| First name of a 1994 Peace Nobelist | 35 |
| First name of a 2008 French Open champ | 38 |
| First name of a Blackmore heroine | 33 |
| First name of a Cardinal who slaughtered pitchers | 49 |
| First name of a cartoon duck | 28 |
| First name of a cartoon stinker | 31 |
| First name of a civil rights activist who would turn 85 today, and whose adopted last name is a hint to this puzzle's theme | 127 |
| First name of a daredevil | 25 |
| First name of a Dickensian villain | 34 |
| First name of a famed center | 28 |
| First name of a famed plane | 27 |
| First name of a famous plane | 28 |
| First name of a Fighting Irish legend | 37 |
| First name of a former Batman | 29 |
| First name of a former president ... or, read another way, what each of the circled lines is | 92 |
| First name of a George Eliot character | 38 |
| First name of a January honoree | 31 |
| First name of a justice | 23 |
| First name of a kiddie lit egg | 30 |
| First name of a literary Cossack | 32 |
| First name of a memorable loner | 31 |
| First name of a memorable lord | 30 |
| First name of a memorable slave | 31 |
| First name of a palindromically surnamed author | 47 |
| First name of a Parisian stinker | 32 |
| First name of a recently-wed prince | 35 |
| First name of a silent movie star | 33 |
| First name of a singer from Middlesex | 37 |
| First name of a singer whose father had the given names Woodrow Wilson | 70 |
| First name of a star on the bars | 32 |
| First name of a straight man | 28 |
| First name of a Styron hero | 27 |
| First name of a superstar | 25 |
| First name of a toy cube inventor | 33 |
| First name of a Ugandan exile | 29 |
| First name of a very famous clown | 33 |
| First name of a Warner Bros. skunk | 34 |
| First name of a Wharton hero | 28 |
| First name of a Wharton man | 27 |
| First name of Amahl's creator | 33 |
| First name of an electrician-turned-president | 45 |
| First name of an Ibsen heroine | 30 |
| First name of an innovative TV exec | 35 |
| First name of architect Pei | 27 |
| First name of author of quote | 29 |
| First name of B'way fame | 28 |
| First name of Batman's alter ego | 36 |
| First name of Billy Crystal's character on "Soap" | 63 |
| First name of boy detective Encyclopedia Brown | 46 |
| First name of Bridget Jones' portrayer | 42 |
| First name of California's Governator | 41 |
| First name of Celine Dion's husband | 39 |
| First name of Chaplain's teen bride | 39 |
| First name of Chicago's first Jewish mayor | 46 |
| First name of coaching fame | 27 |
| First name of country star Tritt or last name of country star Randy | 67 |
| First name of Douglas Selby's creator | 41 |
| First name of fictional criminal Lupin | 38 |
| First name of first American in space | 37 |
| First name of Football Hall of Famer Crazylegs Hirsch | 53 |
| First name of four U.S. Presidents | 34 |
| First name of Grandma Moses | 27 |
| First name of Halliburton's founder | 39 |
| First name of Henry VIII's second | 37 |
| First name of Lakers fame | 25 |
| First name of Lennon's widow | 32 |
| First name of literature's "Weaver of Raveloe" | 60 |
| First name of Mrs. F.D.R. | 25 |
| First name of mysteries | 23 |
| First name of Nikki Porter's boss | 37 |
| First name of Professor Brainard in "The Absent Minded Professor" | 75 |
| First name of Rossetti | 22 |
| First name of sentiment's author | 36 |
| First name of six U.S. presidents | 33 |
| First name of speaker of the quotation | 38 |
| First name of Sports Illustrated's 1988 Sportsman of the Year | 65 |
| First name of Stimpson J. Cat's pal | 39 |
| First name of Tarzan's creator | 34 |
| First name of the #1 player when ATP rankings started in 1973 | 61 |
| First name of the ''Contract with America'' architect | 69 |
| First name of the "Father of Classical Guitar" | 56 |
| First name of the "First Lady of Song" | 48 |
| First name of the "Goodbye, Columbus" novelist | 56 |
| First name of the "Governator" | 40 |
| First name of the "Queen of Country" | 46 |
| First name of the "Queen of Mean" | 43 |
| First name of the "Velvet Fog" | 40 |
| First name of the "War of the Worlds" | 47 |
| First name of the 18th U.S. President | 37 |
| First name of the 1988 World Series star | 40 |
| First name of The Actor's Director | 38 |
| First name of the architect of the Gateway Arch | 47 |
| First name of the author of "My Life" | 47 |
| First name of the Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie | 47 |
| First name of the Cardinal who made a "mad dash" from first to home in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1946 World Series | 147 |
| First name of the creator of M and Q | 36 |
| First name of the creator of Veruca Salt and Augustus Gloop | 59 |
| First name of the Father of Modern Chemistry | 44 |
| First name of the first American in space | 41 |
| First name of the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | 61 |