| 100% | NERUDA | 6 | Whom Márquez called ''the greatest poet of the 20th century'' |
| 75% | PABLONERUDA | 11 | Gabriel García Márquez called him "the greatest poet of the 20th century, in any language" |
| 59% | ALI | 3 | Greatest boxer of the 20th century |
| 56% | ALI | 3 | Boxer named by Sports Illustrated as the greatest sportsman of the 20th century |
| 55% | ALI | 3 | Boxer Muhammad named Sports Illustrated's greatest athlete of the 20th century |
| 54% | DIEGOMARADONA | 13 | *Argentine who shared the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award with Pelé |
| 54% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | The Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century, according to an ABC Wide World of Sports poll in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ZAHARIAS | 8 | Babe Didrikson ___, athlete named the 10th Greatest North American Athlete of the 20th Century by ESPN |
| 49% | OSAGE | 5 | Great Plains people who call themselves "Children of the Middle Waters" |
| 49% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Physicist Albert whom Time called "Person of the Century" |
| 48% | BART | 4 | Simpson who was the only fictional character on Time's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century list |
| 48% | PELE | 4 | Soccer great who was named Player of the Century in 2000 |
| 47% | IKE | 3 | Nickname of the 20th-century president who was married to Mamie |
| 46% | EURO | 4 | Currency that debuted near the end of the 20th century |
| 46% | ELEANOR | 7 | Roosevelt whom Truman called the "First Lady of the World" |
| 46% | LEE | 3 | Famous Bruce of the 20th century |
| 46% | MAO | 3 | Red head of the 20th century |
| 46% | NIN | 3 | Prolific diarist of the 20th century |
| 45% | BABEZAHARIAS | 12 | *AP's "Woman Athlete of the 20th Century" |
| 45% | SSR | 3 | Union member of the 20th century, for short |
| 44% | MAYA | 4 | Moore whom Sports Illustrated called the "greatest winner in the history of women's basketball" |
| 44% | MCKINLEY | 8 | US president at the turn of the 20th century |
| 44% | JOHNPAUL | 8 | Name of two successive popes of the 20th century |
| 44% | SSR | 3 | Georgia, for most of the 20th century, in brief |
| 44% | WHOSONFIRST | 11 | Time's Best Comedy Sketch of the 20th Century |
| 44% | SAINTLEO | 8 | Fifth-century pope who was the first to be called "the Great" |
| 44% | HER | 3 | The H in H.M.S., for much of the 20th century |
| 43% | MANOWAR | 7 | Best horse of the 20th century, per The Associated Press |
| 43% | SEWARD | 6 | Anna __, 18th-/19th-century poet called the Swan of Lichfield |
| 43% | AKERS | 5 | Michelle who was FIFA's Female Player of the Century |