| JELINEK | Elfriede -, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature (7) |
| MAATHAI | Wangari ___, founder of the Green Belt Movement and winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize (7) |
| STEPHEN | Forename of Scottish snooker player Maguire, winner of the 2004 UK Championship (7) |
| ZULUAGA | Fabiola, winner of the 2004 Copa Colsanitas women's singles tennis title (7) |
| AVENUEQ | Winner of the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical (6,1) |
| MANKELL | Henning, author of the 2004 novel The Return of the Dancing Master (7) |
| ENGLAND | Lynndie ___, soldier at the centre of the 2004 Abu Ghraib scandal in Iraq (7) |
| WRIGHT | Doug, winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the stage play I Am My Own Wife (6) |
| ARDILA | Mauricio ___, Colombian cyclist; winner of the 2004 Tour of Britain (6) |
| WANGARIMAATHAI | 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner who founded the Green Belt Movement |
| CANAS | Guillermo ___, winner of the 2004 Mercedes Cup singles tennis tournament (5) |
| CHELA | Juan Ignacio ___, winner of the 2004 Estoril Open singles tennis tournament (5) |
| TAMADA | Makoto, winner of the 2004 Rio MotoGP (6) |
| TOSELAND | James, British winner of the 2004 Superbike World Championship (8) |
| HAAS | Tommy ___, winner of the 2004 Mercedes-Benz Cup singles tennis tournament (4) |
| GIBERNAU | Sete ?, Spanish winner of the 2004 Qatar MotoGP (8) |
| HRBATY | Dominik ?, winner of the 2004 Marseille Open singles tennis tournament |
| HALLEBERRY | Winner of the 2004 Razzie Award for Worst Actress |
| GREECE | Underdog and against-all-odds winner of the 2004 Euro |
| TRULLI | Jarno ..., Italian winner of the 2004 F1 Monaco GP (6) |
