| 100% | EIFFEL | 6 | Gustave —, French civil engineer after whom a tower in Paris is named |
| 45% | EIFFEL | 6 | Tallest tower in Paris named after its engineer |
| 43% | ASHE | 4 | Arthur ___ after whom a famous tennis stadium in Queens is named |
| 43% | BOSC | 4 | French horticulturist after whom a variety of fruit is named |
| 41% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer born in 1934 after whom a type of musical synthesiser is named |
| 41% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer born in 1934 after whom a type of musical synthesizer is named |
| 41% | RENO | 4 | Union General Jesse L. ___, after whom a city in Nevada was named |
| 40% | EIFFEL | 6 | Alexandre —, French engineer born in 1832 who designed a famous tower |
| 40% | HEIMLICH | 8 | Henry J —, American surgeon after whom a manoeuvre for dislodging a foreign body in a person's windpipe is named |
| 40% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer who died in 2005 after whom a type of musical synthesizer is named |
| 39% | EUROPA | 6 | Figure in Greek myth after whom a continent is named |
| 39% | LALANDE | 7 | Jerome —, French astronomer after whom a crater on the Moon is named |
| 38% | EPONYM | 6 | Person after whom a discovery is named |
| 38% | PARTON | 6 | Performer after whom a clone was named |
| 37% | SHEA | 4 | Attorney William after whom a stadium is named |
| 37% | HOOVER | 6 | US president after whom a dam is named |
| 37% | BERNOULLI | 9 | Mathematician Daniel after whom a principle is named |
| 37% | EPONYMOUS | 9 | Individual after whom a literary work is named |
| 37% | UTE | 3 | People after whom a US state is named |
| 37% | ERIE | 4 | People after whom a Great Lake is named |
| 37% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after whom a US state is named |
| 37% | EBBETS | 6 | Charles after whom a sports field was named |
| 37% | EAMES | 5 | Charles or Ray after whom a chair is named |
| 37% | AMELIA | 6 | English princess after whom a Virginia county is named |
| 37% | SIMON | 5 | Playwright Neil after whom a Broadway theater is named |
| 37% | ERIE | 4 | Native people after whom a Great Lake is named |
| 37% | SHIRLEY | 7 | Child star after whom a pink drink is named |
| 37% | EMORY | 5 | Bishop John, after whom a Georgia university was named |
| 37% | LOU | 3 | ___ Gehrig, famed baseballer after whom a disease was named |
| 37% | BONAPARTE | 9 | Whom a French dessert is named for |