| ASSANGE | Julian who won the 2020 Stuttgart Peace Prize |
| GLUCK | Louise ***** , US poet who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature (5) |
| GARTHBROOKS | Friends in Low Places singer who won the 2020 Gershwin Prize: 2 wds. |
| SLOVENIA | Tadej Pogacar, the cyclist who won the 2020 Tour de France, is a native of this country (8) |
| STUART | Douglas, Scottish author who won the 2020 Booker Prize for his novel Shuggie Bain (6) |
| SHARANSKY | Natan ********* , Israeli politician and human rights activist who won the 2020 Genesis Prize (9) |
| LOUISEGLUCK | US poet and essayist who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature (6,5) |
| MICHAELKIWANUKA | Singer-songwriter who won the 2020 Mercury prize for his self-titled album |
| COLLIN | US golfer who won the 2020 PGA Championship, _ Morikawa (6) |
| DOMINIC | _ Thiem, Austrian tennis player who won the 2020 US Open (7) |
| TADEJ | _ Pogacar, Slovenian cyclist who won the 2020 Tour de France (5) |
| BRYSON | American golfer who won the 2020 US Open, _ DeChambeau (6) |
| KITATA | Ethiopian runner who won the 2020 London Marathon, Shura _ (6) |
| JOHNSON | Dustin, U.S. golfer who won the 2020 Masters (7) |
| ALIM | Kim _-_. Japanese golfer who won the 2020 US Womens Open (1-3) |
| DECHAMBEAU | Bryson who won the 2020 U.S. Open |
| DUSTIN | Johnson who won the 2020 Masters Tournament |
| SHANE | Pitcher Bieber who won the 2020 AL Cy Young Award |
| ELLEN | DeGeneres who won the 2020 Carol Burnett Award |
| EUGENELEVY | Schitt's Creek star who won the 2020 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: 2 wds. |