| 100% | BURR | 4 | Vice president Aaron who is a character in "Hamilton" |
| 59% | BURR | 4 | Politician Aaron who was in a duel with Alexander Hamilton |
| 53% | PESCI | 5 | Real-life actor Joe who is a character in Broadway's "Jersey Boys" |
| 53% | BURR | 4 | Aaron who was vice president under Jefferson |
| 50% | GHOST | 5 | ___ Rider, Latin American Marvel superhero who is a character in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." |
| 50% | DISNEY | 6 | Walt ___, entrepreneur who is a character in "Saving Mr. Banks" and has a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, Orlando |
| 49% | ERNEST | 6 | Novelist Hemingway, who was a main character in "Midnight in Paris" |
| 49% | PATRICK | 7 | ___ Star, pink starfish who is a regular character in "SpongeBob SquarePants" |
| 49% | ABE | 3 | President Lincoln who was born in a log cabin, lovingly |
| 48% | POLONIUS | 8 | Character in "Hamlet" who is stabbed while hiding behind a curtain |
| 47% | DALLAS | 6 | Vice president after whom a U.S. city is thought to have been named |
| 46% | CHENEY | 6 | Vice president who said "My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators" |
| 45% | RICHARDCASTLE | 13 | Writer who was the title character in a 2009-2016 crime series: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ELECT | 5 | President-___ (title for a president who hasn't been sworn in yet) |
| 45% | BUTCHCASSIDY | 12 | Title character in a classic western film who asks, "Who are those guys?" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | IAGO | 4 | Character who is briefly turned into a roc in the 2019 movie "Aladdin" |
| 45% | ABE | 3 | "Honest" president who was a "vampire hunter" in a 2012 film, fondly |
| 44% | ANANG | 5 | Character who’s told “hear my words” in a They Might Be Giants song |
| 44% | LAERTES | 7 | Character in "Hamlet" who is struck by a poison-tipped sword (we did say the play's a tragedy) |
| 44% | SIMPSONS | 8 | Krusty is a character in this cartoon, The __ |
| 44% | DANDIE | 6 | & 23A Character in Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering after whom a breed of terrier is named |
| 43% | PLUTO | 5 | Disney character who may have been named in 1931 for a newly discovered planet |
| 42% | ROY | 3 | ___ Anderson, recurring character who is a warehouse employee in "The Office" |
| 42% | OYL | 3 | Olive, who was once engaged to "lounge lizard" Harold Hamgravy, a character played by Bill Irwin in a 1980 movie |
| 42% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 42% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Connor, character who is a sidekick to the Terminator in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" |
| 42% | KAREN | 5 | ___ Filippelli, recurring character who is a Dunder Mifflin employee in "The Office" |
| 41% | AGNEW | 5 | Vice president who resigned in 1973 |
| 41% | SYNGMANRHEE | 11 | President who was a Princeton graduate |
| 41% | SULU | 4 | "Star Trek" character who was named for a sea in the Philippines |