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Some people are notable enough to have actual chemical elements themselves named after them. This is a project to list them.
List
- Gd₆₄ Gadolinium - Johan Jakobinpoika Gadolin
- Cm₉₆ Curium - Pierre Curie, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1903
- Es₉₉ Einsteinium - Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize in Physics 1921
- Fm₁₀₀ Fermium - Enrico Fermi, Nobel Prize in Physics 1938
- Md₁₀₁ Mendelevium - Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev
- No₁₀₂ Nobelium - Alfred Nobel
- Lr₁₀₃ Lawrencium - Ernest Orlando Lawrence, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1939
- Rf₁₀₄ Rutherfordium - Ernest Rutherford, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908
- Sg₁₀₆ Seaborgium - Glenn T. Seaborg, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1951
- Bh₁₀₇ Bohrium - Niels Bohr, Nobel Prize in Physics 1922
- Mt₁₀₉ Meitnerium - Lise Meitner
- Rg₁₁₁ Roentgenium - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1901
- Cn₁₁₂ Copernicium - Nicolaus Copernicus, Jr.
- Fl₁₁₄ Flerovium - Georgy Flyorov / Георгий Николаевич Флёров
- Og₁₁₈ Oganesson - Yuri Oganessian / Юрий Цолакович Оганесян Private
Proposed
: no new elements at this moment
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- Prominent Scientists: (i) Exact Sciences & Natural Sciences