| 100% | DORISMILLER | 11 | Pearl Harbor hero for whom a future U.S. aircraft carrier is scheduled to be named |
| 40% | UTE | 3 | People for whom a U.S. state is named |
| 38% | DALLAS | 6 | Vice president after whom a U.S. city is thought to have been named |
| 38% | MONROE | 6 | Only U.S. President besides Washington for whom a world capital is named |
| 37% | ENYA | 4 | Singer for whom a fish native to the Orinoco was named in 2017 |
| 37% | RICHTER | 7 | Charles —, US seismologist after whom a scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake is named |
| 37% | ELLIS | 5 | Samuel for whom a New York Harbor island is named |
| 37% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis great for whom a US Open stadium is named |
| 36% | NIMITZ | 6 | Fleet admiral for whom an aircraft carrier is named |
| 35% | NIMITZ | 6 | U.S.S. ___ (aircraft carrier named for a former admiral) |
| 35% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after whom a western U.S. state is named |
| 35% | OWENS | 5 | Athlete for whom a street outside Berlin's Olympiastadion is named |
| 35% | TIMDUNCAN | 9 | Spurs power forward for 19 years, who was a top U.S. swimmer in the 400m freestyle before shifting to basketball: 2 wds. |
| 34% | OWENS | 5 | Athlete Jesse for whom a street outside Berlin’s Olympiastadion is named |
| 33% | BOONE | 5 | Hero after whom eight U.S. counties are named |
| 33% | PATTYKAZMAIER | 13 | Princeton ice hockey star for whom a woman's NCAA hockey award is named (2 wds.) |
| 33% | HOBEYBAKER | 10 | Princeton ice hockey star for whom a men's NCAA hockey award is named (2 wds.) |
| 33% | MELINDAGATES | 12 | Philanthropist for whom a building of Seattle Children's Hospital is named |
| 33% | DAKOTA | 6 | People for whom two U.S. states are named |
| 33% | UTE | 3 | People after whom a U.S. state is named |
| 33% | UTE | 3 | Tribe for which a U.S. state was named |
| 32% | DAKOTA | 6 | Indigenous people for whom two U.S. states are named |
| 32% | UTE | 3 | Indigenous people after whom a U.S. state is named |
| 32% | JACOBJAVITS | 11 | Politician for whom a New York City convention center is named |
| 32% | FUCHS | 5 | Botanist for whom a reddish-purple flower is named |
| 32% | JOHNNEWBERY | 11 | Publisher for whom a kid-lit award is named |
| 32% | EARL | 4 | Scruggs for whom a banjo-playing style is named |
| 32% | GEIGER | 6 | Whom a radiation ''counter'' is named for |
| 32% | JANUS | 5 | God for whom a month is named |
| 32% | ZENO | 4 | Philosopher for whom a paradox is named |