "Young Sheldon" |
| 49% | ALDRIN | 6 | NASA astronaut known as "Buzz" who was the 2nd man on the moon, moments after 59 down |
| 49% | ERIE | 4 | Lake of the stadium known as the "Mistake on the Lake" |
| 49% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | "Bones" writer who had a cameo as a forensic anthropology professor on the TV adaptation of her series (2 wds.) |
| 49% | WMICHAELGEAR | 12 | "North America's Forgotten Past" series co-author who writes the sci-fi novel series set on a hostile planet known as Donovan (3 wds.) |
| 48% | DOLE | 4 | James who was known as the Pineapple King |
| 48% | LANA | 4 | Turner who was known as the Sweater Girl |
| 48% | CESAR | 5 | Millan who's known as "the Dog Whisperer" |
| 48% | INA | 3 | Garten who's known as "the Barefoot Contessa" |
| 48% | SAINTPATRICK | 12 | Missionary known as the "Apostle of Ireland" who has been honored in the United States on March 17 since 1601 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ELS | 3 | Golfer Ernie who's known as "the Big Easy" |
| 47% | SAM | 3 | Cooke who was known as the "King of Soul" |
| 47% | SHAUN | 5 | Snowboarder White who's known as "the Flying Tomato" |
| 47% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | Team known as the Huskies who won the 2023 NCAA men's basketball championship |
| 47% | BEE | 3 | The ___ Gees, "Stayin' Alive" group who became known as the "Disco Kings" |
| 47% | CISCO | 5 | Character on "The Flash" who is also known as Vibe |
| 47% | OWEN | 4 | Wister who was known as the father of western fiction |
| 47% | CARLA | 5 | Thomas who is known as the Queen of Memphis Soul |
| 47% | COBB | 4 | Ty —, baseball player who was known as The Georgia Peach |
| 47% | KOBAYASHI | 9 | Takeru who is known as the godfather of competitive eating |
| 46% | BABERUTH | 8 | 15-Across great known as the "Sultan of Swat" who was honored with a "Day" at Yankee Stadium on April 27, 1947 (2 wds.) |