| 100% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | Nobel Prize-winning political leader born in 1918 (2 wds.) |
| 52% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | Anti-apartheid political leader awarded the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize (2 wds.) |
| 50% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | "Long Walk to Freedom" memoirist and political leader who won the Nobel 43-Across in 1993 (2 wds.) |
| 49% | INGMARBERGMAN | 13 | Oscar-winning director born in 1918 (2 wds.) |
| 49% | WILLIAMHOLDEN | 13 | Oscar-winning actor born in 1918 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JOHNSTEINBECK | 13 | Nobel Prize-winning writer born February 27, 1902, who wrote 18-Across and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JENNIFERDOUDNA | 14 | Nobel Prize-winning biochemist profiled by 54-Across in a biography titled "The Code Breaker" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BORISPASTERNAK | 14 | Nobel Prize-winning author of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ALBERTEINSTEIN | 14 | Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist profiled by 54-Across in a biography subtitled "His Life and Universe" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | FRANCESARNOLD | 13 | First American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 45% | LECH | 4 | Solidarity leader Walesa who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 |
| 45% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | "Beloved" novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year 1993: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 45% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ALICEMUNRO | 10 | Canadian short story author who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds. |
| 44% | KIPLING | 7 | Rudyard ___, Nobel Prize-winning English novelist who was born in December |
| 44% | MULLER | 6 | Hermann Joseph ___, Nobel Prize-winning geneticist who was born in December |
| 44% | HEISENBERG | 10 | Werner ___, Nobel Prize-winning German physicist who was born in December |
| 43% | JOHN | 4 | Sir ___ Joseph Thomson, Nobel Prize-winning British physicist who was born in December |
| 43% | ALICEMUNRO | 10 | Canadian writer who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LOUISEGLUCK | 11 | American poet who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LOUISEGLUCK | 11 | American writer who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 43% | OLGATOKARCZUK | 13 | Polish writer who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 42% | EVAPERON | 8 | Actress LuPone's first Tony Award was for playing this Argentinian political leader in the 1979 Broadway musical "Evita": 2 wds. |
| 42% | SEANCONNERY | 11 | Actor born in Scotland who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Jimmy Malone in "The Untouchables": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BOBDYLAN | 8 | Nobel Prize-winning singer of "Mr. Tambourine Man" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Actor born in England who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the movie "Gandhi": 2 wds. |
| 40% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | Emmy-winning "Moonlighting" actor who was born in Germany: 2 wds. |
| 40% | PHYSICS | 7 | Nobel Prize in __; won by Marie Curie in 1903 |