| Famed 1836 mission | 18 |
| Famed 1961 defector | 19 |
| Famed abdicator | 15 |
| Famed actor | 11 |
| Famed actress, Mrs. ___ | 23 |
| Famed admiral's concurrence? | 32 |
| Famed advocate of Copernicanism | 31 |
| Famed Alaskan | 13 |
| Famed alias | 11 |
| Famed Alp | 9 |
| Famed Alpine pass | 17 |
| Famed American painting | 23 |
| Famed American photorealist | 27 |
| Famed American showmen | 22 |
| Famed anarchist | 15 |
| Famed ancient metropolis | 24 |
| Famed animal handler | 20 |
| Famed announcer-actor | 21 |
| Famed anthropologist | 20 |
| Famed Aquitaine name | 20 |
| Famed archer | 12 |
| Famed architect | 15 |
| Famed Argentine, familiarly | 27 |
| Famed army doctor Walter | 24 |
| Famed Army surgeon | 18 |
| Famed art colony | 16 |
| Famed Art Deco designer | 23 |
| Famed artist's home | 23 |
| Famed artist-designer | 21 |
| Famed artists' colony | 25 |
| Famed associate of Freud | 24 |
| Famed astronomer: 1571–1630 | 34 |
| Famed Atlantic crosser | 22 |
| Famed Atlantic island | 21 |
| Famed Atlantic victim | 21 |
| Famed atomic physicist | 22 |
| Famed attorney | 14 |
| Famed aunt | 10 |
| Famed Aussie netman | 19 |
| Famed Australian outlaw Kelly | 29 |
| Famed Austrian conductor | 24 |
| Famed aviator | 13 |
| Famed Babe | 10 |
| Famed bag man | 13 |
| Famed ballet-set designer | 25 |
| Famed ballroom dancer who's a board member? | 47 |
| Famed banker | 12 |
| Famed barber-warbler | 20 |
| Famed baritone: 1896–1960 | 32 |
| Famed Barrymore | 15 |
| Famed baseball family | 21 |
| Famed baseball player or poet | 29 |
| Famed basketball coach | 22 |
| Famed basso | 11 |
| Famed bat biter | 15 |
| Famed bat eater | 15 |
| Famed batter in an 1888 poem | 28 |
| Famed batting instructor Charley | 32 |
| Famed batting instructor Charlie | 32 |
| Famed battleship | 16 |
| Famed Bay Stater's monogram | 31 |
| Famed Belgian violinist | 23 |
| Famed beneficiary of Sir Edward Montagu | 39 |
| Famed bible printer | 19 |
| Famed Biblical city | 19 |
| Famed biblical scholar: 1841-1915 | 33 |
| Famed Biblical sight | 20 |
| Famed biblical trio | 19 |
| Famed Big Apple eatery | 22 |
| Famed big band | 14 |
| Famed birthplace, circa 1446 | 28 |
| Famed Black Watch | 17 |
| Famed blacksmith | 16 |
| Famed blind trio | 16 |
| Famed blues composer | 20 |
| Famed bluesman [black] | 22 |
| Famed boat for couples? | 23 |
| Famed Boer leader | 17 |
| Famed Bolshevik | 15 |
| Famed borrower | 14 |
| Famed Bosox outfielder | 22 |
| Famed Boston Bruin | 18 |
| Famed Boston pitcher | 20 |
| Famed Bowdoin alumnus | 21 |
| Famed boxer | 11 |
| Famed bridal gown designer | 26 |
| Famed bride of July 1981 | 24 |
| Famed British actor | 19 |
| Famed British air marshal | 25 |
| Famed British baron | 19 |
| Famed British clipper ship | 26 |
| Famed British liner, briefly | 28 |
| Famed British miler | 19 |
| Famed British race track | 24 |
| Famed British theatrical family | 31 |
| Famed Broadway belter | 21 |
| Famed Broadway name | 19 |
| Famed Bruin's nickname | 26 |
| Famed Bull | 10 |
| Famed bullfighter | 17 |