| 100% | BLIGH | 5 | William —, commander of the HMS Bounty who died in 1817 |
| 58% | BLIGH | 5 | William —, commander of the HMS Bounty |
| 53% | LYSANDER | 8 | Spartan naval commander of the Peloponnesian war who died in 395 BC |
| 48% | BLIGH | 5 | Captain of the HMS Bounty in 1789 |
| 45% | AIDA | 4 | Slave who dies in the Temple of Vulcan |
| 45% | AIDA | 4 | Princess who dies in the temple of Vulcan |
| 45% | YODA | 4 | Guru who dies in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 44% | MCA | 3 | Member of the Beastie Boys who died in 2012 |
| 44% | JOE | 3 | Patriarch of the Jackson family who died in June |
| 44% | ELI | 3 | Actor Wallach who died in 2014 at the age of 98 |
| 43% | ASTOR | 5 | John Jacob ___ IV (millionaire who died in the sinking of the Titanic) |
| 43% | LEAR | 4 | TV producer Norman who died in December at the age of 101 |
| 43% | TAMERLANE | 9 | First ruler of the Timurid Empire who died in 1405 |
| 43% | TECUMSEH | 8 | American leader of the Shawnee people who died in 1813 |
| 42% | KEITHMOON | 9 | Drummer of The Who, died in 1978 |
| 42% | SHAND | 5 | Bruce —, British Army officer who died in 2006; father of Camilla, the Queen Consort |
| 42% | OATES | 5 | Lawrence —, explorer who died in 1912 on the second Antarctic expedition of R F Scott |
| 41% | YODA | 4 | Character who died at the age of 900 in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 40% | PENN | 4 | William —, English Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in North America |
| 40% | IANPAISLEY | 10 | Northern Ireland religious and political leader who died in 2014; co-founder of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster |
| 39% | LUTHER | 6 | Martin —, German leader of the Protestant Reformation who died in 1546 |
| 39% | PIZARRO | 7 | Francisco —, Spanish conqueror of the Inca Empire who died in 1541 |
| 39% | ZAPATA | 6 | Emiliano —, leading figure of the Mexican Revolution who died in 1919 |
| 39% | HUNT | 4 | Rex —, former Governor of the Falkland Islands who died in 2012 |
| 39% | CHRISTIAN | 9 | Fletcher —, master’s mate on HMS Bounty; leader of the mutiny on the ship in 1789 |
| 39% | CHRISTIAN | 9 | Fletcher —, master's mate on HMS Bounty; leader of the mutiny on the ship in 1789 |
| 39% | MACDUFF | 7 | Character who kills Macbeth in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 38% | STEWART | 7 | Jon ___, "The Daily Show" host who studied psychology in the College of William & Mary |
| 38% | RALPH | 5 | ___ Fiennes, actor who plays head of MI6 in the movie "No Time to Die" |
| 38% | ELDER | 5 | Pliny the ___ (Roman naturalist who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius) |