| RAINER | First winner of consecutive Oscars |
| FALDO | One of only three winners of consecutive Masters |
| LUISE | ___ Rainer, first winner of two consecutive Oscars |
| NATASHA | First name of the first winner of Strictly Come Dancing |
| QUANT | Mary ____ was the first winner of the Dress of the Year award, in 1963 |
| SETHROGEN | First winner of the Canadian Comedy Awards' Person of the Year (2008) |
| CHATAWAY | Christopher ........ , 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 3 mile gold medallist; first winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award (8) |
| MATTHEWS | Stanley ........ , first winner of the European Footballer of the Year award (8) |
| TONYBLACKBURN | Radio presenter who was the first winner of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (4,9) |
| EVERT | First winner of 1,000 singles matches |
| HOWE | First winner of the NHL Lifetime Achievement Award |
| IDOL | Guy Sebastian was the first winner of this (Australian----) |
| KARISEEDEN | First winner of The Voice, in 2012 (6,4) |
| BEBE | ___ Zahara Benet, first winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race" |
| SIRBARTON | First winner of horse racing's Triple Crown, 1919 |
| MIERS | Thomasina _, first winner of Masterchef Goes Large (5) |
| WILL | The first winner of Pop Idol, _ Young (4) |
| ABBA | Sweden's first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest |
| LEANNE | First winner of The Voice UK, _ Mitchell (6) |
| BENET | BeBe Zahara ___ (first winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race") |