| 100% | JACKIE | 6 | Some call her the First Lady of American athletics and has won several Olympic medals in heptathlon and long jump |
| 36% | ALLYSONFELIX | 12 | American track and field sprinter who won the 2012 Olympic gold in 200 meters and has a total of 9 Olympic medals: 2 wds. |
| 35% | EVELYNASHFORD | 13 | The first track and field athlete to run 100 meters under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games and who has won a total of 5 Olympic medals: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JEFF | 4 | ___ Henderson, American track and field athlete who won the gold medal in long jump at the 2016 Olympics |
| 34% | HELENHAYES | 10 | American actress nicknamed "First Lady of American Theatre" who has won the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony): 2 wds. |
| 32% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | American athlete who has won Olympic gold medals in pentathlon and decathlon and also played for an NFL and an MLB team: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CLARESSASHIELDS | 15 | First American to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in boxing, in 2012 and 2016 |
| 29% | SASHA | 5 | American figure skater ___ Cohen who has won three World Championships medals and an Olympic Silver in 2006 |
| 29% | DAWES | 5 | American gymnast Dominique who was the first Black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics |
| 28% | PEGGYFLEMING | 12 | American figure skater who has won three consecutive World Championships and an Olympic gold medal in 1968: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ALLYSONFELIX | 12 | Sprinter who has won six Olympic gold medals in the 4x100 and 4x400 relay with the United States national team (2 wds.) |
| 28% | SCOTTHAMILTON | 13 | American male figure skater who has won four consecutive U.S. and World Championships along with an Olympic gold medal in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 28% | RONDA | 5 | Rousey, first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo |
| 28% | JULIAMANCUSO | 12 | Former American alpine ski racer who has won the most number of Olympic medals amongst female American skiers: 2 wds. |
| 28% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Wilma ___, late American sprinter who was the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games |
| 27% | SOONG | 5 | ___ Mei-ling, former First Lady of China who was the TIME "Man and Wife of the Year" in 1937 along with her husband Chiang Kai-shek |
| 27% | JESSEOWENS | 10 | American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games and is considered one of the greatest athletes ever: 2 wds. |
| 27% | WILMA | 5 | Considered the world's fastest woman in the 60s, she became the first American woman to win three golds in a single Olympic Games |
| 26% | TRISCHAZORN | 11 | American paralympian who has won a total of 55 medals at the Paralympic Games |
| 26% | MICHELLE | 8 | ___ Obama, former first lady of the United States who cameoed in an episode of "Parks and Recreation" |
| 26% | ADELE | 5 | She won Album of the Year honors in 2012 and 2017 |
| 26% | ALTHEAGIBSON | 12 | In 1957, she became the first person of color to win a Wimbledon championship (2 wds.) |
| 26% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | 13-Across and 25-Across writer who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her 1920 novel "The Age of Innocence" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | MARJORIE | 8 | ___ Gestring, American springboard diver who won an Olympic gold medal at the age of 13 |
| 26% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described in the first sentence of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| 26% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described in the first lines of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| 26% | THORPE | 6 | First Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States |
| 25% | RICHARDWILBUR | 13 | American poet behind "Things of This World" who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and 1989: 2 wds. |
| 25% | GISH | 4 | Lillian ___, the First Lady of American Cinema |
| 25% | MELANIA | 7 | “___ and Me,” book sourced in part from surreptitious recordings of conversations with the First Lady (September, 2020) |