| 100% | GABOR | 5 | Dennis —, 1971 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of holography |
| 56% | RONTGEN | 7 | First winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 56% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Albert —, 1921 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 53% | HIGGS | 5 | Peter —, 2013 winner, with Francois Englert, of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 50% | BLACKHOLES | 10 | Objects of study for Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Ghez, recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics (October, 2020) |
| 50% | ROENTGEN | 8 | Winner of the first Nobel Prize in Physics, 1901 |
| 49% | COETZEE | 7 | J M —, 1983 Booker Prize winner for Life and Times of Michael K; 2003 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 49% | BOHR | 4 | Niels —, winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 49% | BOHR | 4 | Niels —, Danish winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 49% | MILLIKAN | 8 | Robert A —, winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 48% | STARK | 5 | Johannes —, Bavaria-born winner of the 1919 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 48% | GBSHAW | 6 | *1925 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 48% | DYLAN | 5 | 2016 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 48% | DARIOFO | 7 | 1997 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 47% | HAHN | 4 | Otto —, 1944 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| 47% | WALCOTT | 7 | Derek —, 1992 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 47% | QUASIMODO | 9 | Salvatore —, 1959 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 47% | HAHN | 4 | Otto -, 1944 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| 47% | SOLOW | 5 | Robert M —, 1987 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics |
| 46% | COETZEE | 7 | J M —, 1983 Booker Prize winner for Life & Times of Michael K; 2003 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 46% | HABER | 5 | Fritz —, winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements |
| 45% | FRANCK | 6 | James —, German scientist; winner with Gustav Hertz of the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 45% | NEEL | 4 | Louis —, joint recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetism |
| 45% | BOHR | 4 | Surname of the father and son who won Nobel Prizes for Physics in 1922 and 1975 |
| 44% | HANKANG | 7 | Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, whom Hernan Diaz praised for her “unique ear for the rumors of history” (October, 2024) |
| 44% | IVOANDRIC | 9 | Author of 1945 novel The Bridge on the Drina; 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 43% | DYLAN | 5 | Winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 43% | ARROW | 5 | Kenneth —, 1972 joint winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics |