| 100% | COUSTEAU | 8 | Jacques —, French naval officer and underwater explorer who died in 1997 |
| 46% | ACTON | 5 | John —, English naval officer and prime minister of Naples who died in 1811 |
| 36% | GRAPPELLI | 9 | Stephane —, French jazz violinist who died in 1997 |
| 36% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Christopher —, navigator and explorer who died in Valladolid, Spain, in 1506 |
| 36% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Christopher -, navigator and explorer who died in Valladolid, Spain, in 1506 |
| 36% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Christopher —, navigator and explorer who died in Valladolid, Spain in 1506 |
| 36% | BYRD | 4 | Richard E —, US aviator and polar explorer who died in 1957 |
| 36% | NANSEN | 6 | Fridtjof —, Norwegian explorer who died in 1930 |
| 35% | NANSEN | 6 | Fridtjof —, Norwegian arctic explorer who died in 1930 |
| 35% | PEARY | 5 | Robert —, US Arctic explorer who died in 1920 |
| 35% | LIVINGSTONE | 11 | David —, Scottish missionary and explorer who died in Africa in 1873 |
| 35% | WEDDELL | 7 | James —, Ostend-born navigator and Antarctic explorer who died in 1834 |
| 35% | SAMUELPEPYS | 11 | British diarist and naval administrator who died in 1703 |
| 34% | NIEPCE | 6 | Nicephore —, French chemist and photographic pioneer who died in 1833 |
| 34% | KNUD | 4 | & 5D Greenland-born Danish polar explorer who died in 1933 |
| 33% | COUSTEAU | 8 | French Explorer Jacques, who is known to be the inventor of the Aqua-lung and pioneer of marine conservation |
| 33% | HOPPER | 6 | Scientist and naval officer Grace ___ who was one of the first three pioneers in computer programming |
| 32% | ENSIGNOFTHEZODIAC | 17 | Naval officer who's an expert in astrology? |
| 32% | CLIVECUSSLER | 12 | Adventure novelist and underwater explorer who named hero Dirk Pitt for his son (2 wd.) |
| 32% | OATES | 5 | Lawrence —, explorer who died in 1912 on the second Antarctic expedition of R F Scott |
| 31% | BREL | 4 | Jacques —, Belgium-born songwriter and performer who died in 1978 |
| 31% | PEPYS | 5 | Samuel —, British diarist and naval administrator who died in 1703 |
| 31% | COUSTEAU | 8 | French undersea explorer and inventor, Jacques __ |
| 30% | MORRISON | 8 | Doors singer who died young and is buried in Paris |
| 30% | BELAFONTE | 9 | Singer and actor Harry who died in 2023 aged 95 |
| 30% | PEUGEOT | 7 | Armand —, French bicycle and motor car manufacturer who died in 1915 |
| 30% | MATTHEWPERRY | 12 | "Friends" actor [or] Naval officer who sailed to Japan in 1853 |
| 30% | NAPOLEON | 8 | French ruler who conquered Vienna in 1805 and 1809 |
| 29% | BREL | 4 | Jacques who was "alive and well and living in Paris" |