| 100% | DAGAMA | 6 | Navigator who named Natal |
| 57% | MAGELLAN | 8 | Portuguese navigator, who named the Pacific Ocean |
| 45% | BAFFIN | 6 | William —, 17th-century navigator after whom — Bay in the Northwest Passage west of Greenland is named |
| 43% | LASALLE | 7 | Explorer who named Louisiana |
| 42% | DDE | 3 | Prez who named Camp David |
| 42% | THOR | 4 | God who named a day |
| 41% | MAGELLAN | 8 | Man who named the Pacific Ocean |
| 41% | LEAR | 4 | Inventor who named a daughter Shanda |
| 41% | LAVOISIER | 9 | Frenchman who named oxygen and hydrogen |
| 41% | DIAS | 4 | Navigator who first rounded the Cape of Good Hope |
| 40% | SPEKE | 5 | John ___, English explorer who named Lake Victoria |
| 39% | BAFFIN | 6 | English navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage |
| 39% | BARENTS | 7 | Willem, Dutch navigator who sought the NE Passage |
| 39% | TASMAN | 6 | Abel —, 17th-century Dutch navigator who circumnavigated Australia |
| 39% | GIDEON | 6 | Judges warrior who named a major book publisher |
| 39% | ALUMNI | 6 | Whom many dorms are named for |
| 39% | ADRIAN | 6 | Whom Rocky named his restaurant for |
| 39% | DUKEOFYORK | 10 | Whom a state was named for |
| 39% | MORSE | 5 | Whom a "code" was named for |
| 39% | NEE | 3 | "... who used to be named ..." |
| 38% | ONASSIS | 7 | Aristotle who named his yacht Christina after his daughter |
| 38% | MAGELLAN | 8 | Navigator with a strait named for him |
| 38% | LENNON | 6 | Whom Liverpool's airport is named for |
| 38% | STS | 3 | Whom basilicas are often named after: Abbr. |
| 38% | BONAPARTE | 9 | Whom a French dessert is named for |
| 38% | GEIGER | 6 | Whom a radiation ''counter'' is named for |
| 38% | POE | 3 | Whom a mystery award is named for |
| 38% | OLIVIER | 7 | Whom Britain's Tony is named for |
| 38% | ODIN | 4 | For whom Wednesday is named |
| 38% | NEE | 3 | "... who once had the last name ..." |