| 100% | LINNAEUS | 8 | Carl who pioneered modern taxonomy |
| 54% | LINNE | 5 | Sweden's "Father of modern taxonomy" Carl von ___ who published "Species Plantarum" in 1753 under the name Carl Linnaeus |
| 39% | LAMARR | 6 | Actress and inventor Hedy ___, who pioneered the "spread spectrum" technology that forms the basis for modern wireless communication |
| 38% | LINNAEUS | 8 | Carl __, botanist who devised Latin taxonomy system |
| 37% | SAGAN | 5 | Carl who wrote "Contact" |
| 37% | SAGAN | 5 | Carl who hosted "Cosmos" |
| 37% | SAGAN | 5 | Carl who narrated "Cosmos" |
| 36% | ORFF | 4 | Carl who composed "Carmina Burana" |
| 36% | REINER | 6 | Carl who directed "Oh, God!" |
| 36% | SAGAN | 5 | Carl who said "billions and billions . . ." |
| 36% | SAGAN | 5 | Carl who influenced Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
| 35% | OERSTED | 7 | Physicist who pioneered electromagnetism |
| 35% | HANSARP | 7 | Sculptor who pioneered Dadaism |
| 35% | SAGAN | 5 | Astronomer Carl who wrote "Contact" |
| 35% | MENDEL | 6 | Gregor who pioneered in genetics |
| 35% | MATISSE | 7 | Picasso contemporary who pioneered fauvism |
| 35% | EMILEZOLA | 9 | Writer who pioneered in naturalism |
| 35% | IDA | 3 | ___ Tarbell who pioneered investigative journalism |
| 35% | ENO | 3 | Brian ___ who pioneered ambient music |
| 35% | TPAIN | 5 | Rapper who pioneered Auto-Tune |
| 34% | SWITZER | 7 | Child actor Carl who played Alfalfa |
| 34% | IVES | 4 | American composer who pioneered in polytonality |
| 34% | TESLA | 5 | Physicist who pioneered alternating current electricity |
| 34% | PAAR | 4 | Jack who pioneered late-night talk |
| 34% | ENO | 3 | Brian who pioneered in ambient music |
| 34% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who pioneered in civil rights |
| 34% | ARP | 3 | Artist Jean who pioneered in Dadaism |
| 34% | EULER | 5 | Swiss mathematician who pioneered in calculus |
| 34% | OTT | 3 | John who pioneered time-lapse photography |
| 34% | EULER | 5 | Swiss who pioneered in graph theory |