100% | OHENRY | 6 | Short-story writer for whom a literary prize is named (2 wds.) |
61% | JAMESBEARD | 10 | Chef and cookbook writer for whom a culinary award is named (2 wds.) |
55% | SELMALAGERLOF | 13 | Swedish novelist and short story writer who was the first woman honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
55% | SINCLAIRLEWIS | 13 | Minnesota novelist and short story writer who was the first American honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
52% | OHENRY | 6 | Whom a short-story award is named for |
51% | NICHOLASBROWN | 13 | Man for whom a Rhode Island Ivy League school is named, who shares his first name with "Nosferatu" actor Hoult: 2 wds. |
50% | JOHNHARVARD | 11 | Man for whom a Massachusetts Ivy League school is named, who shares his first name with "A Quiet Place" actor Krasinski: 2 wds. |
50% | EZRACORNELL | 11 | Man for whom a New York Ivy League school is named, who shares his first name with "The Flash" actor Miller: 2 wds. |
50% | SAMUELADAMS | 11 | Declaration of Independence signer for whom a brand of beer is named: 2 wds. |
46% | EBONYFLOWERS | 12 | Writer/artist who won the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Short Story for "Hot Comb" (2 wds.) |
46% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | 40th US president for whom a DC-area airport was renamed in 1998: 2 wds. |
46% | RAYBRADBURY | 11 | "S Is for Space" short-story writer who was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999 (2 wds.) |
46% | GIORGIOARMANI | 13 | Italian designer for whom Samsung named a 2007 phone: 2 wds. |
46% | DUMASPERE | 9 | Writer whom a Paris Métro station is named for |
46% | AMELIABLOOMER | 13 | Suffragette for whom an undergarment was named: 2 wds. |
45% | JHUMPALAHIRI | 12 | Short-story writer whose "Interpreter of Maladies" won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
44% | THURBER | 7 | Whom a humor-writing prize is named for |
44% | PATTYKAZMAIER | 13 | Princeton ice hockey star for whom a woman's NCAA hockey award is named (2 wds.) |
44% | HOBEYBAKER | 10 | Princeton ice hockey star for whom a men's NCAA hockey award is named (2 wds.) |
44% | OLIVIADEAN | 10 | "Messy" singer who was nominated for a 2023 Mercury Prize (2 wds.) |
42% | POE | 3 | Writer for whom the Edgar Award is named |
42% | POE | 3 | Writer for whom literature's Edgar Award is named |
42% | JANUS | 5 | God for whom a month is named |
42% | ZENO | 4 | Philosopher for whom a paradox is named |
42% | MOHS | 4 | Mineralogist for whom a scale is named |
42% | BARDOT | 6 | Actress for whom a neckline is named |
42% | ODIN | 4 | God for whom a weekday is named |
42% | UTES | 4 | Natives for whom a state is named |
42% | MAIA | 4 | Goddess for whom a month is named |
42% | BONAPARTE | 9 | Whom a French dessert is named for |