| 100% | RITADOVE | 8 | U.S. poet laureate who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 |
| 56% | LAMAR | 5 | Rapper Kendrick who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 |
| 54% | RITADOVE | 8 | U.S. poet laureate with a 1987 Pulitzer |
| 50% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | US writer who won a Nobel Prize in lit in 1954 |
| 49% | SYLVIAPLATH | 11 | American poet and novelist who won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for "The Collected Poems" in 1982: 2 wds. |
| 47% | EDER | 4 | Richard ___ who won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism |
| 47% | EBERT | 5 | Film critic Roger who won a Pulitzer Prize |
| 47% | UPTON | 5 | Sinclair who won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 46% | SAM | 3 | Playwright Shepard who won a Pulitzer Prize for "Buried Child" |
| 46% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Beloved" |
| 45% | ALICE | 5 | Novelist Walker who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple" |
| 45% | IRA | 3 | NPR host Glass who won a Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting |
| 45% | ROBERTFROST | 11 | American poet behind "A Witness Tree" who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1924, 1931, 1937 and 1943: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MAMET | 5 | David —, playwright whose Glengarry Glen Ross won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 |
| 44% | MOORE | 5 | Poet Marianne who won a 1952 Pulitzer |
| 44% | MENOTTI | 7 | Italian-American composer who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Saint of Bleecker Street" |
| 44% | NERUDA | 6 | Poet Pablo who won a Nobel in Literature |
| 44% | IRA | 3 | Songwriter Gershwin who won a Pulitzer Prize for the 1932 musical "Of Thee I Sing" |
| 43% | SAMSHEPARD | 10 | Writer, actor, and director who won a Pulitzer Prize for the play "Buried Child" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | AGEE | 4 | Author who won a posthumous Pulitzer in 1958 |
| 43% | ROBLOWE | 7 | Outsider who won a Golden Globe in 1987 |
| 42% | BENET | 5 | Poet who won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God" |
| 42% | DYLAN | 5 | Musician Bob who won a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 41% | SATO | 4 | Japanese prime minister who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1974 |
| 41% | IRENE | 5 | Joliot-Curie who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry |
| 41% | NERUDA | 6 | Poet Pablo who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 41% | ANNESEXTON | 10 | Poet who won a 1967 Pulitzer for "Live or Die" |
| 41% | RICHARDWILBUR | 13 | American poet behind "Things of This World" who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and 1989: 2 wds. |
| 41% | OBAMA | 5 | US president who won a Nobel Peace Prize |
| 41% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golfer who won the 2008 U.S. Open with a double fracture in his tibia: 2 wds. |