| 100% | REITH | 5 | John —, first director-general of the BBC |
| 96% | REITH | 5 | John —, first Director-General of the BBC, from 1927-38 |
| 77% | BIRT | 4 | John —, Director-General of the BBC from 1992-2000 |
| 65% | TUSA | 4 | John —, Managing Director of the BBC World Service from 1986-92 |
| 64% | RIMINGTON | 9 | Stella —, Director General of the Security Service from 1992-96 |
| 63% | MILNE | 5 | Alasdair —, Director-General of the BBC from 1982-87 |
| 63% | GREENE | 6 | Hugh —, Director-General of the BBC from 1960-69 |
| 63% | OGILVIE | 7 | Frederick —, Director-General of the BBC from 1938-42 |
| 63% | MILNE | 5 | Alasdair -, Director-General of the BBC from 1982-87 |
| 60% | SHRIVER | 7 | First director of the U.S. Peace Corps |
| 58% | OSLO | 4 | Home of the first U.N. secretary general |
| 58% | NORWEGIAN | 9 | Nationality of the UN's first Secretary General |
| 57% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the first "Halloween": 2 wds. |
| 57% | CHRISCOLUMBUS | 13 | Director of the first two Potter films |
| 56% | OCTAVIAN | 8 | General who became the first emperor of Rome |
| 56% | RITTENHOUSE | 11 | David —, 18th-century astronomer; first director of the United States Mint |
| 56% | DAHL | 4 | John —, director of films Rounders and The Last Seduction |
| 56% | WILLIAMAWELLMAN | 15 | Director of “Wings,” the first Best Picture winner [1896] |
| 55% | LEIA | 4 | First name of General Organa in the "Star Wars" universe |
| 55% | HUGHES | 6 | John —, director of films The Breakfast Club and Weird Science |
| 55% | LANDIS | 6 | John —, director of films The Blues Brothers and Trading Places |
| 55% | TEXAVERY | 8 | Director of “A Wild Hare,” the first Bugs Bunny cartoon |
| 54% | LEN | 3 | "From the World of John Wick: Ballerina" director Wiseman |
| 53% | PERSHING | 8 | John Joseph —, US General of the Armies who died in 1948 |
| 53% | HARRISON | 8 | John __, builder of the first marine chronometer |
| 52% | MCTIERNAN | 9 | John __; director of The Hunt for Red October |
| 52% | FORD | 4 | John —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Quiet Man and The Grapes of Wrath |
| 51% | PRIDE | 5 | "In general, ___ is at the bottom of all great mistakes": John Ruskin |
| 50% | WOO | 3 | John —, director of the action films Paycheck and Windtalkers |
| 50% | RAI | 3 | Italian counterpart of the BBC |