| MARVINGAYE | Posthumous 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee |
| BODIDDLEY | 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee |
| CARUSO | Posthumous 1987 Lifetime Achievement Grammy winner |
| ONEILOVE | With "The," 1987 rock hit with the chorus line "Fire!" |
| ZAPPA | Posthumous 1995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee |
| HOYLE | Posthumous inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame, 1979 |
| PEARL | Nickname of US rock singer Janis Joplin (1943-70), used as the title of her posthumous second album (1971) (5) |
| WELLER | Sam ?, servant of Mr Pickwick in 1836 Charles Dickens novel The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club |
| GLENNGOULD | Posthumous pianist of both a Juno and a Grammy for "Bach: The Goldberg Variations" |
| ARIEL | Sylvia Plath's posthumous anthology featuring the eponymous poem and others including Elm, Poppies in July, Sheep in Fog, The Bee Meeting and Tulips (5) |
| SHELLEY | Poet whose Posthumous Fragments of Margaret Nicholson, written with Thomas Jefferson Hogg, remembers said seamstress who attempted the life of George III in 1786 (7) |
| EDEN | Hemingway's posthumous "The Garden of ___" |
| PETERFINCH | Posthumous Best Actor winner of 1976 |
| AGEE | James, winner of a posthumous Pulitzer |
| DAVIDBOWIE | Rock singer whose posthumous album "Blackstar" topped the charts in 2016: 2 wds. |
| ASHE | Tennis player with a posthumous Pres. Medal of Freedom |
| RINDT | Jochen ___, posthumous winner of the 1970 F1 World Drivers' Championship (5) |
| OSIRIS | Egyptian god, posthumous father of Horus |
| HOROWITZ | Vladimir ?, virtuoso pianist; posthumous winner of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990 |
| PAULANKA | Co-writer of Michael Jackson's posthumous hit "This Is It" |
