| 100% | LOWELL | 6 | Pulitzer-winning poet of 1947 and 1974 |
| 56% | RICHARDWILBUR | 13 | American poet behind "Things of This World" who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and 1989: 2 wds. |
| 50% | RAES | 4 | Pulitzer-winning poet Armantrout and others |
| 45% | FROST | 5 | American poet Robert ___ who authored "The Road Not Taken" and won the Pulitzer four times |
| 45% | KAZAN | 5 | Best Director of 1947 and 1954 |
| 44% | ILLINOIS | 8 | Home state of Pulitzer-winning poet Carl Sandburg |
| 44% | ROBREINER | 9 | Emmy-winning sitcom actor of 1974 and '78 |
| 44% | EDITH | 5 | ___ Wharton, "The Age of Innocence" novelist and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature |
| 43% | SYLVIAPLATH | 11 | American poet and novelist who won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for "The Collected Poems" in 1982: 2 wds. |
| 43% | POE | 3 | Poet of "The Bells" and "The Raven" |
| 42% | ROBERTFROST | 11 | American poet behind "A Witness Tree" who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1924, 1931, 1937 and 1943: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CHRISEVERT | 10 | Tennis player who won the AP Athlete of the Year award in 1974, 1975, 1977, and 1980: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ERDRICH | 7 | Louise ___, Pulitzer-winning author of "The Night Watchman" and "The Mighty Red" |
| 41% | ANNIEPROULX | 11 | Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Shipping News" and "Brokeback Mountain" |
| 41% | ANNE | 4 | 2004 Pulitzer winning journalist and author Applebaum |
| 40% | PUSHKIN | 7 | Russian poet of the folkloric Ruslan and Lyudmila |
| 40% | DANTE | 5 | Italian poet of "Inferno" and "Divine Comedy" |
| 40% | AGE | 3 | Edith Wharton's Pulitzer winning novel "The ___ of Innocence" |
| 40% | LAURIELEE | 9 | Bucolic English poet of April Rise and Winter Poem |
| 40% | MOORE | 5 | Poet Marianne who won a 1952 Pulitzer |
| 39% | MARYOLIVER | 10 | Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose poems include "The Summer Day" and "Wild Geese": 2 wds. |
| 39% | TEASDALE | 8 | Poet whose Love Songs won the 1918 Pulitzer |
| 39% | POE | 3 | Poet and writer Edgar Allan, of The Raven |
| 39% | DORAMAAR | 8 | Photographer and poet muse of Picasso |
| 39% | MARIANNE | 8 | Pulitzer-winning poet Moore |
| 39% | AIKEN | 5 | Pulitzer-winning poet Conrad |
| 39% | RITA | 4 | Pulitzer-winning poet Dove |
| 39% | RAE | 3 | Pulitzer-winning poet Armantrout |
| 39% | AIKEN | 5 | Pulitzer-winning poet Conrad ___ |
| 39% | OLDS | 4 | Pulitzer-winning poet Sharon |