| 100% | ORFF | 4 | Carl who composed "Carmina Burana" |
| 58% | ORFF | 4 | German composer of Carmina Burana, Carl |
| 49% | ORFF | 4 | "Carmina Burana" composer Carl |
| 45% | ORFF | 4 | Carmina Burana composer |
| 44% | SAGAN | 5 | Carl who wrote "Contact" |
| 44% | SAGAN | 5 | Carl who hosted "Cosmos" |
| 44% | SAGAN | 5 | Carl who narrated "Cosmos" |
| 43% | REINER | 6 | Carl who directed "Oh, God!" |
| 43% | LINNAEUS | 8 | Carl who pioneered modern taxonomy |
| 42% | SAGAN | 5 | Carl who said "billions and billions . . ." |
| 42% | SAGAN | 5 | Carl who influenced Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
| 41% | ELGAR | 5 | Edward who composed "Falstaff" |
| 41% | MAHLER | 6 | Gustav who composed "Winterlied" |
| 41% | ANTON | 5 | Bruckner who composed masses |
| 41% | VERDI | 5 | Giuseppe who composed "Rigoletto" |
| 41% | LOEWE | 5 | Frederick who composed "Camelot" |
| 41% | ORFF | 4 | Carl —, German composer of oratorio Carmina Burana |
| 41% | ORFF | 4 | Carl —, German composer of cantata Carmina Burana |
| 40% | GUSTAV | 6 | Holst who composed "The Planets" |
| 40% | ROREM | 5 | Ned who composed "Air Music" |
| 40% | ENESCO | 6 | Georges who composed "Romanian Rhapsodies" |
| 40% | ENO | 3 | Brian who composed "Discreet Music" |
| 40% | KERN | 4 | Jerome who composed "Show Boat" |
| 40% | HOLST | 5 | Gustav who composed "The Planets" |
| 40% | ERNO | 4 | Dohnányi who composed "Ruralia Hungarica" |
| 40% | ROREM | 5 | Ned who composed "Miss Julie" |
| 40% | LISZT | 5 | Franz who composed Hungarian rhapsodies |
| 40% | EUBIE | 5 | Blake who composed "Charleston Rag" |
| 40% | COREA | 5 | Jazz keyboardist who composed “Spain” |
| 40% | ARNE | 4 | Thomas ___ who composed "Rule, Britannia!" |