Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) holds the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. syndicated game show "Jeopardy!" Jennings won 74 games before he was defeated by challenger Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance. His total earnings on "Jeopardy!" are US$3,022,700 ($2,520,700 in winnings, a $2,000 consolation prize on his 75th appearance, and $500,000 in the "Jeopardy!" Ultimate Tournament of Champions).

John Carpenter (born 1967) was the first $1,000,000 winner on the United States version of the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". The historic event occurred on November 19, 1999. He held the record for the largest single win in United States game show history, until it was broken by Rahim Oberholtzer on another U.S. quiz show, "Twenty One".

Dr. Kevin Olmstead (born March 20, 1959) is an environmental engineer from Ann Arbor, Michigan. He won $2.18 million on the TV game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" on April 10, 2001, at the time a record for highest total winnings on a game show. "Millionaire" at this time had an increasing bonus on top of the $1 million top prize, as there had been a drought of top-prize winners for five months.

Bradford "Brad" Rutter (born January 31, 1978) is a Pennsylvania quiz show host, most widely known as a contestant on the U.S. syndicated game show "Jeopardy!". As of 2007, he has won more money on a game show than any other person in history. Rutter became an undefeated five-time champion on "Jeopardy!" in 2000 and has since won an unprecedented three "Jeopardy!" tournament titles: the 2001 Tournament of Champions, …

Kevin Smith is a retired truck driver from Los Angeles, California. In February 2003, he became the first winner of a million dollars on the syndicated version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". The final question he was asked: The U.S. icon Uncle Sam was based on Samuel Wilson, who worked during the War of 1812 as a what? A. Meat Inspector B. Mail Deliverer C. Historian D. Weapons Mechanic After host Meredith Vieira read the question to him again, …

David Goodman is a consultant from Maryland who won a million dollars on the television show, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." On how the victory changed his life Goodman says: "Sure, I've bought a car and a house, but otherwise I have the same interests, the same friends, and the same weekly routines." Later in the season, a contestant used Goodman for the lifeline, Phone-A-Friend. Goodman gave the incorrect answer and caused the contestant to go home with $1,000.

Curtis Warren was an air traffic controller and contestant on several American game shows and once held the all-time game show winnings record, with over $1,410,000. His total game-show winnings from several programs equal $1,546,988, making him the sixth highest winning contestant in game show history, and third overall with dollar amounts adjusted for inflation.

Ed Toutant was a contestant on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in the United States in 2001. Toutant appeared on the show during the time it gave away an accumulating jackpot to anyone who reached the top prize question and answered it correctly (which Kevin Olmstead eventually did after Toutant's original appearance on "Millionaire"). However, due to an error with one of his questions, …

Charles Ingram (born August 6, 1963) is a former British Army Major who made headlines in the United Kingdom when he was accused of cheating on the television show "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?". Despite being convicted of deception, Ingram maintains that he did not cheat.

Nancy Christy was the first woman (May 8, 2003) to win the top ($1,000,000) prize on the United States game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". She was the second contestant to win the top prize on the syndicated version hosted by Meredith Vieira. Christy is a middle-school teacher from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her final question asked who painter Grant Wood used as the model for the farmer in his painting "American Gothic".

Bernie Cullen is one of the few people to win one million dollars on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", on April 15, 2001. He also was the first five-time champion of the 1996-97 season of "Jeopardy!", earning a total of $63,102 in September 1996. He finished as a quarterfinalist in that season's Tournament of Champions and in 2005, was invited to return for the "Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions".

Judith Cynthia Aline Keppel (born 18 August, 1942) was the first one million-pound winner on the television game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" in the United Kingdom.

Joe Trela is a 31-year-old customer service representative from Gilroy, California, who in March 2000, became the third contestant to win the $1 million Grand Prize on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". His victory was far more dramatic than the previous two contestants, John Carpenter and Dan Blonsky, in that he answered the $1 million question but didn't appear absolutely sure about the correct answer.

Patrick Gibson was born and educated in Ireland but has lived in the United Kingdom for many years, and has represented England in international quiz contests. In recent years he has become one of the most recognisable faces from British quizzing: on 24 April 2004 he became the fourth player to win the £1m jackpot on the quiz show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" and in 2005 he was crowned champion of Mastermind: his specialist subjects included Father Ted, …

David Legler was a contestant on the television game show "Twenty-One" between February 9 2000 and February 16 2000. He won six consecutive rounds of Twenty-One and amassed a grand total of $1,765,000 in winnings. He held the title of highest game show winner for 14 months, later to be defeated by "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" contestant Kevin Olmstead during a special airing of Mega Millionaire in 2001.

Rahim Oberholtzer was a game show contestant on "Twenty One" in 2000. In his four wins and bonus games, Oberholtzer won $1,120,000, which broke the previous single player winnings record held by John Carpenter, who won $1 million on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". A few weeks later, Oberholtzer's record was broken on "Greed" by Curtis Warren, who added $1 million to his previous show winnings, giving him $1,410,000 in cash.

David Edwards (born in Barry, south Wales) is a former physics teacher at Denstone College in Staffordshire who became the first man to win the million pounds on the British "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" on 21 April 2001, and only the second person to answer all 15 questions correctly, and hence win the prize, after Judith Keppel. His million pound question was "If you planted the seeds of "Quercus robur", what would grow?" The options were Trees, Flowers, …

Bob House is a high school history teacher from Georgia, United States who was the fourth person to capture the $1 million dollar prize on the American version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". Although the questions were not as easy as those given in the earlier days of Millionaire, he seemed to be tailor made for the stack of questions he received. Many of them were on the subject of American History, which by coincidence he happens to teach, …

Ingram Wilcox (born 1944) is a British quiz enthusiast who is best known for becoming the fifth person to win one million pounds on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2006. In two previous appearances he reached the "fastest finger first" stage but didn't get through.

Dan Blonsky was the second contestant to win the $1 million grand prize on the American game show, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." He is an attorney from Miami, Florida. Some of the questions Blonsky answered regarded Betty Ford's CB radio nickname (First Mama), and the who was on the first cover feature in People Magazine (Mia Farrow), a question which Blonsky answered with the help from a law partner, Jeffrey Crockett, using the Phone-a-Friend lifeline.

Kim Hunt was the fifth million dollar winner on the American version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". Hunt was a male high school math teacher from Tennessee. He is currently writing a memoir based on his experiences resulting from winning on the show. He was asked the following question for the million-dollar prize-- "Which of these landlocked countries is entirely contained within another country?" The choices were Lesotho, Burkina Faso, Mongolia, …

Dan Weisman is an American college student who attends UCLA and the twelfth million-dollar winner on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and the third to win on the syndicated version hosted by Meredith Vieira. The news of his win was leaked on Missouri radio station Y107. A guest who was an audience member during Weisman's taping on October 24, 2006 revealed the information on October 27. The final question he was asked: In the 1995 movie Tommy Boy, …