| 100% | PRIESTLEY | 9 | Enlightenment thinker Joseph who’s credited with discovering oxygen |
| 40% | COLUMBUS | 8 | He's credited with discovering the "New World" |
| 35% | BANTING | 7 | Doctor credited with discovering insulin |
| 35% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Italian credited with discovering the Americas |
| 35% | TOMBAUGH | 8 | Clyde, astronomer credited with discovering Pluto |
| 34% | PONTI | 5 | Film producer credited with discovering Sophia Loren |
| 32% | UTE | 3 | People credited with discovering mechanoluminescence, using quartz crystals to generate light |
| 32% | BERRA | 5 | Yankee Yogi who's credited with saying "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" |
| 31% | EDY | 3 | Joseph who founded an ice-cream business with William Dreyer |
| 29% | CAVENTOU | 8 | Frenchman who discovered quinine with Pelletier |
| 29% | EMMETT | 6 | Dan —, composer credited with the song Dixie who died in 1904 |
| 29% | LESLIEKNOPE | 11 | "Parks and Recreation" character who's credited with writing the 2011 book "Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America": 2 wds. |
| 29% | BETSY | 5 | Ross who is credited with creating the first American flag |
| 28% | JOSEPH | 6 | & 2D English chemist born in 1733 often credited with the discovery of oxygen |
| 28% | SOCKRATES | 9 | Thinker famous for slugging people who didn't agree with him? |
| 28% | BARNEYSTINSON | 13 | "How I Met Your Mother" character who's credited with writing the 2008 book "The Bro Code": 2 wds. |
| 28% | RONBURGUNDY | 11 | "Anchorman" character who's credited with writing the 2013 book "Let Me Off at the Top! My Classy Life and Other Musings": 2 wds. |
| 27% | PRIESTLEY | 9 | Joseph —, English chemist born in 1733 often credited with the discovery of oxygen |
| 27% | EDY | 3 | Joseph who co-founded Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream |
| 27% | EDY | 3 | Joseph who was Dreyer's partner in ice cream |
| 26% | HANNA | 5 | William who made cartoons with Joseph Barbera |
| 26% | ALLY | 4 | One who's with you |
| 26% | BURTON | 6 | Richard —, English explorer who, with John Speke, discovered Lake Tanganyika in 1858 |
| 26% | ENO | 3 | Musician who is credited with popularizing the concept of the recording studio as an instrument |
| 26% | USHER | 5 | One who's with the program? |
| 26% | ASAP | 4 | Rapper ___ Rocky who's with Rihanna |
| 26% | RICHARD | 7 | & 9A Dublin-born writer who co-founded The Spectator magazine with Joseph Addison |
| 26% | JALFREDPRUFROCK | 15 | T. S. Eliot title character who measures out his life with coffee spoons |
| 25% | MADMEN | 6 | Drama that's credited with boosting sales of Lucky Strike cigarettes |
| 25% | HERO | 4 | Joseph Campbell's "The ___ with a Thousand Faces" |