| 100% | BAIRD | 5 | John Logie —, Scottish engineer and television pioneer who died in 1946 |
| 38% | JUNKERS | 7 | Hugo —, German engineer and aircraft designer who died in 1935 |
| 36% | WARING | 6 | Eddie —, rugby league commentator and television presenter who died in 1986 |
| 36% | DODGE | 5 | John Francis —, US automobile manufacturing pioneer who died in 1920 |
| 36% | PATHE | 5 | Charles —, French film pioneer who died in 1957 |
| 35% | ENNREITEL | 9 | Scottish actor who played the title role in 1980s television comedy series Mog and The Optimist |
| 34% | STILWELL | 8 | Joseph —, US Army general known as Vinegar Joe who died in 1946 |
| 33% | WATT | 4 | James —, Scottish engineer and inventor who improved the steam engine |
| 32% | LIVINGSTONE | 11 | David —, Scottish missionary and explorer who died in Africa in 1873 |
| 32% | GLENN | 5 | Astronaut John who died in 2016 |
| 32% | RAE | 3 | John —, 19th-century Scottish explorer who authored the book Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea, in 1846 and 1847 |
| 31% | PEEL | 4 | John —, radio disc jockey, journalist and presenter who died in 2004 |
| 31% | MORRISON | 8 | Doors singer who died young and is buried in Paris |
| 30% | NEER | 4 | Common in engineer and pioneer |
| 30% | DEMOSTHENES | 11 | Athenian orator and prose writer who died in 322 BC |
| 29% | IRA | 3 | ___ Flatow, engineer and "Newton's Apple" host who cameoed in "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 29% | HARTY | 5 | Russell —, television arts presenter and chat show host who died in 1988 |
| 29% | EVERETT | 7 | Kenny —, radio and television entertainer born Maurice Cole who died in 1995 |
| 29% | FORSYTHE | 8 | John —, actor who played Blake Carrington in US television drama series Dynasty |
| 29% | STOW | 4 | John —, chronicler and antiquary who published a Survey of London in 1598 |
| 29% | EULER | 5 | 18th-century mathematician who pioneered in graph and number theory |
| 29% | ACTON | 5 | John —, English naval officer and prime minister of Naples who died in 1811 |
| 29% | DEREK | 5 | John —, actor and director who played Joshua in 1956 film The Ten Commandments |
| 28% | MARTYCOOPER | 11 | American engineer and wireless communications pioneer who invented the first handheld cellular mobile phone: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BOWE | 4 | John —, actor who played Duggie Ferguson and Lawrence White in Coronation Street and Emmerdale |
| 28% | WYLE | 4 | Noah —, actor who played Dr John Carter in US television series ER |
| 28% | ASTOR | 5 | John Jacob ___ IV (millionaire who died in the sinking of the Titanic) |
| 28% | WATT | 4 | Scottish engineer and inventor, d. 1819 |