| 100% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | U.S. President who signed the bill making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday (2 wds.) |
| 50% | EDWARDBROOKE | 12 | African-American U.S. Senator who introduced legislation to create a holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (2 wds.) |
| 38% | JEFFREYWRIGHT | 13 | "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV movie "Boycott" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ANTHONYMACKIE | 13 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2016 TV movie "All the Way" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | CLIFTONPOWELL | 13 | "Saints & Sinners" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1999 TV movie "Selma, Lord, Selma" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | Former US president who authored the book "The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ODETTA | 6 | She sang at the march where Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 36% | HERBERTHOOVER | 13 | 31st President of the U.S. who had a successful mining business: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | 19-Across and 33-Across actor who won a 2015 NAACP Image Award for his portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in "Selma" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | MONTGOMERYBUS | 13 | ___ Boycott, protest campaign in which Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the key leaders: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SPEECH | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s “Give Us the Ballot,” for one |
| 35% | WARRENHARDING | 13 | US president who lost the White House china while gambling in a card game: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | British-Nigerian actor who played American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., in "Selma": 2 wds. |
| 35% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | U.S. president who has been listed on the TIME 100 a record 11 times (2 wds.) |
| 35% | DAYOFSERVICE | 12 | Title for the federal holiday that honors Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 34% | MEMORIALDAY | 11 | Federal holiday in the U.S. in honor of the people who laid down their lives while serving in the armed forces: 2 wds. |
| 34% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | U.S. president who was the first born in Illinois, the first to have been divorced, and the first to nominate a woman to the Supreme Court (2 wds.) |
| 32% | BIDEN | 5 | President who signed Juneteenth into law as a federal holiday |
| 32% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | He plays Martin Luther King, Jr. in "Selma": 2 wds. |
| 32% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golfer who won the 2008 U.S. Open with a double fracture in his tibia: 2 wds. |
| 32% | WARRENHARDING | 13 | U.S. president who was the first to be elected on his birthday, the first born after the Civil War, and the first elected after women gained the right to vote (2 wds.) |
| 32% | WASHINGTONDC | 12 | City where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech and where his national memorial is located (2 wds.) |
| 32% | RFK | 3 | Deliverer of a noted speech upon the death of Martin Luther King Jr. (4/4/1968), in brief |
| 31% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | President who comedically appeared in a 1968 episode of "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | 44th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919: 2 wds. |