| 100% | BOHR | 4 | Niels ___, Danish scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 |
| 66% | BOHR | 4 | Niels —, Danish winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 62% | TAYLOR | 6 | Richard E. ___, Canadian physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990 |
| 59% | MARIECURIE | 10 | Polish-French scientist who won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2 wds.) |
| 57% | BOHR | 4 | Niels —, winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 57% | BOHR | 4 | Surname of the father and son who won Nobel Prizes for Physics in 1922 and 1975 |
| 56% | ARTHURASHKIN | 12 | American scientist who won one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on optical tweezers: 2 wds. |
| 54% | OLAH | 4 | George who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in '94 |
| 53% | KNUTHAMSUN | 10 | *Norwegian author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 |
| 53% | PAZ | 3 | Octavio ___, Mexican poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990 |
| 52% | NADINE | 6 | South African writer Gordimer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991 |
| 52% | DYLAN | 5 | Singer Bob who won the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 52% | ELIOT | 5 | "The Waste Land" poet T.S. ___ who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948 |
| 52% | JENNIFER | 8 | ___ Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, biochemists who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 |
| 52% | ELIAS | 5 | ___ James Corey, American organic chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1990 |
| 52% | MUNRO | 5 | Canadian writer Alice who won the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 51% | BOB | 3 | "Blowin' in the Wind" songwriter ___ Dylan who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 |
| 51% | KAZUO | 5 | "Never Let Me Go" author ___ Ishiguro who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 |
| 51% | ORHAN | 5 | "My Name is Red" author ___ Pamuk who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006 |
| 51% | NADINE | 6 | ___ Gordimer, South African writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 51% | LOUISEGLUCK | 11 | "The Wild Iris" poet from the US who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 51% | DEREKWALCOTT | 12 | "White Egrets" poet from Saint Lucia who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992: 2 wds. |
| 51% | PABLONERUDA | 11 | "100 Love Sonnets" poet from Chile who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971: 2 wds. |
| 50% | HARRY | 5 | ___ Markowitz, American economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1990 |
| 50% | ONEILL | 6 | Eugene ___, 20th-century playwright who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936 |
| 50% | BOHR | 4 | Niels who won the Nobel Prize for his model of the atom |
| 48% | LECH | 4 | Solidarity leader Walesa who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 |
| 48% | THOMAS | 6 | E. Donnall ___, American physician who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 along with Joseph E. Murray |
| 47% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002: 2 wds. |