| 100% | RORSCHACH | 9 | Watchmen character named after a famous test |
| 53% | LOCKE | 5 | "Lost" character named after a philosopher |
| 52% | COLOMBIA | 8 | Country named after a famous Genoese explorer |
| 52% | WOODSTOCK | 9 | Peanuts character named after a 1969 festival |
| 52% | IAGO | 4 | "Aladdin" character named after a literary villain |
| 52% | LOKI | 4 | Marvel character named after a Norse god |
| 52% | MARCOPOLO | 9 | Swimming pool game named after a famous explorer |
| 52% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | The St. Bernard named after a famous composer |
| 52% | EINSTEINIUM | 11 | Element named after a famous German-born physicist |
| 51% | MORGANITE | 9 | Pink variety of beryl, named after a famous banker |
| 51% | TRAFALGAR | 9 | London square named after a famous battle of 1805 |
| 51% | ADA | 3 | ___ Lovelace Day, event named after a famous female mathematician |
| 50% | PALEBLUED | 9 | Carl Sagan book named after a famous photo of Earth |
| 49% | DONQ | 4 | Rum brand named after a literary character |
| 49% | ENID | 4 | Oklahoma city named after a Tennyson character |
| 49% | MOCK | 4 | ___ Turtle, character named after a Victorian dish whom Alice encounters in 17a |
| 49% | RACHEL | 6 | 90s popular haircut named after a sitcom character |
| 49% | MJRODRIGUEZ | 11 | “Pose” actress named after a “Spider-Man” character |
| 49% | RIZZO | 5 | Muppet named after a character in "Midnight Cowboy" |
| 48% | ORLANDO | 7 | City some say was named after a Shakespeare character |
| 48% | HALLEY | 6 | A famous comet was named after him |
| 47% | UMBRIEL | 7 | Moon in Uranus named after a character of a poem |
| 47% | ALANADALE | 9 | 1902 Kentucky Derby winner that was named after a fictional character |
| 47% | AKELA | 5 | Cub Scout leader named after a character in "The Jungle Book" |
| 46% | DUMBO | 5 | ___ octopus (adorable deep-sea cephalopod named after a big-eared Disney character) |
| 46% | WONKA | 5 | ___ Bar, fictional chocolate named after a character in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 44% | CAPTAIN | 7 | & 15A 1922 Derby-winning horse named after a character in Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens |
| 43% | LOCKE | 5 | Philosopher after whom a character on "Lost" was named |
| 42% | SIRPETER | 8 | & 16D 1787 Epsom Derby winner named after a character in R B Sheridan stage play The School for Scandal |