| 100% | SARAZEN | 7 | Golfer Gene who invented the modern sand wedge |
| 44% | PARSONS | 7 | Charles —, Irish engineer who invented the modern steam turbine in 1884 |
| 40% | KRUPA | 5 | Gene who's considered "the founding father of the modern drum set" |
| 38% | SARAZEN | 7 | Gene who was the first man to win all four of golf’s modern majors |
| 36% | ARNOLDPOLYMER | 13 | Hall of Fame golfer who invented the all-plastic club? |
| 35% | RUDI | 4 | Gernreich who invented the monokini |
| 35% | ADOLPHE | 7 | Sax who invented the saxophone |
| 34% | RUDI | 4 | Designer Gernreich who invented the monokini |
| 34% | ELMER | 5 | Sperry who invented the Sperry gyroscope |
| 34% | ANDERS | 6 | Celsius who invented the Celsius thermometer |
| 34% | ELI | 3 | Whitney who invented the cotton gin |
| 34% | RENE | 4 | Physician Laënnec, who invented the stethoscope |
| 34% | DAHL | 4 | Gary who invented the Pet Rock |
| 34% | RUDOLF | 6 | Diesel who invented the diesel engine |
| 34% | OTIS | 4 | William who invented the steam shovel |
| 34% | DEERE | 5 | John who invented the steel plow |
| 34% | HANS | 4 | Geiger who invented the Geiger counter |
| 34% | LAENNEC | 7 | French doctor who invented the stethoscope |
| 34% | TESLA | 5 | Nikola who invented the induction motor |
| 34% | HERMES | 6 | Greek god who invented the lyre |
| 34% | EMIL | 4 | Erlenmeyer who invented the Erlenmeyer flask |
| 34% | DMITRI | 6 | Mendeleev who invented the periodic table |
| 34% | VOLTA | 5 | Alessandro who invented the electric battery |
| 34% | ELIAS | 5 | Howe who invented the sewing machine |
| 34% | VOLTA | 5 | Physicist who invented the electric battery |
| 34% | ELI | 3 | ___ Whitney who invented the cotton gin |
| 34% | GRACEHOPPER | 11 | Mathematician who invented the code compiler |
| 34% | WYNNE | 5 | Arthur who invented the crossword puzzle |
| 34% | LITTLER | 7 | Gene —, golfer who won the 1961 US Open Championship |
| 34% | BINET | 5 | Psychologist Alfred who invented the intelligence test |