| 100% | SEANHUGHES | 10 | Stand-up comedian and actor, author of novels It's What He Would've Wanted and The Detainees, who died in 2017 |
| 46% | OHANLON | 7 | Ardal —, Irish stand-up comedian and actor who authored novel The Talk of the Town |
| 45% | OHANLON | 7 | Ardal —, stand-up comedian and actor who authored 1998 novel The Talk of the Town |
| 38% | OHANLON | 7 | Ardal —, stand-up comedian-actor who authored 1998 novel The Talk of the Town |
| 33% | BOB | 3 | ___ Newhart, stand-up comedian and actor who played Arthur Jeffries in "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 33% | BENTINE | 7 | Michael —, comedian and former member of the Goons who died in 1996 |
| 32% | BENJONSON | 9 | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 31% | JONSON | 6 | Ben —, author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 31% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 31% | STEWARTLEE | 10 | Stand-up comedian; author of 2001 novel The Perfect Fool |
| 31% | LARRYDAVID | 10 | Actor and comedian who created HBO's comedy series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and stars in it as a fictionalized version of himself: 2 wds. |
| 31% | KEVIN | 5 | ___ Hart, actor who is a stand-up comedian and rose to fame after playing Luke in Judd Apatow's "Undeclared" |
| 31% | ONDAATJE | 8 | Michael —, author of novels Anil’s Ghost and In the Skin of a Lion |
| 30% | MAYNARD | 7 | Bill —, actor-comedian who starred in ITV sitcoms Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! and The Gaffer |
| 30% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | Author who died in 2019 and was, as David Remnick wrote, “unsparing in her depiction of people who would use language to evil ends” |
| 30% | NERUDA | 6 | Pablo ___, author of "Canto General" who wrote in green ink as he considered it the color of hope |
| 30% | EZRA | 4 | Actor Miller who will play the Flash in 2017's "Justice League" |
| 30% | EWAN | 4 | Actor McGregor who plays Lumière in 2017's "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 30% | EWAN | 4 | Actor McGregor who voiced Lumière in 2017's "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 30% | PAULNEWMAN | 10 | Actor who stars in the film adaptations of the Walter Tevis novels "The Color of Money" and "The Hustler" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | SELF | 4 | Will —, author of novels The Butt and Dorian |
| 30% | CROOK | 5 | Mackenzie —, actor and comedian who played Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series |
| 30% | SELF | 4 | Will —, author of novels Shark, The Butt and Dorian |
| 30% | SUELIMB | 7 | Author of novels Enlightenment and Up the Garden Path |
| 30% | BENOKRI | 7 | Author of novels The Famished Road and In Arcadia |
| 30% | ROBDELANEY | 10 | Actor and comedian who created the British sitcom "Catastrophe" and stars in it opposite Sharon Horgan: 2 wds. |
| 30% | KRISTENSCHAAL | 13 | Stand-up comedian who stars in "A Walk in the Woods" and "All Nighter" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | DARBY | 5 | Rhys —, actor and comedian who played Murray Hewitt in US television series Flight of the Conchords |