| PORTMAN | Natalie -, winner of the 2011 Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar (7) |
| THEMUPPETS | Film with the 2011 Best Song Oscar winner |
| ERNEST | Cline who wrote the 2011 best seller "Ready Player One" |
| BRADLEY | Keegan ........ winner of the 2011 USPGA Championship (7) |
| THEHELP | 2011 Best Picture Oscar also-ran |
| ADEPERO | Star of the 2011 drama Pariah. - Oduye (7) |
| SENSE | Winner of the 2011 Booker Prize, The - of an Ending by Julian Barnes (5) |
| ANIMALKINGDOM | Winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby (6,7) |
| OTTO | Hennie ?, golfer; home-grown winner of the 2011 South African Open (4) |
| EVANS | Cadel ....., Australian winner of the 2011 Tour de France (5) |
| LINA | Winner of the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open women's singles tennis championships (2,2) |
| CADELEVANS | Australian winner of the 2011 Tour de France |
| LEO | Melissa _, 2011 Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner (3) |
| MARA | Oscar-nominated star of the 2011 film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (4) |
| THERESISTANCE | Muse album that won the Grammy Award for 2011 Best Rock Album: 2 wds. |
| MADOFF | Bernie __, subject of the 2011 book "The Wizard of Lies" |
| TONGA | Country that beat Japan and France in the early stages of the 2011 Rugby World Cup (5) |
| IVER | 2011 Best New Artist Grammy winner Bon __ |
| MEMOIR | Tina Fey's 2011 best-selling "Bossypants," for one |
| IRENE | First major Atlantic hurricane of the 2011 season, which hit the Caribbean and mainland US in late August (5) |
