| 100% | TULLIVER | 8 | Maggie __, lead character in The Mill on the Floss |
| 53% | KRINGLE | 7 | Kris, the lead character in Miracle on 34th Street |
| 49% | ELIOT | 5 | "The Mill on the Floss" writer |
| 49% | ELIOT | 5 | "The Mill on the Floss" author |
| 49% | ELIOT | 5 | "The Mill on the Floss" writer George |
| 47% | ELIOT | 5 | George —, author of novels The Mill on the Floss and Adam Bede |
| 45% | HERO | 4 | The lead character in a film or play |
| 44% | BRODY | 5 | Lead character on the first three seasons of "Homeland" |
| 44% | FARMANIMALS | 11 | Most of the leading characters in "Babe" |
| 44% | TRE | 3 | ___ Styles, lead character in "Boyz N the Hood" |
| 44% | MACAW | 5 | Bird that's the lead character in "Rio" |
| 44% | TRE | 3 | ___ Styles, lead character in “Boyz n the Hood” |
| 43% | MARTYKAAN | 9 | The name of Don Cheadle's character on the hit TV series "House of Lies," in which Cheadle plays the lead role: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SLEEPERAGENTS | 13 | What the lead characters in "The Americans" actually are: 2 wds. |
| 43% | OLDMAN | 6 | Gary who plays the lead character in Slow Horses |
| 43% | ZACK | 4 | Lead character on "Saved by the Bell" |
| 43% | HOMER | 5 | Lead character in "The Simpsons" |
| 43% | GAY | 3 | Like the lead characters in "Love, Simon" and "Love, Victor" |
| 42% | MARYANNEEVANS | 13 | Author of "The Mill on the Floss" who wrote under the pen name George Eliot: 3 wds. |
| 41% | CLARKKENT | 9 | The lead character in "Smallville" who eventually becomes Superman, played by Tom Welling: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | "The Vow'' actor who voices one of the lead characters in "Smallfoot'': 2 wds. |
| 41% | BLANCHE | 7 | ___ DuBois, lead female character in the Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
| 41% | AOL | 3 | ISP used by the lead characters in 1998's "You've Got Mail" |
| 41% | ELMO | 4 | Character who first became prominent on "Sesame Street" in the 1980s |
| 41% | TWENTYSOMETHING | 15 | Like the lead characters on “Insecure” and “Broad City” |
| 41% | HAL | 3 | Bryan Cranston's character, on "Malcolm in the Middle" |
| 40% | KRISTEN | 7 | Actress Bell of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," who plays Eleanor, the lead character in 15a |
| 40% | ZACK | 4 | ___ Morris, lead character on TV's "Saved by the Bell" |
| 40% | RICKSANCHEZ | 11 | Genius but cynical scientist, one of the lead characters in "Rick and Morty" : 2 wds. |
| 40% | ALECGUINNESS | 12 | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Bridge on the River Kwai |