List of people whose names are used in chemical element names
Table
The following 19 elements are connected to the names of people. Seaborg and Oganessian were the only two who were alive at the time of being honored with having elements named after them.

List of people whose names are used in chemical element names

Section Title: Table
Table Section Text: The following 19 elements are connected to the names of people. Seaborg and Oganessian were the only two who were alive at the time of being honored with having elements named after them.

Element	Individual(s)

Z	Name	Symbol	Discovery	Immediate namesake	Name	Specialty	Lifespan	Nationality

62	Samarium	Sm	1879	the mineral samarskite	Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets	Mining engineer	1803–1870	Russian

64	Gadolinium	Gd	1886	the mineral gadolinite	Johan Gadolin	Scientist	1760–1852	Finnish

95	Americium	Am	1944	the continents of the Americas	Amerigo Vespucci	Explorer	1454–1512	Italian

96	Curium	Cm	1944	Marie Curie Pierre Curie	Scientist Scientist	1867–1934 1859–1906	Polish-French French

97	Berkelium	Bk	1949	the city Berkeley, California	George Berkeley	Philosopher	1685–1753	Irish

99	Einsteinium	Es	1952	Albert Einstein	Scientist	1879–1955	German-Swiss

100	Fermium	Fm	1952	Enrico Fermi	Scientist	1901–1954	Italian-American

101	Mendelevium	Md	1955	Dmitri Mendeleev	Scientist	1834–1907	Russian

102	Nobelium	No	1958	Alfred Nobel	Scientist	1833–1896	Swedish

103	Lawrencium	Lr	1961	Ernest Lawrence	Scientist	1901–1958	American

104	Rutherfordium	Rf	1964	Ernest Rutherford	Scientist	1871–1937	New Zealand-British

106	Seaborgium	Sg	1974	Glenn T. Seaborg	Scientist	1912–1999	American

107	Bohrium	Bh	1981	Niels Bohr	Scientist	1885–1962	Danish

109	Meitnerium	Mt	1982	Lise Meitner	Scientist	1878–1968	Austrian-Swedish

111	Roentgenium	Rg	1994	Wilhelm Röntgen	Scientist	1845–1923	German

112	Copernicium	Cn	1996	Nicolaus Copernicus	Scientist	1473–1543	Polish-German

114	Flerovium	Fl	1998	Georgy Flyorov	Scientist	1913–1990	Russian

116	Livermorium	Lv	2000	the city Livermore, California and the Lawrence Livermore Lab	Robert Livermore	Land owner	1799–1858	English-Mexican

118	Oganesson	Og	2002	Yuri Oganessian	Scientist	1933–	Russian

Sentence(s)

Of the 118 chemical elements, 19 are connected with the names of 20 people.

final_sentence: Of the 118 chemical elements, 19 are connected with the names of 20 people.