| 100% | ERNEST | 6 | Physicist Rutherford after whom rutherfordium is named |
| 66% | ERNEST | 6 | Rutherford for whom rutherfordium is named |
| 59% | FERMI | 5 | Physicist Enrico after whom element #100 is named |
| 54% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Rutherford, New Zealand born physicist after whom the element with atomic number 104 was named |
| 52% | AMPERE | 6 | French physicist after whom an electric unit is named |
| 52% | GAUSS | 5 | German physicist after whom a unit of magnetism is named |
| 51% | BOHRIUM | 7 | Element with atomic number 107 which was named after a Danish physicist who studied the structure of atoms |
| 50% | FERMI | 5 | Physicist Enrico who was honored by having a length unit of 10-15 meters named after him |
| 49% | EPONYM | 6 | Person after whom a discovery is named |
| 49% | ALDRIN | 6 | Astronaut after whom Buzz Lightyear was named |
| 49% | PARTON | 6 | Performer after whom a clone was named |
| 49% | ROOSEVELT | 9 | President after whom teddy bears are named |
| 49% | BOHR | 4 | Niels ___, Danish physicist who is known for his atomic model and has an element named after him |
| 49% | EPONYM | 6 | Person after whom something is named |
| 49% | EPONYMS | 7 | People after whom things are named |
| 49% | AMELIA | 6 | Bloomer after whom bloomers are named |
| 49% | ELIHU | 5 | Yale after whom Yale was named |
| 49% | EPONYMS | 7 | Ones after whom others are named |
| 48% | ELI | 3 | Whitney after whom Whitneyville, Conn., is named |
| 48% | DESCARTES | 9 | René, after whom Cartesian coordinates are named |
| 47% | OHM | 3 | Georg Simon ___, physicist after whom the unit of resistance is named |
| 47% | LISE | 4 | ___ Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist who is known for her work on nuclear fission and has an element named after her |
| 46% | FERMI | 5 | Enrico ___, Italian physicist who is known for creating the world's first nuclear reactor and has an element named after him |
| 46% | SHEA | 4 | Attorney William after whom a stadium is named |
| 46% | SAM | 3 | Houston after whom the Texas city is named |
| 46% | HOOVER | 6 | US president after whom a dam is named |
| 46% | BERNOULLI | 9 | Mathematician Daniel after whom a principle is named |
| 46% | EPONYMOUS | 9 | Individual after whom a literary work is named |
| 46% | POE | 3 | Writer after whom the Edgar Award is named |
| 46% | NIOBE | 5 | Mythical woman after whom element 41 is named |