| 100% | RIK | 3 | Retired NBA star ___ Smits, who was known as "The Dunking Dutchman" |
| 61% | ALLEN | 5 | Former NBA star Iverson who was known as "the Answer" |
| 50% | DOLE | 4 | James who was known as the Pineapple King |
| 50% | LANA | 4 | Turner who was known as the Sweater Girl |
| 49% | SAM | 3 | Cooke who was known as the "King of Soul" |
| 49% | OWEN | 4 | Wister who was known as the father of western fiction |
| 49% | COBB | 4 | Ty —, baseball player who was known as The Georgia Peach |
| 49% | CARLA | 5 | Thomas who is known as the Queen of Memphis Soul |
| 49% | KOBAYASHI | 9 | Takeru who is known as the godfather of competitive eating |
| 47% | KOBE | 4 | NBA legend Bryant who was known as "Black Mamba" |
| 45% | NITTI | 5 | Frank who was known as "The Enforcer" |
| 45% | SIMON | 5 | Bolívar who was known as "the Liberator" |
| 44% | RUTH | 4 | Babe who was known as "The Sultan of Swat" |
| 44% | BOLT | 4 | Usain who is known as "the fastest man alive" |
| 43% | LOU | 3 | Baseball player Gehrig who was known as "the Iron Horse" |
| 43% | TED | 3 | Baseball player Williams who was known as "the Splendid Splinter" |
| 43% | MAYS | 4 | Baseball player Willie who was known as "The Say Hey Kid" |
| 43% | NINA | 4 | Singer Simone who was known as "the High Priestess of Soul" |
| 43% | LON | 3 | Chaney who was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| 43% | MEL | 3 | Blanc who was known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices" |
| 42% | YAOMING | 7 | NBA star who serves as the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association |
| 42% | BORGE | 5 | 20th-century comedian who was known as "The Clown Prince of Denmark" |
| 42% | GEHRIG | 6 | New York Yankees legend Lou who was known as "the Iron Horse" |
| 42% | ROSA | 4 | Activist ___ Parks who is known as "the first lady of civil rights" |
| 42% | ROBBIE | 6 | Actor Coltrane, who was known for his role as the groundskeeper Hagrid in "Harry Potter" |
| 42% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | NBA star who is the "resident golf pro" on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DORIA | 5 | Andrea ___, admiral known as the liberator of Genoa for whom an ill-fated ship was named |
| 41% | YAO | 3 | Former NBA star Ming who is now the president of the Chinese Basketball Association |
| 41% | CAREY | 5 | Mariah ___, singer known as the "Queen of Christmas," who is one of the best selling female artists |
| 41% | JUANA | 5 | ___ Maria, known as the "Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island" who was the last native speaker of Nicoleno |