| 100% | FRANCK | 6 | James —, German scientist; winner with Gustav Hertz of the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 48% | ROENTGEN | 8 | Winner of the first Nobel Prize in Physics, 1901 |
| 45% | BOHR | 4 | Niels —, winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 45% | BOHR | 4 | Niels —, Danish winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 45% | MILLIKAN | 8 | Robert A —, winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 44% | HIGGS | 5 | Peter —, 2013 winner, with Francois Englert, of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 43% | RONTGEN | 7 | First winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 43% | NEEL | 4 | Louis —, joint recipient with Hannes Alfven of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 42% | STARK | 5 | Johannes —, Bavaria-born winner of the 1919 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 42% | ARTHURASHKIN | 12 | American scientist who won one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on optical tweezers: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DYLAN | 5 | Winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 40% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Albert —, 1921 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 39% | GBSHAW | 6 | *1925 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 39% | GABOR | 5 | Dennis —, 1971 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of holography |
| 38% | XRAYS | 5 | Discovery honored with the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 37% | DIRAC | 5 | Paul who shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Schrödinger |
| 37% | CAMUS | 5 | Albert —, winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | BOLL | 4 | Heinrich —, winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | BUCK | 4 | Pearl —, winner of the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | MAURIAC | 7 | Francois —, winner of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | STEINBECK | 9 | John —, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | FAULKNER | 8 | William —, winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | GRASS | 5 | Gunter —, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | CURIE | 5 | Marie —, winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| 37% | GORDIMER | 8 | Nadine —, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | FRANCE | 6 | Anatole —, winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | CANETTI | 7 | Elias —, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | LEWIS | 5 | Sinclair —, winner of the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | KIPLING | 7 | Rudyard —, winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature |