| 100% | NEEL | 4 | Louis —, joint recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetism |
| 63% | NEEL | 4 | Louis ---, joint recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 58% | ARTHURASHKIN | 12 | American scientist who won one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on optical tweezers: 2 wds. |
| 56% | NEEL | 4 | Louis —, joint recipient with Hannes Alfven of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 47% | ECG | 3 | Willem Einthoven was awarded the 1924 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on this |
| 42% | ULF | 3 | ___ von Euler, co-recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Medicine |
| 39% | GEORGEPSMITH | 12 | American biologist who shared one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Gregory P. Winter, for work on phage display: 3 wds. |
| 37% | ROENTGEN | 8 | Winner of the first Nobel Prize in Physics, 1901 |
| 37% | BOHR | 4 | Surname of the father and son who won Nobel Prizes for Physics in 1922 and 1975 |
| 36% | GABOR | 5 | Dennis —, 1971 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of holography |
| 36% | TOWNES | 6 | Charles Hard —, co-recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 35% | EULER | 5 | Leonhard —, 18th-century mathematician noted for his work on the calculus of variation |
| 35% | BOHR | 4 | Niels —, winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 35% | HAMSUN | 6 | Knut —, Norwegian recipient of the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 34% | BOHR | 4 | Niels —, Danish winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 34% | MILLIKAN | 8 | Robert A —, winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 34% | DOPPLER | 7 | Christian —, 19th-century mathematician and physicist noted for his work on the frequency of light and sound waves |
| 33% | RONTGEN | 7 | First winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 33% | BLACKHOLES | 10 | Objects of study for Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Ghez, recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics (October, 2020) |
| 33% | STARK | 5 | Johannes —, Bavaria-born winner of the 1919 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 32% | ERIK | 4 | Swedish poet ___ Axel Karlfeldt (posthumous recipient of the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature) |
| 32% | HABER | 5 | Fritz —, winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements |
| 32% | HANKANG | 7 | Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, whom Hernan Diaz praised for her “unique ear for the rumors of history” (October, 2024) |
| 31% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Albert —, 1921 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 31% | OBAMA | 5 | Recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 31% | POLIO | 5 | Subject of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine |
| 31% | DNA | 3 | Subject of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine |
| 31% | DYLAN | 5 | Winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature |