| 100% | LUTHER | 6 | Martin —, German leader of the Protestant Reformation who died in 1546 |
| 50% | TECUMSEH | 8 | American leader of the Shawnee people who died in 1813 |
| 44% | BURKE | 5 | Robert O'Hara —, leader of the first expedition across Australia from south to north who died in 1861 |
| 43% | BURKE | 5 | Robert O'Hara —, Irish soldier, leader of the first expedition across Australia from south to north, who died in 1861 |
| 41% | AIDA | 4 | Slave who dies in the Temple of Vulcan |
| 41% | AIDA | 4 | Princess who dies in the temple of Vulcan |
| 41% | YODA | 4 | Guru who dies in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 40% | MCA | 3 | Member of the Beastie Boys who died in 2012 |
| 40% | JOE | 3 | Patriarch of the Jackson family who died in June |
| 40% | PANDARUS | 8 | Leader of the Lycians in Greek mythology who shot Menelaus with an arrow |
| 40% | ELI | 3 | Actor Wallach who died in 2014 at the age of 98 |
| 39% | ASTOR | 5 | John Jacob ___ IV (millionaire who died in the sinking of the Titanic) |
| 39% | LEAR | 4 | TV producer Norman who died in December at the age of 101 |
| 39% | TAMERLANE | 9 | First ruler of the Timurid Empire who died in 1405 |
| 38% | KEITHMOON | 9 | Drummer of The Who, died in 1978 |
| 38% | SHAND | 5 | Bruce —, British Army officer who died in 2006; father of Camilla, the Queen Consort |
| 38% | OATES | 5 | Lawrence —, explorer who died in 1912 on the second Antarctic expedition of R F Scott |
| 37% | RINTINTIN | 9 | German Shepherd dog, a Hollywood star of the 1920s who died in 1932 |
| 37% | LYSANDER | 8 | Spartan naval commander of the Peloponnesian war who died in 395 BC |
| 37% | IANPAISLEY | 10 | Northern Ireland religious and political leader who died in 2014; co-founder of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster |
| 37% | BLIGH | 5 | William —, commander of the HMS Bounty who died in 1817 |
| 37% | LUTHERAN | 8 | Protestant who believes in the Book of Concord |
| 37% | YODA | 4 | Character who died at the age of 900 in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 36% | PAPISTS | 7 | Opponents of the Protestant Reformation |
| 36% | ANGELA | 6 | With 33-Across, German leader who was Time's 2015 Person of the Year |
| 36% | GLADYSKNIGHT | 12 | Leader of the Pips who sang the National Anthem at the 2019 Super Bowl in her hometown of Atlanta: 2 wds. |
| 36% | PIZARRO | 7 | Francisco —, Spanish conqueror of the Inca Empire who died in 1541 |
| 36% | ZAPATA | 6 | Emiliano —, leading figure of the Mexican Revolution who died in 1919 |
| 36% | HUNT | 4 | Rex —, former Governor of the Falkland Islands who died in 2012 |
| 35% | JASON | 5 | Leader of the Argonauts, in myth |