| 100% | ISAACSTERN | 10 | Carnegie Hall's main auditorium is named after him |
| 45% | ODIN | 4 | Wednesday was named after him |
| 44% | AMERIGO | 7 | Two continents were named after him: __ Vespucci |
| 44% | HALLEY | 6 | A famous comet was named after him |
| 44% | POE | 3 | Mysteries' Edgar Awards are named after him |
| 44% | TRAJAN | 6 | A tall Roman column is named after him |
| 44% | FARADAY | 7 | SI unit of capacitance is named after him |
| 42% | LEY | 3 | Willy ___ (a crater on the Moon has been named after him) |
| 40% | SON | 3 | He might be named after his father |
| 37% | EDDIEVANHALEN | 13 | Guitarist whose rock band was named after him and his brother, and who never learned to read music: 3 wds. |
| 37% | EDSELS | 6 | They were named after Henry's son |
| 37% | RNEV | 4 | Abbr. after Paul Laxalt's name, when he was a senator |
| 35% | LENIN | 5 | St. Petersburg was once named after him |
| 35% | LIBERIA | 7 | Country whose capital is named after an early U.S. president |
| 35% | JAMESNAISMH | 11 | The Basketball Hall of Fame is named for him |
| 34% | ISRAEL | 6 | Jacob's name after he wrestled with the angel |
| 34% | CHARLESDEGAULLE | 15 | President with a bridge in Montreal named after him |
| 34% | PIKE | 4 | Zebulon who has a Colorado peak named after him |
| 34% | BALBOA | 6 | Explorer who has a monetary unit named after him |
| 34% | NASSER | 6 | Former Egyptian leader with a lake named after him |
| 34% | SAMUELADAMS | 11 | Founding father who had a beer named after him |
| 34% | DOPPLER | 7 | Physicist had a sound waves effect named after him |
| 34% | FERMI | 5 | Physicist with a unit of distance named after him |
| 34% | HUMBOLDT | 8 | German explorer who has a penguin named after him |
| 34% | OHM | 3 | Physicist Georg with an electrical law named after him |
| 34% | ENO | 3 | Musician Brian who has an asteroid named after him |
| 34% | ATHENA | 6 | Goddess; Greece's capital is named after her |
| 33% | ERAS | 4 | Some are named after presidents |
| 33% | SILVER | 6 | Argentina was named after it |