| WYNTON | Trumpeter Marsalis who won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| MARSALIS | Winner of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Music, trumpet player Wynton ... |
| MCCOURT | 1997 Pulitzer-winning memoirist |
| TANIALEON | Cuban-born composer who won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| SHAW | Caroline who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| ZWILICH | Ellen -, US composer whose Symphony no 1 (Three Movements for Orchestra) won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Music (7) |
| KENDRICKLAMAR | Rapper whose album Damn won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018 (8,5) |
| CHARLESIVES | US modernist composer whose Symphony No. 3 won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1947 (7,4) |
| NEDROREM | Winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| ORNETTE | ___ Coleman, American saxophonist whose album Sound Grammar received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for music |
| SESSIONS | Roger --, winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Music (8) |
| DARIOFO | Italian playwright who won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| JODY | Williams who won the 1997 Peace Prize |
| LEYLAND | Jim who won the 1997 World Series managing the Florida Marlins |
| LAMAR | 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music winner Kendrick |
| CHARLESWOODSON | Hall of Fame Packers/Raiders cornerback and safety who won the 1997 Heisman Trophy and the 2011 Super Bowl: 2 wds. |
| ROCCA | Costantino ?, golfer who won the 1997 Canon European Masters (5) |
| SCOTT | Golfer who won the 1997 Greater Milwaukee Open (5,4) |
| HOCH | Golfer who won the 1997 Greater Milwaukee Open (5,4) |
| SCOTTHOCH | Golfer who won the 1997 Greater Milwaukee Open (5,4) |