| 100% | SUNRA | 5 | Avant-garde jazzman who named himself after an Egyptian god |
| 46% | SUNRA | 5 | Jazz great named after an Egyptian god |
| 43% | ATLAS | 5 | Greek god after whom an ocean is named |
| 42% | OSIRIS | 6 | Egyptian god of the afterlife, who also has a brand of skating shoes named after him |
| 35% | SANTANA | 7 | Mexican guitarist-singer Carlos who named his rock band after himself |
| 35% | AETNA | 5 | An insurance giant who is named after a volcano |
| 34% | PIMA | 4 | People after whom an Arizona county is named |
| 34% | RUBIK | 5 | Erno who created a puzzle cube named after himself |
| 34% | ENO | 3 | Musician Brian who has an asteroid named after him |
| 34% | MORPHEUS | 8 | Greek god whom the drug morphine was named after |
| 34% | VOLTA | 5 | Italian scientist after whom an electrical unit is named |
| 34% | AMPERE | 6 | French physicist after whom an electric unit is named |
| 34% | SUNRA | 5 | Jazz composer named for an Egyptian god |
| 33% | ELK | 3 | An antlered animal, after whom Alberta's ___ Island National Park is named |
| 33% | AEOLUS | 6 | Greek God after whom a type of harp is named |
| 33% | ASIMOV | 6 | Writer after whom an asteroid and Mars crater are named |
| 32% | SPAHN | 5 | "Thinking man's" pitcher Warren ___ who has an award named after him |
| 32% | LISA | 4 | Daughter of Steve Jobs, after whom an early Apple computer was named |
| 31% | VOLTA | 5 | 18th century scientist Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio ___, after whom an electrical unit was named |
| 30% | NOBEL | 5 | Alfred ___, Swedish chemist who is known for inventing dynamite and has an element named after him |
| 30% | RICHTER | 7 | Charles —, US seismologist after whom a scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake is named |
| 30% | PUMA | 4 | Sportswear brand named after a big cat, for whom Olympic legend Usain Bolt is an ambassador |
| 30% | LAGUARDIA | 9 | Fiorello H —, mayor of New York City from 1934-45 after whom an airport is named |
| 30% | BOHR | 4 | Niels ___, Danish physicist who is known for his atomic model and has an element named after him |
| 30% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Rock singer who referred to himself as "Mr. Mojo Risin'," an anagram of his name: 2 wds. |
| 30% | THOTH | 5 | Egyptian god with an ibis head |
| 29% | DESPERADO | 9 | Western contemporary film named after the word for an "outlaw," starring Antonio Banderas, who celebrates his birthday today |
| 29% | LEAR | 4 | Artist Edward ___ (1812-88), after whom an endangered, all-blue macaw from Brazil's Bahia state is named |
| 28% | RET | 3 | Abbr. after an officer's name |
| 28% | ESQ | 3 | Abbr. after an attorney's name |