| 100% | NKOMO | 5 | Joshua —, founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union who died in 1999 |
| 65% | SITHOLE | 7 | Ndabaningi —, founder of the Zimbabwe African National Union who died in 2000 |
| 44% | BEZOS | 5 | Jeff ___, founder of Amazon who was Time "Person of the Year" in 1999 |
| 41% | MARY | 4 | & 25A Founder of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association who died in 2001 |
| 40% | JOSEPH | 6 | & 4D Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who died in 1844 |
| 37% | HULL | 4 | Rod —, entertainer who died in 1999, associated with the puppet Emu |
| 36% | TECUMSEH | 8 | American leader of the Shawnee people who died in 1813 |
| 36% | AIDA | 4 | Slave who dies in the Temple of Vulcan |
| 36% | AIDA | 4 | Princess who dies in the temple of Vulcan |
| 36% | YODA | 4 | Guru who dies in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 36% | CLARABARTON | 11 | Founder of the 26-/21-Down, who died on April 12, 1912 |
| 36% | IANPAISLEY | 10 | Northern Ireland religious and political leader who died in 2014; co-founder of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster |
| 35% | ELI | 3 | Actor Wallach who died in 2014 at the age of 98 |
| 35% | FLIMFLAMARTISTS | 15 | People who do what’s at the ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | ASTOR | 5 | John Jacob ___ IV (millionaire who died in the sinking of the Titanic) |
| 35% | LEAR | 4 | TV producer Norman who died in December at the age of 101 |
| 35% | MAO | 3 | ___ Zedong who founded the People's Republic of China |
| 34% | JONATHANPRYCE | 13 | "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor who played a Bond villain in 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies": 2 wds. |
| 34% | KEITHMOON | 9 | Drummer of The Who, died in 1978 |
| 34% | ANNAJARVIS | 10 | Founder of the Mother's Day holiday in the U.S. who held the first official observance in honor of mothers in 1908: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SHAND | 5 | Bruce —, British Army officer who died in 2006; father of Camilla, the Queen Consort |
| 34% | CAMPBELL | 8 | Singer Glen who died of Alzheimer's disease on August 8 after over 50 years in the music industry |
| 34% | ANNLEE | 6 | Founder of the Shakers, in the U.S. |
| 34% | OATES | 5 | Lawrence —, explorer who died in 1912 on the second Antarctic expedition of R F Scott |
| 33% | ALI | 3 | Boxer who in 1999 was voted the BBC's Sports Personality of the Century |
| 33% | ASA | 3 | ___ Philip Randolph, civil rights activist and founder of the first AFL-chartered African American-led labor union |
| 33% | SONINKE | 7 | Group of people who founded the Ghana Empire |
| 33% | YODA | 4 | Character who died at the age of 900 in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 33% | TIMMARA | 7 | New York Giants founder who's in the Pro Football Hall of Fame |