| Tennis champion Martina |
| Computer pioneer Lovelace (woo-hoo, women in tech!) |
| Midwest university with 23 team wrestling championships |
| Five-time world champion figure skater Carol |
| Autosuggestion pioneer: 1857–1926 |
| Electric guitar pioneer Fender |
| Consumed in copious amounts |
| Boxing champion Laila |
| Reputed ancestors of Basques |
| Pioneering underground publication of the 1960s |
| Infamous "Jeopardy!" champion Arthur |
| Novelist Wiesel |
| House of Meetings" novelist, 2006 |
| English novelist |
| Photography pioneer Louis |
| Alabama-born novelist |
| Pioneering child care author |
| Ambient pioneer Brian |
| Pharmaceutical pioneer Lilly |
| Ambient music pioneer who composed the "Microsoft Sound" for Windows 95: 2 wds. |
| Aspirin pioneer Hoffmann |
| Abstract art pioneer Jean |
| Massage therapy pioneer Ida |
| American world heavyweight champion boxer (and grill promoter), b. 1949 |
| 'A Death in the Family' novelist James |
| 'A Clockwork Orange' novelist |
| ''Dolly'' novelist Brookner |
| Automobile pioneer Gottlieb |
| A Visit From the Goon Squad" Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer |
| A Perfect Peace" novelist |