| 100% | SPAHN | 5 | "Thinking man's" pitcher Warren ___ who has an award named after him |
| 56% | POE | 3 | The Mystery Writers of America have an award named after him |
| 53% | ENO | 3 | Musician Brian who has an asteroid named after him |
| 48% | OHENRY | 6 | Writer with an award named after him |
| 43% | PENN | 4 | William who has a state named after him |
| 42% | ORAL | 4 | Televangelist Roberts who has an Oklahoma university named for him |
| 42% | HUMBOLDT | 8 | German explorer who has a penguin named after him |
| 42% | SAMUELADAMS | 11 | Founding father who had a beer named after him |
| 40% | DALLAS | 6 | Vice president after whom a U.S. city is thought to have been named |
| 40% | PUTIN | 5 | International leader who had a street named after him in Bethlehem in 2012 |
| 38% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis legend Arthur ___, who has a stadium named after him |
| 38% | JAMESWATT | 9 | He has an electrical measurement named after him |
| 38% | NOBEL | 5 | Alfred ___, Swedish chemist who is known for inventing dynamite and has an element named after him |
| 36% | TOMMYJOHN | 9 | MLB pitcher who has a surgical procedure named for him (2 wds.) |
| 36% | BOHR | 4 | Niels ___, Danish physicist who is known for his atomic model and has an element named after him |
| 36% | ACHILLES | 8 | Trojan War hero from Greek mythology who has a weakness named after him |
| 36% | PIKE | 4 | Zebulon who has a Colorado peak named after him |
| 36% | BALBOA | 6 | Explorer who has a monetary unit named after him |
| 35% | MICKEYMOUSE | 11 | Cartoon character who once had a "Club" named after him |
| 35% | NAN | 3 | Britton who had an affair with Warren G. Harding |
| 34% | FERMI | 5 | Enrico ___, Italian physicist who is known for creating the world's first nuclear reactor and has an element named after him |
| 34% | OZAWA | 5 | Conductor who has a hall at Tanglewood named after him |
| 34% | JACK | 4 | Rapper Harlow who has a KFC meal named after him |
| 34% | NORM | 4 | "Cheers" character who had an off-screen wife named Vera |
| 34% | DATA | 4 | Sci-fi android who had an evil "brother" named Lore |
| 34% | SENIORS | 7 | They have an "itis" named after them |
| 34% | ELK | 3 | An antlered animal, after whom Alberta's ___ Island National Park is named |
| 33% | REAGAN | 6 | President with an airport named after him |
| 33% | BOHR | 4 | Physicist with an element named after him |
| 33% | SAX | 3 | Adolphe with an instrument named after him |