| 100% | PAPP | 4 | Joseph —, American theatre producer and director who founded the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1954 |
| 80% | PAPP | 4 | Joseph —, American theatre producer-director who founded the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1954 |
| 38% | PAPP | 4 | New York Shakespeare Festival founder Joseph |
| 33% | TIMMARA | 7 | New York Giants founder who's in the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| 33% | GREELEY | 7 | Horace who founded the New York Tribune |
| 33% | PAPP | 4 | New York Shakespeare Festival founder |
| 32% | LITTLEWOOD | 10 | Joan —, British theatre director who founded the Theatre Workshop in 1945 |
| 31% | JUSTINPUGH | 10 | New York Giants offensive lineman who was shifted into the position from offensive tackle and excelled in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 31% | PAPP | 4 | Shakespeare in the Park founder/producer Joseph |
| 30% | ONEAL | 5 | Frederick who founded the American Negro Theatre |
| 29% | OCHS | 4 | Adolph who purchased The New York Times in 1896 |
| 29% | KURTRUSSELL | 11 | "Escape from New York" actor who played Elvis Presley in the TV film "Elvis" and an Elvis impersonator in "3000 Miles to Graceland" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MELBROOKS | 9 | Writer and director of The Producers in 1967 |
| 28% | PAPP | 4 | Shakespeare in the Park founder Joseph |
| 28% | DEREK | 5 | John —, actor and director who played Joshua in 1956 film The Ten Commandments |
| 28% | MARTINSCORSESE | 14 | New Hollywood director who won an Oscar for "The Departed," and is the most-nominated director alive in terms of Oscars: 2 wds. |
| 28% | METS | 4 | New York team that won the World Series in 1969 and 1986 |
| 28% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | American writer Ernest, who won the Nobel in 1954 and whose debut novel was "The Sun Also Rises" |
| 28% | VANDERBILT | 10 | Cornelius —, New York-born businessman and philanthropist who died in 1877 |
| 28% | MACY | 4 | R.H. who founded a New York store in 1858 |
| 28% | PATRICKEWING | 12 | Former New York Knick in the Basketball Hall of Fame who was on the 1992 Olympic "Dream Team" and the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (2 wds.) |
| 27% | MANOWAR | 7 | Whom The New York Times co-named athlete of the year, with Babe Ruth, in 1920 |
| 27% | TAP | 3 | ___ City, annual dance festival in New York City that was founded by Tony Waag |
| 26% | HELLER | 6 | Joseph who wrote the play “We Bombed in New Haven” |
| 26% | SIANO | 5 | Nicky ___, DJ and music producer who was an integral part of New York's disco clubs in the 1970s |
| 26% | THEA | 4 | ___ Foss, who founded the largest tugboat company in the western US and who Tugboat Annie was loosely based on |
| 26% | AARONJUDGE | 10 | New York Yankees outfielder who was the Associated Press Athlete of the Year in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 26% | SABRINAIONESCU | 14 | New York Liberty guard and 2022 All-Star who won the 2022 WNBA Skills Challenge (2 wds.) |
| 26% | LETITIAJAMES | 12 | New York attorney general who filed a lawsuit in August, 2020, to dissolve the N.R.A. |
| 26% | SABRINAIONESCU | 14 | New York Liberty point guard who was the WNBA #1 overall draft pick in 2020 (2 wds.) |