| 100% | NEEL | 4 | Louis —, joint recipient with Hannes Alfven of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 67% | NEEL | 4 | Louis —, joint recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetism |
| 66% | NEEL | 4 | Louis ---, joint recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 46% | ULF | 3 | ___ von Euler, co-recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Medicine |
| 43% | FRANCK | 6 | James —, German scientist; winner with Gustav Hertz of the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 43% | ROENTGEN | 8 | Winner of the first Nobel Prize in Physics, 1901 |
| 41% | BOHR | 4 | Niels —, winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 41% | TOWNES | 6 | Charles Hard —, co-recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 40% | XRAYS | 5 | Discovery honored with the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 39% | BOHR | 4 | Niels —, Danish winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 39% | MILLIKAN | 8 | Robert A —, winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 39% | DIRAC | 5 | Paul who shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Schrödinger |
| 39% | RONTGEN | 7 | First winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 38% | HIGGS | 5 | Peter —, 2013 winner, with Francois Englert, of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 38% | HAMSUN | 6 | Knut —, Norwegian recipient of the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 38% | STARK | 5 | Johannes —, Bavaria-born winner of the 1919 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 37% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Albert —, 1921 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 35% | POLIO | 5 | Subject of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine |
| 35% | DNA | 3 | Subject of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine |
| 35% | DYLAN | 5 | Winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 35% | DNA | 3 | Subj. of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine |
| 35% | IVF | 3 | Subj. of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Medicine |
| 35% | ERIK | 4 | Swedish poet ___ Axel Karlfeldt (posthumous recipient of the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature) |
| 35% | ARTHURASHKIN | 12 | American scientist who won one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on optical tweezers: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DNA | 3 | Subj. of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| 34% | XRAY | 4 | Discovery of Wilhelm Roentgen, which earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 |
| 34% | GABOR | 5 | Dennis —, 1971 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of holography |
| 34% | RONTGEN | 7 | Wilhelm Conrad —, discoverer of X-rays awarded the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physics |