| 100% | DEERE | 5 | John, blacksmith from Rutland, VA who developed the self-scouring steel plow in 1837 in Grand Detour, IL |
| 29% | DEERE | 5 | John who invented the steel plow |
| 29% | DEERE | 5 | John who pioneered the steel plow |
| 27% | LECARRE | 7 | John, who wrote The Spy Who Came In from the Cold |
| 26% | SPY | 3 | John le Carré's "The ___ Who Came in From the Cold" |
| 26% | FRENCH | 6 | John —, field marshal who commanded the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium from 1914-15 |
| 25% | ROBERT | 6 | ___ Downey Jr., actor from "Tropic Thunder" who played Dr. John in the 2020 movie "Dolittle" |
| 24% | COLD | 4 | "The Spy Who Came In From the ___" (third John le Carré novel to feature George Smiley) |
| 24% | DEERE | 5 | John who invented a steel plow |
| 23% | KNOX | 4 | John —, theologian who established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1560 |
| 23% | JETHROTULL | 10 | English agriculturist born in 1674 who developed the seed drill |
| 23% | ERICKSON | 8 | Leif —, US actor who starred as Big John Cannon in television Western series The High Chaparral from 1967-71 |
| 23% | DAVIDGRAEBER | 12 | Anthropologist who developed the concept of everyday communism in “Debt: The First 5,000 Years” |
| 23% | ISSIGONIS | 9 | Alec —, Turkey-born car designer who developed the Mini in 1959 |
| 23% | BRENDANCOYLE | 12 | British-Irish actor who returns as Robert Crawley's valet John Bates in "Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale": 2 wds. |
| 23% | DALY | 4 | John —, golfer who won The Open Championship in 1995 |
| 23% | BRADLEY | 7 | Artist John who tutored the Brontë clan in drawing |
| 22% | ROGERMOORE | 10 | James Bond portrayer who took the reins from 35 Across in 1973 |
| 22% | NORMAN | 6 | Producer Lear who developed "All in the Family" |
| 22% | STAINER | 7 | Sir John, who composed The Crucifixion in 1887 |
| 22% | DEREKWALCOTT | 12 | "White Egrets" poet from Saint Lucia who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992: 2 wds. |
| 22% | AMY | 3 | Actress Adams, who played the role of Lois Lane in "Man of Steel" |
| 22% | PERRY | 5 | Kenny —, golfer who won the John Deere Classic and Buick Open in 2008 |
| 22% | RORYMCILROY | 11 | Golfer from Northern Ireland who won the Open Championship in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 22% | PAULGIAMATTI | 12 | "John Adams" Golden Globe winner who earned an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1994 (2 wds.) |
| 22% | ELTON | 5 | John who sang "Candle in the Wind" |
| 22% | BASSIST | 7 | John Entwistle's role in The Who |
| 22% | ELTON | 5 | John who sag "Candle in the Wind" |
| 22% | LEGEND | 6 | John who has Conversations in the Dark |
| 22% | ARTHUR | 6 | Boy who pulls the sword from the stone in "The Sword in the Stone" |