| 100% | PEARY | 5 | Robert —, US Arctic explorer who died in 1920 |
| 62% | NANSEN | 6 | Fridtjof —, Norwegian arctic explorer who died in 1930 |
| 49% | NANSEN | 6 | Fridtjof —, Norwegian explorer who died in 1930 |
| 47% | KNUD | 4 | & 5D Greenland-born Danish polar explorer who died in 1933 |
| 47% | LIVINGSTONE | 11 | David —, Scottish missionary and explorer who died in Africa in 1873 |
| 47% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Christopher —, navigator and explorer who died in Valladolid, Spain, in 1506 |
| 47% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Christopher -, navigator and explorer who died in Valladolid, Spain, in 1506 |
| 47% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Christopher —, navigator and explorer who died in Valladolid, Spain in 1506 |
| 47% | COUSTEAU | 8 | Jacques —, French naval officer and underwater explorer who died in 1997 |
| 47% | WEDDELL | 7 | James —, Ostend-born navigator and Antarctic explorer who died in 1834 |
| 46% | DODGE | 5 | John Francis —, US automobile manufacturing pioneer who died in 1920 |
| 46% | ORAL | 4 | Roberts who died in December, 2009 |
| 45% | BYRD | 4 | Richard E —, US aviator and polar explorer who died in 1957 |
| 45% | HAMILTON | 8 | US Founding Father who died in 1804; 2015 musical |
| 45% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer who died in 2005 after whom a type of musical synthesizer is named |
| 44% | OATES | 5 | Lawrence —, explorer who died in 1912 on the second Antarctic expedition of R F Scott |
| 41% | DORIS | 5 | Comic actress Roberts who died in 2016 |
| 41% | ADLER | 5 | Larry —, US harmonica player who died in 2001 |
| 40% | CULP | 4 | Robert —, US actor who played Kelly Robinson in 1960s US television series I Spy |
| 39% | DOLE | 4 | Robert who served in the US Senate for 27 years |
| 39% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer born in 1934 after whom a type of musical synthesiser is named |
| 39% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer born in 1934 after whom a type of musical synthesizer is named |
| 39% | BYRD | 4 | Robert who was the longest-serving senator in US history, at 51 years |
| 39% | EZRA | 4 | & 7A US poet who died in Venice, Italy in 1972 |
| 39% | OLDS | 4 | Ransom Eli —, US car manufacturer who died in 1950 |
| 39% | LARRYADLER | 10 | US virtuoso mouth organ player who died in 2001 |
| 39% | YALE | 4 | Linus —, US locksmith who died in 1868 |
| 38% | JESSESPENCER | 12 | Australian actor who played Dr Robert Chase in US television series House |