| JEANKING | Billie ___ former World No. 1 professional tennis player who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009: 2 wds. |
| CESARCHAVEZ | Civil rights leader, played by Michael Pena in a 2014 biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of F |
| JORDAN | Michael ___ former professional basketball player who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 |
| JOE | ___ DiMaggio former professional baseball player who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 |
| PIPER | Billie ___, former Doctor Who actress (5) |
| ABBY | ___ Wamback American former soccer player who was awarded the 2012 FIFA World Player of the year |
| ASHE | Arthur _, former world No. 1 tennis player who died in 1993 aged 49 (4) |
| BECKER | Boris _, former World No. 1 tennis player (6) |
| KUERTEN | Gustavo ___, former world No. 1 Brazilian tennis star (7) |
| ALAN | ___ Page former professional American football player turned lawyer who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018 |
| MUHAMMAD | ___ Ali former professional boxer who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 |
| COCHET | Henri ___, former world number one tennis player who was one of the "Four Musketeers" of French tennis |
| TIGER | ___ Woods professional golfer who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019 |
| NICK | ___ Kyrgios Australian professional tennis player who reached the quarterfinals of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships |
| ILIENASTASE | Romanian professional tennis player who was World Number 1 between August 1973 and June 1974 |
| ITZHAKPERLMAN | Tel Aviv-born violinist who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015: 2 wds. |
| RUBENSTEIN | Baltimore Orioles owner David who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday |
| NYE | "Science Guy" Bill who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday |
| ANDRES | Celebrity chef Jose who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday |
| LECONTE | Surname of Henri, former professional tennis player who took part in MasterChef in 2017 (7) |
