| 100% | NIOBE | 5 | Mythical woman after whom element 41 is named |
| 55% | FERMI | 5 | Physicist Enrico after whom element #100 is named |
| 47% | RUTHERFORD | 10 | Scientist and physicist Ernest ___ after whom the element Rf with atomic number 104 is named |
| 47% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Rutherford, New Zealand born physicist after whom the element with atomic number 104 was named |
| 46% | MARIECURIE | 10 | Scientist and chemist after whom the element Cm with atomic number 96 is named: 2 wds. |
| 44% | NOBEL | 5 | Alfred ___, Swedish chemist who is known for inventing dynamite and has an element named after him |
| 43% | SAM | 3 | Houston after whom the Texas city is named |
| 43% | EPONYMOUS | 9 | Individual after whom a literary work is named |
| 43% | POE | 3 | Writer after whom the Edgar Award is named |
| 43% | UTE | 3 | People after whom a US state is named |
| 43% | ERIE | 4 | People after whom a Great Lake is named |
| 43% | PIMA | 4 | People after whom an Arizona county is named |
| 43% | INOUYE | 6 | Senator after whom Honolulu's airport is named |
| 43% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after whom a US state is named |
| 43% | HENRY | 5 | Hudson after whom the Hudson River is named |
| 43% | BOHR | 4 | Niels ___, Danish physicist who is known for his atomic model and has an element named after him |
| 43% | EBBETS | 6 | Charles after whom a sports field was named |
| 43% | PERRY | 5 | Antoinette after whom the Tony Awards are named |
| 42% | NEPTUNE | 7 | Astronomical body after which element #93 is named |
| 42% | SHEA | 4 | Attorney William after whom a stadium is named |
| 42% | HOOVER | 6 | US president after whom a dam is named |
| 42% | BERNOULLI | 9 | Mathematician Daniel after whom a principle is named |
| 42% | ATLAS | 5 | Greek god after whom an ocean is named |
| 42% | EPONYM | 6 | Person after whom something is named |
| 42% | EPONYMS | 7 | People after whom things are named |
| 42% | AMELIA | 6 | Bloomer after whom bloomers are named |
| 42% | ELIHU | 5 | Yale after whom Yale was named |
| 42% | EPONYMS | 7 | Ones after whom others are named |
| 41% | LISE | 4 | ___ Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist who is known for her work on nuclear fission and has an element named after her |