| 100% | ZENO | 4 | — of Citium, Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school in Athens |
| 53% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who founded the Academy in Athens |
| 47% | ARISTOTLE | 9 | Greek philosopher who founded the Lyceum |
| 47% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who founded the Academy |
| 43% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who was the student of Socrates |
| 41% | PROTAGORAS | 10 | Greek philosopher who wrote "Man is the measure of all things" |
| 41% | ZENO | 4 | ___ of Citium, philosopher who founded Stoicism |
| 40% | ANDREA | 6 | Amati who founded the Cremona school of violin-making |
| 40% | PENN | 4 | William —, English Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in North America |
| 39% | WILLIAMPENN | 11 | English-born Quaker who founded the city of Philadelphia in 1682 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | THETA | 5 | Letter in the Greek spelling of Athens |
| 38% | ZENO | 4 | Greek philosopher who founded Stoicism |
| 38% | OLD | 3 | ___ school (someone who believes in traditions of the past) |
| 37% | PLATO | 5 | Central figure in Raphael's The School of Athens |
| 37% | CHEF | 4 | School figure who is in charge of food served at the cafeteria |
| 37% | LUND | 4 | Home of the oldest school in Sweden, founded in 1085 |
| 37% | EMPEDOCLES | 10 | Greek philosopher and scientist who held that the world is composed of air, fire, earth and water |
| 36% | STOIC | 5 | Member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno |
| 36% | STOIC | 5 | One who follows the school of Zeno of Citium |
| 36% | ARES | 4 | Greek god of war who is Wonder Woman's nemesis in the 2017 movie |
| 36% | XENOPHANES | 10 | Greek poet and philosopher regarded as a founder of the Eleatic School |
| 36% | SITHOLE | 7 | Ndabaningi —, founder of the Zimbabwe African National Union who died in 2000 |
| 36% | TIMMARA | 7 | New York Giants founder who's in the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| 36% | NKOMO | 5 | Joshua —, founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union who died in 1999 |
| 36% | MARY | 4 | & 25A Founder of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association who died in 2001 |
| 35% | SOCRATES | 8 | Greek philosopher who died in 399 BC |
| 35% | ARISTOTLE | 9 | Greek philosopher who tutored Alexander the Great |
| 35% | RENE | 4 | Philosopher Descartes who fled France in 1628 to stay out of the clutches of the Inquisition |
| 35% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who authored the treatise The Republic |
| 35% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who was a student of Socrates |