| 100% | RUSSO | 5 | Richard ___, 2002 Pulitzer winner for the novel "Empire Falls" |
| 56% | RUSSO | 5 | Richard ___, 2002 Pulitzer winner for Fiction |
| 46% | GWENDOLYNBROOKS | 15 | 1950 Pulitzer winner for the poetry collection "Annie Allen" |
| 46% | KENNAN | 6 | Pulitzer winner for "Russia Leaves the War" |
| 45% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Novelist whose "Empire Falls" won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 45% | MICHENER | 8 | Pulitzer winner for "Tales of the South Pacific" |
| 45% | EMINEM | 6 | 2002 Oscar winner for the song "Lose Yourself" |
| 44% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Pulitzer winner for "Sunday in the Park With George" |
| 44% | OATES | 5 | Pulitzer nominee for the novels "Black Water" and "Blonde" |
| 44% | OATES | 5 | Pulitzer finalist for the novels “Black Water” and “Blonde” |
| 43% | URSULAKLEGUIN | 13 | 1970 Hugo Award winner for the novel "The Left Hand of Darkness" (4 wds.) |
| 43% | DOERR | 5 | Anthony __, Pulitzer winner for "All the Light We Cannot See" |
| 42% | TERKEL | 6 | Pulitzer winner for ''The Good War'' |
| 42% | IRA | 3 | Berkow, shared Pulitzer winner for the NYT series "How Race Is Lived in America" (2001) |
| 42% | WELTY | 5 | Pulitzer winner for "The Optimist's Daughter" |
| 42% | WELTY | 5 | Pulitzer winner for “The Optimist’s Daughter” |
| 41% | TERKEL | 6 | 1985 Pulitzer winner for "The Good War" |
| 41% | TARTT | 5 | Donna ___, 2014 Pulitzer winner for "The Goldfinch" |
| 40% | LINMANUELMIRANDA | 16 | Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| 40% | WALLACESTEVENS | 14 | Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| 40% | TARTT | 5 | Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 39% | OVERSTORY | 9 | "The ___," novel by Richard Powers that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 39% | LATIMES | 7 | Winner of the Breaking News Reporting Pulitzer for 2016, briefly |
| 39% | EMINEM | 6 | Winner of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Original Song |
| 38% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Richard Powers novel that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ADA | 3 | Winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, ___ Louise Huxtable |
| 38% | AGEE | 4 | Pulitzer Prize winner for "A Death in the Family" |
| 38% | CELINEDION | 10 | *1996 Grammy winner for the album "Falling Into You" |
| 38% | RICHARDGERE | 11 | Golden Globe winner for the role of 30-/33-Across in the 2002 movie musical "Chicago": 2 wds. |
| 38% | DIAZ | 4 | Junot ___, 2008 Pulitzer winner for "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" |