| 100% | PAPA | 4 | Nickname of the 1954 Nobel winner for literature, who first picked up the name in Pamplona, Spain |
| 43% | HANKANG | 7 | Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, whom Hernan Diaz praised for her “unique ear for the rumors of history” (October, 2024) |
| 37% | TONI | 4 | First name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | EMIL | 4 | First name of the very first winner of the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1929 |
| 36% | DYLAN | 5 | Winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 36% | EMIL | 4 | First name of the first Oscar winner for Best Actor |
| 35% | CAMUS | 5 | Albert —, winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | BOLL | 4 | Heinrich —, winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | BUCK | 4 | Pearl —, winner of the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | MAURIAC | 7 | Francois —, winner of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | STEINBECK | 9 | John —, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | FAULKNER | 8 | William —, winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | GRASS | 5 | Gunter —, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | GORDIMER | 8 | Nadine —, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | FRANCE | 6 | Anatole —, winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | CANETTI | 7 | Elias —, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | LEWIS | 5 | Sinclair —, winner of the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | KIPLING | 7 | Rudyard —, winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | JELINEK | 7 | Elfriede —, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | GOLDING | 7 | William —, winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | SOYINKA | 7 | Wole —, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | PINTER | 6 | Harold —, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | BOLL | 4 | Heinrich -, winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | ELIOT | 5 | T S —, winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | FRANCE | 6 | Anatole —, French winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | GIDE | 4 | Andre —, French winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | ELIOT | 5 | T S ---, winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | NAIPAUL | 7 | V S —, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | DORIS | 5 | Iran-born winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature |