| 100% | MORSE | 5 | Inventor after whom a Yale residential college is named |
| 55% | ORONO | 5 | Chief Joseph ___, after whom a Maine college town is named |
| 49% | GRACEHOPPER | 11 | Pioneer in computer science who has a college at Yale named after her |
| 49% | EAMES | 5 | Charles or Ray after whom a chair is named |
| 49% | AMELIA | 6 | English princess after whom a Virginia county is named |
| 49% | SIMON | 5 | Playwright Neil after whom a Broadway theater is named |
| 49% | ERIE | 4 | Native people after whom a Great Lake is named |
| 49% | SHIRLEY | 7 | Child star after whom a pink drink is named |
| 48% | RIPLEY | 6 | One after whom a Times Square museum is named |
| 48% | EMORY | 5 | Bishop John, after whom a Georgia university was named |
| 48% | LOU | 3 | ___ Gehrig, famed baseballer after whom a disease was named |
| 48% | EPONYM | 6 | Person after whom a discovery is named |
| 48% | PARTON | 6 | Performer after whom a clone was named |
| 47% | UTE | 3 | People after whom a U.S. state is named |
| 47% | LOCKE | 5 | Philosopher after whom a character on "Lost" was named |
| 47% | SHEA | 4 | Attorney William after whom a stadium is named |
| 47% | HOOVER | 6 | US president after whom a dam is named |
| 47% | BERNOULLI | 9 | Mathematician Daniel after whom a principle is named |
| 47% | EPONYMOUS | 9 | Individual after whom a literary work is named |
| 47% | UTE | 3 | People after whom a US state is named |
| 47% | ERIE | 4 | People after whom a Great Lake is named |
| 47% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after whom a US state is named |
| 47% | EBBETS | 6 | Charles after whom a sports field was named |
| 47% | DONOR | 5 | Person for whom a college building might be named |
| 46% | EUROPA | 6 | Figure in Greek myth after whom a continent is named |
| 46% | DONATI | 6 | Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista ___, after whom a comet is named |
| 46% | ELLIS | 5 | Colonial merchant Samuel after whom a famous island is named |
| 46% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after whom a western U.S. state is named |
| 46% | LOU | 3 | Famed baseball player after whom a disease was named, ___ Gehrig |
| 46% | LUTZ | 4 | Austrian figure skater Alois ___, after whom a basic jump is named |