| 100% | STEINEM | 7 | Writer/activist Gloria profiled in the 2020 biopic "The Glorias" |
| 46% | JOHNNYCASH | 10 | Singer profiled in the biopic "Walk the Line" |
| 43% | CLINE | 5 | Country singer Patsy profiled in the biopic "Sweet Dreams" |
| 43% | JUDITHHEUMANN | 13 | Leading disability rights activist in the 2020 documentary "Crip Camp" |
| 39% | ERNESTINE | 9 | Human rights activist Eckstein who is profiled in Season 4 of the "Making Gay History" podcast |
| 39% | LOUISEGLUCK | 11 | American writer who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 39% | TIMOTHYHUTTON | 13 | "Ordinary People" Oscar winner who plays the father of 50-Across in a 2020 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 37% | BEV | 3 | Writer/activist Harris in the documentary "Hacking Democracy" |
| 36% | FRY | 3 | Stephen —, writer-comedian who played the title role in 1997 biopic Wilde |
| 36% | ORIGAMI | 7 | Art form profiled in the documentary "Between the Folds" |
| 35% | GIS | 3 | Many characters in the 2020 film "The Outpost" |
| 35% | HIPPO | 5 | Gloria, in the animated "Madagascar" films |
| 35% | GLORIASTEINEM | 13 | Feminist journalist played by 15-Across and Alicia Vikander in a 2020 biopic based on the memoir "My Life on the Road" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | EISNER | 6 | Former CEO profiled in the book "DisneyWar" |
| 34% | HUGHES | 6 | Howard __, central figure in The Aviator biopic |
| 34% | ELVIS | 5 | Major role in the 2023 biopic "Priscilla" |
| 34% | PETE | 4 | First name in the 2020 Democratic primary |
| 34% | ACES | 4 | Runners-up in the 2020 WNBA Finals |
| 34% | MAYORPETE | 9 | Nickname in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary |
| 34% | ARMENIA | 7 | Participant in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war |
| 34% | EMILEZOLA | 9 | Writer interred in the Panthéon |
| 34% | ALGONQUIN | 9 | Group of early 20th-century New York City writers and actors depicted in 1994 biopic Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle |
| 34% | LUGOSI | 6 | Actor profiled in the biography "The Immortal Count" |
| 34% | SAM | 3 | Singer Cooke profiled in the documentary series "ReMastered" |
| 34% | CASH | 4 | Singer depicted in the biopic "Walk the Line" |
| 34% | BIGPOPPA | 8 | Rap hit heard in the 2009 biopic "Notorious" |
| 34% | YANG | 4 | Andrew who ran in the 2020 Democratic primaries |
| 34% | RAFAEL | 6 | He beat Novak in the 2020 French Open |
| 34% | WHALE | 5 | Humphrey in the 2020 film "Dolittle," e.g. |