| 100% | RICHTER | 7 | Charles —, US seismologist after whom a scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake is named |
| 54% | MOHS | 4 | Friedrich —, German scientist after whom a scale for expressing the hardness of minerals is named |
| 36% | RICHTER | 7 | Scale for measuring the magnitude of earthquakes |
| 35% | BROCA | 5 | Scientist for whom a part of the brain is named |
| 34% | BOHRIUM | 7 | Element with atomic number 107 which was named after a Danish physicist who studied the structure of atoms |
| 34% | HOOVER | 6 | US president after whom a dam is named |
| 34% | THOR | 4 | Norse god for whom a day of the week is named |
| 34% | BROCA | 5 | French physician for whom a part of the brain is named |
| 34% | PUMA | 4 | Sportswear brand named after a big cat, for whom Olympic legend Usain Bolt is an ambassador |
| 34% | JOCK | 4 | ___ Hutchinson, Golf Hall of Famer who was an Honorary Starter for The Masters for a decade |
| 33% | UTE | 3 | People after whom a US state is named |
| 33% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after whom a US state is named |
| 33% | PARISJACKSON | 12 | The King of Pop's daughter who was recently named an ambassador for the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation: 2 wds. |
| 33% | EAMES | 5 | Charles or Ray after whom a chair is named |
| 33% | UTE | 3 | People after whom a U.S. state is named |
| 33% | LALANDE | 7 | Jerome —, French astronomer after whom a crater on the Moon is named |
| 33% | LUTZ | 4 | Alois —, Austrian figure skater after whom a type of jump is named |
| 33% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after whom a western U.S. state is named |
| 33% | UTE | 3 | Indigenous people after whom a U.S. state is named |
| 33% | BOSC | 4 | French horticulturist after whom a variety of fruit is named |
| 33% | PETRARCH | 8 | Italian poet after whom a style of sonnet is named |
| 33% | GAUSS | 5 | German physicist after whom a unit of magnetism is named |
| 33% | AEOLUS | 6 | Greek God after whom a type of harp is named |
| 33% | EBBETS | 6 | Charles after whom a sports field was named |
| 32% | OWEN | 4 | Name of the hippo who bonded with Mzee, an Aldabra giant tortoise, after the hippo was separated from its herd in the 2004 tsunami |
| 32% | ATLAS | 5 | Titan after whom one of the oceans is named |
| 32% | MOHS | 4 | Mineralogist for whom a scale is named |
| 32% | PETRI | 5 | J R —, German bacteriologist after whom a flat-bottomed dish used for producing microcultures is named |
| 32% | NISSEN | 6 | Peter Norman —, British army officer after whom a type of corrugated sheet steel hut is named |
| 32% | ETIENNE | 7 | & 22A 18th-century French finance minister after whom a type of paper shadow portrait is named |