Statistics for Famous People Named Neil or Neal

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Life	Hint	Person	% Correct
1930–2012	He said "One small step for man...one giant leap for mankind"	Neil Armstrong	90%
1941–	Wrote songs "Sweet Caroline", "Forever in Blue Jeans", and "America"	Neil Diamond	88%
1973–	Starred in Doogie Howser, M.D. and How I Met Your Mother	Neil Patrick Harris	78%
1945–	Wrote songs "Rockin' in the Free World", "Southern Man", and "Old Man"	Neil Young	73%
1927–2018	Often-nominated playwright and screenwriter of The Odd Couple	Neil Simon	53%
1958–	Three-named astrophysicist of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey	Neil deGrasse Tyson	49%
1939–	Wrote songs "Oh! Carol", "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do", and 500 others	Neil Sedaka	49%
1947–	Came to international prominence as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park	Sam Neill	45%
1952–2020	Virtuoso drummer and primary lyricist of Rush	Neil Peart	39%
1960–	Author of The Sandman, American Gods, and Coraline	Neil Gaiman	37%
1967–	Has been one of the nine justices of the Supreme Court since 2017	Neil Gorsuch	33%
1954–	English musician who co-founded synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys	Neil Tennant	31%
Fictional	First human ally of the Ninja Turtles, love interest of Casey Jones	April O'Neil	25%
1926–1968	Major Beat figure who Dean Moriarty in On the Road was based on	Neal Cassady	14%
1973–	Comedian who created and wrote Chappelle's Show and Half Baked	Neal Brennan	10%