| 100% | EBWHITE | 7 | Writer who studied under William Strunk Jr. at Cornell |
| 32% | SOLTI | 5 | Conductor who studied under Bartók |
| 32% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who studied under Socrates |
| 32% | LUDWIGVANBEETHOVEN | 18 | Composer who studied under Joseph Haydn |
| 31% | PLATO | 5 | Ancient Greek philosopher who studied under Socrates |
| 29% | HARRYPOTTER | 11 | Fictional wizard who studies at Hogwarts |
| 29% | POTTER | 6 | Fictional wizard Harry who studies at Hogwarts |
| 28% | POE | 3 | Famous writer who entered West Point at 21 |
| 28% | KAFKA | 5 | Writer who wanted his manuscripts burned at death (they weren't) |
| 28% | MOE | 3 | "The Simpsons" character who studied bartending at Swigmore University |
| 28% | WES | 3 | ___ Craven, "Scream" director who studied psychology at Wheaton College |
| 27% | NATALIE | 7 | ___ Portman, "Black Swan" actress who studied psychology at Harvard University |
| 27% | ELI | 3 | One who once studied at Yale |
| 27% | TIGER | 5 | ___ Woods, professional golfer who studied at Stanford University for two years |
| 27% | LIL | 3 | ___ Wayne, "Funeral" rapper who studied psychology at the University of Phoenix |
| 27% | GLORIA | 6 | "Conga!" singer ___ Estefan who studied psychology at the University of Miami |
| 26% | CAPOTE | 6 | Writer who said that Beat literature “isn’t writing at all—it’s typing” |
| 26% | SPRINGER | 8 | Jerry ___, television presenter who studied at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law |
| 26% | DAWKINS | 7 | Richard ___, British evolutionary biologist who studied zoology at the Balliol College, Oxford |
| 26% | KING | 4 | Stephen ___, prolific horror writer who worked as a teacher at Hampden Academy |
| 26% | STEVE | 5 | ___ Young, former American football quarterback who studied law at the Brigham Young University |
| 26% | GERARD | 6 | ___ Butler, Scottish actor who studied at the University of Glasgow School of Law |
| 26% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Grisham, American novelist who studied at the University of Mississippi School of Law |
| 26% | MATT | 4 | ___ Damon, actor from "Good Will Hunting" who studied at Harvard University till 1992 |
| 26% | HAWKING | 7 | Stephen ___, English theoretical physicist and cosmologist who studied physics at University College, Oxford |
| 26% | BORIS | 5 | ___ Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who studied at Balliol College, Oxford |
| 26% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Thriller writer who also wrote under the pen name Richard Bachman (2 wds.) |
| 26% | RUTHRENDELL | 11 | Mystery writer who also wrote under the pen name Barbara Vine (2 wds.) |
| 26% | INGE | 4 | William who wrote "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" |
| 25% | STEWART | 7 | Jon ___, "The Daily Show" host who studied psychology in the College of William & Mary |