| 100% | ROKER | 5 | Whom the Today Show Plaza is named for |
| 50% | POE | 3 | For whom the Edgar was named |
| 50% | OLDS | 4 | For whom the REO was named |
| 50% | POE | 3 | For whom the Edgar Award is named |
| 50% | POE | 3 | For whom the Edgar awards are named |
| 48% | MCA | 3 | Stage name for Adam Yauch, who was one of the Beastie Boys |
| 48% | AUERBACH | 8 | For whom the NBA Coach of the Year award is named |
| 47% | OLIVIER | 7 | Actor for whom the London theater award is named |
| 47% | CYRIL | 5 | Saint for whom the Russian alphabet is named |
| 47% | POE | 3 | Writer for whom the Edgar Award is named |
| 47% | POE | 3 | Poet for whom the Edgar Awards are named |
| 46% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | Stage name for the "Tiny Dancer" singer who was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight: 2 wds. |
| 46% | LOMBARDI | 8 | Vince —, American football coach after whom the trophy for the Super Bowl championship game is named |
| 46% | CAESAR | 6 | Famous Julius for whom the month of July is named |
| 46% | CONN | 4 | Smythe for whom the NHL playoff MVP award is named |
| 46% | ATHENA | 6 | Greek goddess for whom the capital of Greece is named |
| 46% | ARTHURASHE | 10 | *Tennis great for whom the ESPY Courage Award is named |
| 46% | REID | 4 | Senator Harry for whom the Las Vegas airport is named |
| 46% | LEWIS | 5 | John for whom the Voting Rights Advancement Act was named |
| 46% | EDWIN | 5 | Astronomer Hubble for whom the Hubble Space Telescope was named |
| 45% | POE | 3 | Author for whom the mystery fiction award the Edgar is named |
| 45% | STAGG | 5 | Coach for whom the NCAA Division III Football Championship is named |
| 45% | JANUS | 5 | Roman god for whom the first month is named |
| 45% | CHEROKEE | 8 | Like Sequoyah, for whom the tree is named |
| 45% | ASHE | 4 | Person for whom the largest tennis arena in the world is named |
| 44% | TESLA | 5 | Inventor for whom the S.I. unit of magnetic-flux density is named |
| 44% | ODOUL | 5 | Batting champ Lefty for whom an Oracle Park plaza is named |
| 44% | SULU | 4 | "Star Trek" character who was named for a sea in the Philippines |
| 44% | LILLY | 5 | Activist Ledbetter for whom the 2009 Fair Pay Act is named |
| 44% | ENOCH | 5 | Philanthropist Pratt for whom the Baltimore public library system is named |