| 100% | FOUCAULT | 8 | Leon —, 19th-century French physicist credited with naming the gyroscope |
| 39% | PITOT | 5 | French physicist with a tube named for him |
| 37% | NAPOLEON | 8 | French Emperor with the last name Bonaparte |
| 34% | MANET | 5 | 19th century French painter |
| 34% | MACH | 4 | Physicist Ernst whose name is associated with the speed of sound |
| 33% | FOUCAULT | 8 | French scientist who gave the gyroscope its name |
| 33% | HERMES | 6 | French luxury-goods maker that shares a name with the Greek messenger of the gods |
| 33% | DESSERT | 7 | Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table" |
| 33% | PINOTNOIR | 9 | Red wine whose name ends with the French word for "black": 2 wds. |
| 33% | VICTORIAN | 9 | Period of the 19th century named after the Queen |
| 32% | READE | 5 | 19th-century novelist with an appropriate name |
| 32% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Rutherford, New Zealand born physicist after whom the element with atomic number 104 was named |
| 32% | JOULE | 5 | 19th century physicist james |
| 31% | PLANCK | 6 | Max, physicist credited with discovery of quanta |
| 31% | DENIM | 5 | Material with a name that comes from a shortening of the French for "serge from Nîmes" |
| 31% | DOPPLER | 7 | 19th century physicist; weather radar |
| 31% | GALOIS | 6 | Évariste ___, 19th-century French math prodigy for whom a differential theory is named |
| 30% | BOHRIUM | 7 | Element with atomic number 107 which was named after a Danish physicist who studied the structure of atoms |
| 30% | VICTORIA | 8 | 19th century queen, the "Grandmother of Europe" |
| 30% | RAYNAUD | 7 | Maurice —, 19th-century French physician after whom a condition affecting blood supply is named |
| 30% | BRAILLE | 7 | Louis —, 19th-century French inventor of a system of raised writing for the blind |
| 30% | JOHNBRIGHT | 10 | 19th-century British statesman who led the Anti-Corn Law League with Richard Cobden |
| 30% | ADOLF | 5 | Common German first name during the 19th century |
| 30% | RUTHERFORD | 10 | Scientist and physicist Ernest ___ after whom the element Rf with atomic number 104 is named |
| 29% | CASTMEMBER | 10 | Name in the credits |
| 29% | AMPERE | 6 | French physicist after whom an electric unit is named |
| 29% | AXEL | 4 | Move named for the 19th-century skater Paulsen |
| 29% | COEN | 4 | Name in the "Fargo" credits |
| 29% | HARGREAVES | 10 | James —, 18th-century English weaver credited with the invention of the spinning jenny |
| 29% | EADS | 4 | 19th-century engineer with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame |