how many elements are named after a person.....please i need some help!?

Question

this stuff is so anoying to try and find on the internet!

Answer 1

There are many elements named after people. Einsteinium, Rutherfordium, Bohrium (for Niels Bohr), Seaborgium (for Glenn Seaborg; interesting because it was named for him before he died). Give me a few minutes and I will expand on this for your homework

Curium (for Marie Curie); Nobelium;Lawrencium; Meitnerium; Mendelevium; Fermium (for Enrico Fermi - first to establish a critical mass of fissionable material)