| GORBACHEV | Mikhail ?, 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner |
| PAZ | Octavio ___, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature (3) |
| OCTAVIOPAZ | "El Laberinto de la Soledad" author who won the 1990 Nobel Prize in literature |
| BOTVINNIK | Mikhail ?, winner of the World Chess Championship from 1948-57 (9) |
| YOUZHNY | Mikhail ?, 2010 BMW Open singles tennis tournament winner |
| SHARPE | 1990 Nobel Laureate of Economics, William Forsyth |
| THETALOFFENSIVE | Aggressive ploy by chess master Mikhail? |
| TALTATTOO | Ink for a fan of ' 60s chess champion Mikhail? |
| BARYSHNIKOV | Mikhail ?, director of dance company American Ballet Theatre from 1980-90 |
| TAL | Mikhail ?, 1960-61 world chess champion |
| GLINKA | Mikhail ?, Russian composer of the operas A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila (6) |
| LOMBARDO | Attilio ?, 1990-97 Italy midfielder; Sampdoria 1990 European Cup Winners' Cup Final winner |
| NAVRATILOVA | Martina ?, 1990 Wimbledon singles tennis championship winner (11) |
| IRWIN | Hale ?, 1990 US Open golf championship winner (5) |
| SAINZ | Carlos ?, 1990 and 1992 World Rally Drivers' Championship winner |
| OGLE | Brett ?, 1990 Australian PGA Championship winner |
| GRADY | Wayne ?, 1990 PGA Championship winner |
| DALY | Tyne ?, 1990 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical winner for Gypsy (4) |
| CRYSTALGAZERS | Futurists? (1990-93, 1997-98, 2000, 2004) |
| SNAPPER | The ?, 1990 novel by Roddy Doyle (7) |
